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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

11,124 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

The Season and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 6

BINGARA, Thursday.-- A welcome storm passed over the district list evening, the total fall recorded being 160 points. Heavy rain extended south for about 30 miles and travelled…

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Produce. Dairy. the Position of Butter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 25

In Sussex-street yesterday morning all qaulities of eggs were on the searce side. There was a good demand for new-laids, and a fair inquiry for railways With the present high…

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London Butter Market

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 8
Also in The Sun

Messrs. Dalgety and Company are in receipt from their London office of a cable reporting the butter market dull. Danish butter is quoted in London at 1901 per cat: New Zealand…

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Fire Branding of Sheep

Globe · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 3

A. strong protest against the Commonwealth Government framing regulations. In favor of fire branding of lambs and sheep for export was made to the Minister for Customs last week…

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Javorina for Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

For some days past it has been rather freely rumored that one of the N.D.L. liners had been fixed for wheat, but the most searching inquiries…

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Australian Butter. High Commissioner's Report

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 14

LONDON, Thursday Evening.--The Colonial Butter Committee has cabled to its principals as follows:--"Sir George Reld refuses to cable the…

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Can Shorn Sheep Recognise One Another?

Globe · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

Q.: "Do you think shearing affects the power of mutual recognition among a flock of sheep?" "W.C.D." A.: To a certain extent, yes. Of the four…

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Experimental Wheat Plots Cininderha

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 5

The following are the results obtained from the experimental wheat plots at Cininderra.— Yandllia King 37 bushels, Federation 34, Cleveland 30, Baysh 21½, and Florcnce 16½. The…

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Wheat Entries. for the Royal Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 10

The secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society stated yesterday that the entries in the wheat section of the forthcoming Royal Show are, fairly satisfactory, the dotal number in…

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New Zealand Wool Sales. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 25

At the wool sales to-day 10,000 bales were submitted.: There was a slight drop, except in coarse backcouatry wool. Lambs also gold weh. Medium half-bred brough /10 to /10[?] fine crossbred /10½ to /11[?]…

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The Royal Show. Entries in Wheat Section

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

The secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society states that the entries in the wheat section of the Royal Show are fairly satisfactory, the total number in all classes…

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The Wool Trade. End of Weekly Series

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 7

On Thursday last the weekly sereis of sales in the Sydney market was drawn to a close Clearing-up auctions however are arranged for February 10 to 12, inclusive, on a revised…

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The Wheat Block. Is the Railway Excuse Valid?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 25

Someone was throwing dust in the eyes of the Minster for [?]ways and the Cales Com[?] when they took in their informant's story that the new wheat was depreciating…

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Wheat Market Dull London, Friday, 7.55 p.m

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 8

The demand tor wheat is slow. A New South Wales cargo, February shipment, was sold at 37s 3d…

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Colonial Butter. Sir George Reid's Report. London Agents' Protest. London, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 24

The Colonial Butter Committee lins cabled to tholr principals as follows:- "Sir George Reid rofusos to cable the committee's commentary on the reports…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes Issued under the direction of the Minister for Agriculture, the Hon J L Tr[?]) Agricultural. Maize-growing. Methods Worth Practising

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 8

Early Leaming is the variety of maize most favored on the Grafton Experiment Farm for the early crops, and Yellow Deat for the late ones…

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Growing-crop Competition. a Fine Yield

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 8

Though the competition hold at Cowra during the past harvest was gradually deduced by one defection and another to one grower, that one…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 7

CASINO.—The Bonalbo butter factory is turning out over two tons of buttor wookly. CUSSNOCK.—At the eleventh halt-yearly meeting of the Cessnock Co-oporative Dairy…

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Experimental Mental Farming

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 7

PARKES.—The experimental wheat plots sown on his "Innesvale" farm by Mr. M. Leonard on May 11 weiu not harvested until January 7, and owing to the delay there was…

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