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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

11,124 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Recovery of a Farm Deposit

The Land · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 8

The Full Court in one of the other States recently decided a case which should prove of interest to farmers and settlers generally. It seems from…

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Farm Work for Women

The Land · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 14

Women are finding an opportunity for the exercise of their talents in what might be designated farm work From the best agricultural district…

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The Dairy Industry

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 6

Even on a crop farm, a few pigs, though requiring a certain amount of attention, are a valuable adjunct, as (particularly after harvesting) material…

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Bluestone Adulteration. Warning to Farmers and Orchardists

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 7

The attention of the N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture has frequently bean drawn to the inferiority and adulteration of sulphate of copper (bluestone)…

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Bathurst State Farm. No Heavy Yields This Season

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 7

Owing to the extremely droughty conditions of the five months preceding the breaking of the dry weather on June 9 the crops at Bathurst…

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The Cowra Winning Crop. Good Land Well Worked

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 7

Mr. Mark Reynolds, manager, of Cowra Experiment Farm, who carried out the judging in the recent growing crop competition, has issued the…

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Dry Farming. Does Not Create Moisture

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 7

Writing to the "Gunnedah Advertiser," Mr. C. F. Ashford says:—Noticing in your columns some mention from time to time of the methods…

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Big Tomato Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 7

The orchardist at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Mr. Alford, has again shown what can be done with a small area of land and plenty of water. In…

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A Broken Contract. An Interesting Farm Purchase [?]

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 4

A case of interest to members of [?] farming community relative to the recovery of a deposit, under unusual circumstances, was recently decided in a…

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For the Farm Table to Roast Pea-nuts

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 8

I am asked how to prepare pea-nuts for eating. The home method is to shel the raw pea-nuts, put them on the shelf of, the oven and bake until…

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Scientific Farming

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 5

Lord Lucas, Parliamentary Undersecretary to the Board of Education, speaking at Darlington, said that the Government was establishing, by means…

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"Father of Dry Farming." Not Coming to Australia

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 5

About a month ago it was intimated that Mr. H. W. Campbell, the "Father of Dry Farming," was contemplating a trip from America to Australia to…

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The Dairy Herd Testing in the North

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 7

News from the North tells of good progress in that important matter, herd-testing. A few months ago Dairy Instructor…

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Dairying in Denmark

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 7

Very few bulls, says an Irish contemporary, are now kept in any part of Denmark whose pedigree, in regard to milk and butter yield, are not known,…

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Produce. Dairy. Probable Importation of Melbourne Eggs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 11

Rumours were afloat in Sussex street on Thursday to the effect that some of the speculative agents were bringing over consignments of eggs from Melbourne. This…

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On the Land. Farmers Making Money. 45 Bushels an Acre. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 9

Heavy rain on Thursday and Friday last, although it inconvenienced the farmers, caused them no losses. The fine weather this week has enabled farmers to stack nearly all their…

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Protecting Potato Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 6

Mr. A. J. Pinn writes in the Agricultural Gazette":—The Rutherglen bugs suck up the sap with their beaks and, where numerous soon cause the plants to shrivel. They are…

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Chess Champion. and Farmer. Mr. Viner's Remarkable Career

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 9

M. William Samuel Viner, jun., a farmer, has had a remarkable career as a chess player. To-day he is the undisputed-champion of Australia, and his triumphs at the board date…

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Farmers' Storage Company. Extension of Operations

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 4

An application was made, to Mr. Justice A H. Simpson in the Equity Court this morning by Mr. Clive, Teece (instructed by Messrs. Perkins, Stevenson, and Co.) for…

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The Season and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 6

DUBBO. Thursday.--Mr. R. G. Dulhunty, stock inspector, reports having, during December, visited a good many parts of the district. He found that the prospects for the summer…

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