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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

11,124 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250

Man's Arm on Fire. Mishap with Phosphorus. Serious Plight of Farmer's Son. Candelo

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 1

A peculiar accident is reported a few miles from here. A young man, Walter Collins, was engaged in mixing rabbit poison on his father's farm, when, in attempting to…

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Farm Products. Sydney Auction Sales. Values Unchanged

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 4

Another heavy supply of farm products was submitted for auction at the Sydney goods station yard this morning. Buyers were present in large numbers, and operated with…

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The Season and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 7

BOMBALA, Tuesday.--The wheat on the Government experimental plots at Mr. H. Bell-chamber's farm made very good growth. There was a very noticeable difference in the…

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A Farmer's Enterprise. Solving the Cartage Problem

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 7

MOREE, Tuesday.--The Pallamallawa farmers are very enterprising. Take, for instance, Mr. A. J. Blunt, of Emu Park, on whose land the Government experiments in wheat-growing are…

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Goat Farming. a Successful Californian Industry

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 11

In California (United States) the people are making a success of raising goats-- not the kind that are always seeking to give you a boost in the world, but the gentle, sleek,…

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Renovating the Farm. "Town and Country Journal" Article Criticised. What Some Farmers Say

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 15

In the issue of the "Town and Country Journal" for January 1 last: there was published an article by "Cotswold" under the above heading. As the subject is an important…

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Dairying Notes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 15

During the month of December the Manning River Co-operative Dairy Company paid suppliers 10d tor first-class and 9d for second-class butter per lb. The turnover amounted £8115…

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Sheep Breeding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 5

An article from the pen of Sir A. G. Bell, formerly geologist of the Dominion of Canada, who has been conducting some important work in sheepbreeding on his farm in Nova…

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The Cattle Tick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 5

Mr. C. J. Pound, who represented the Queensland Government on the Tick Commission that recently returned from America, told the Brisbane "Courier" concerning ticks that…

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Butter Exports From Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 4

A return showing the number of boxes of butter exported from this State during the week ended 25th inst.:…

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Commonwealth Wheat Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 11

The exports of wheat and flour expressed in I the equivalent of wheat from the Commonwealth from the commencement of the wheat year in December to January 25, amounted to…

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The Wheat Fleet

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 3

There are a lot fit wheat ships in port at the present time loading for oversea voyages. Amongst them are the steamers City of Lincoln, Guernsey, Saint Michael, and Tasmania…

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Wheat Lumpers' Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 15

HENTY, Wednesday.--A strike of wheat tempera, took place at the Henty yards yesterday, To-day the men were quiet and started work in the morning One hundred and forty-eight teams,…

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Weight of Wheat

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 16

The number of bags of wheat to the ton (II401b) as allowed by the New South Wales Railways, is regulated by its quality in weight. Last year, from February 1, 1912, to January 81…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled [?]8324 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…

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The Empire's Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.--Mr. C. E. W. Beiin (of Sydney) read before the Society of Arts a paper on the wool -industry in the British Dominions Mr. W. P. Reeves (ex-New…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 7

Dalgety and Company, Limited have received the following cable message from their head office dated Wednesday:—The first series of home wool sales for this…

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The Standard Wheat Bag

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 5

Wheat has been pouring into the city from the country for shipment. Farmers should not lose sight of the proclamation issued by the Commonwealth Government in 1[?]11 to the effect that whereby…

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Butter. Margarine As Competitor. the Exporter's Story

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 11

A downward market movement in butter this week caused no little resentment amongst dairymen in the country. Many of the principal dairying districts have been…

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Wool Tops and Insect Pests

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 12

The Sydney Chamber of Commerce has again been grappling with the question of the damage to wool tops through some sort of weevil. The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage…

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