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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

11,124 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

Bush and Farm Craft

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 5

Disinfectants should not be used in closets connected with septic tanks. They, will destroy the beneficial bacteria, as well as the harmful kind…

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For Homestead Farms. Bellingen Land District

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 2

One block of 1851 acres, being portions [?] parish of Fenion, county of Fltstoy; distant 20 miles from Dorrigo, and about 63 miles from Coff's Harbor shipping pott; mountaines,…

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A Simple Flour Mill. Farmers Can Make Their Own Flour

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 5

A demonstration of a patent universal mill was given in Adelaide the other day in the presence of the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. T. Pascoe,…

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"Educate the Country Boys." a Governor on Science in Farming

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 2

Lord Cheimstord, Governor of N.S.W., in addressing the students at the Scots College last week, said:— "I regard with pleasure the…

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Farmers' Movements

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 2

The New South Wales Farmers and Settlers' Association has not vet taken any step in regard to the proposed interstate conference of primary producers…

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N.S.W. Farmers' Meetings. F.S.A. Branch. Red Range

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of Red Range Branch was held on SAturday night, December 21st, when Mr. E. Mitchell, who was voted to the chair, presided over a fair attendance of…

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Queensland Farmers' Movements. Address at Harrisville by President Roberts

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 2

Mr. J. H. Cecil Roberts (president of the Queensland Fanners' Union) addressed a meeting in the School of Arts, Harrisville, on Friday night last…

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The Dairy Industry

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 6

When cows are well stripped one time and neglected another the fat yield will vary very much. The first milk may contain as low as 1.5 per…

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Gundaur Improvement Leases. Starvation Areas for Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 2

A Nyngan correspondent writes:— When the Attorney-General was told some time ago in Nyngan that the Gundaur improvement leases were…

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America's Apple Crop. Steadily Decreasing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 7

The governing factor in the apple market of America, and also now to a very large extent in the British Isles, is the production of apples in the…

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Finance for the Farmer an American Insurance Policy

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 4

Inglewood.—I have had several interviews with the resident secretary of the New York Insurance Co. on your behalf, I learn that no provision is…

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A Social Problem. a Dublin Farmer Wants Work

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 2

Each day appears to bring its own problem life is wonderful: A time young irish gentleman came in this week with a letter of…

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The Dairy Big Organisation

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 7

Dairymen throughout Australia should be intensely interested in thu scheme that is surely working towards federal organisation of the various…

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Produce. Dairy. Still the Holiday Feeling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 11

The holiday feeling was still very apparent in all departments of the produce markets on Thursday, and it seems certain that merchants will not settle down to business in…

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Grazing Crops for Pigs. Richmond River Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 4

Though pig-raising is carried on to a considerable extent on the northern rivers (says the weekly notes of the Department of Agriculture), it is such a profitable adjunct of…

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London Butter Market

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 1

Dalgety, and Company's London office cable under yesterday's date reports the market quiet. Quotations are as follow:-- Danish. 132s; New Zealand, 119s; Australian,…

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Queensland Butter Export

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 17

BRISBANE.—During the past couple of months there has been a wonderful increase in the export of dairy produce, especially butter, and the season seems likely to create a…

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Butter and Cheese

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 16

Butter is dull, buyers, displaying no activity in their operations. It is difficult to clear the large supplies which have accumulated during the holidays…

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Wheat Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 16

Mr. Tom-Brown, M.H.R., furnishes the following copy of an official letter setting out the arrangements made by the Commonwealth Government to furnish daily authentic…

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Wheat Freights

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 4

The big four-masted barque Lawhill, 2749 tons nett register, now discharging at Melbourne, is reported fixed to load wheat for the U.K. or…

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