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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

11,124 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 9

LISMORE.—This week three now butter factories opened, costing about £12,000. On Wednesday the Lismore Co-operative Company's branch factory at Corndale was…

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On the Lind. Farm and Station. a Botanist in the Bush

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 9

Some of the most agreeable walks, at any rate to those who take an interest in nature in her various moods, are through, country that would have no attractions to either the…

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Thefts at Farmer's. Warning to Offenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 17

Peter Francis O'Brien, 27, a cleaner, was charged at the Central Police Court, before Mr. Clarke, S.M., with stealing a number of articles from Farmer and Co., of Sydney, valued at £19…

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Bathurst District Orchards. a Light Apple Crop. Good Show of Pears and Peaches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 10

BATHURST, Friday.--The apple crop in Bathurst district this year will be considerably below the average. Some o[?]chardists attribute the failure to late frosts, but one…

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The Producer Dominant. North Coast Dairying

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 10

LISMORE, Friday.--A branch butter factory of the North Coast Co-operative Company was opened yesterday at The Channon by Mr. J. W. Lawrie, chairman of directors. In the course…

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Homestead Farm Regulations. Point Raised at Molong

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 10

MOLONG, Friday.--At the Land Board sitting yesterday there were 12 applications considered for a homestead farm of 280 acres in the parish of Manima, two miles from…

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The Soil. Inverell District. the Season's Crops. Some Excellent Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 10

It is necessarily a difficult matter to give a comprehensive estimate of the actual grain yield of a large district like Inverell. In default, the next best thing is to collect and…

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Law. Friday, January 10. the State Courts. Equity. (Before Mr. Justice Simpson.) Farmers' Storage and Export Company, Limited

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 11

An application was made by. Mr. Clive Teece (instructed by Messrs. Perkins, Stevenson, and Co.) for permission for the Farmers' Storage and Export Company, Limited, to extend its…

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Houseboat Poultry Farm

Globe · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 5

A house-boat might be considered one of the last places in the world where poultry farming would thrive, of such a poultry form is run at Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.A., and it is considered a suposes…

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Dairymaids for the North

Globe · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 3

Mr. P. Falconbridge, who left Queensland recently for England, has returned. He brought with him four farmers, one of them with four daughters, as the advance guard of a…

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Wool Dyers' Strike. Seven Thousand Out. London

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1913 · page 5

Seven thousand dyers of Bradford have come out on strike. They will probably be followed by 6000 more in a few days…

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Vegetable Fibre in Wool. Select Committee's Report. London, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 January 1913 · page 7

The Select Committee of the House of Commons, which was investigating the quest of vegetable fibre in wool, has issued its report. This recommends that two paper-lined packs…

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Running the Rule. "Ratting" the Belated Drunks. Guipurses Come a Cropper. Norman and Wilson in the Nick. For Flying their Trade in Belmore Park

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1913 · page 10

A couple of smart-looking strangers, who evidently did not understand the exact purposes for which our public parks were provided, struck hard luck, at the…

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Dry Farming. Extraordinary Wheat Crop. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 4

While irrigation is continuing in almost triumphant progress in Victoria, dry farming is still receiving the study of scient[?]c agriculturists in other parts of Australia, and in…

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Victorian Butter Factories

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Sunday.-- A proposal is on foot in the western district to amalgamate the butter factory companies into one co-operative organisation, with probably two factories, one…

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The Butter Markets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 11
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Prescott, Ltd., reports concerning the butter markets of Australia and London:- Sydney.—Values dropped with the opening of the week to 100/ for first-grade and [?]/ for second grade,…

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Pleuro in Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 13

BROKEN-HILL, Sunday.-- The outbreak of pleuro in a herd of 100 cattle in close, vicinity to Broken-hill is reported by Mr. G. B. Johnston, stock inspector, who says the outbreak is a…

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Dissatisfied Wheat-lumpers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 13

GRENFELL, Saturday.-- A number of wheat lumpers knocked off yesterday on account of the heat, and it is reported the men are dissatisfied with the present ruling rate for…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 3

Four catalogues were presented to buyers at the Sydney wool sales this afternoon [?] covering 11,256 hales-Hill Clark and Company, Limited 2114 bales. [?] Bell, and Company…

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