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Farming & the land, 1913

11,124 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 250

Bathurst Crops. Bathurst

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 9

The [?] and oat crops in the Bathurst district fair yields. In some cases parliament around Ragland Esrom Eglinton and White Rork the wheat cut from one to one…

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He Is Bound to Be a Dairyman

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 7

The other day a 2-year-old boy was playing about a cistern in a Kansas town and fell in. The cistern was used as a sort of a cold storage plant for milk…

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Government Farms. Are They a Failure?

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 3

At the Berry Agricultural Show opening last week Mr. M. F. Morton, M.L.A., drew attention to some pertinent remarks in the last annual…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the North-west

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 5

Through another failure in the wheat crop last season deplorable conditions prevail along the North-western line from Werris Creek to Narrabri and around Manilla. The…

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Meetings of Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 5

GERMANTON.—At a meeting of the Germanton P., A., and H. Society it was decided to hold the show on Wednesday and Thursday, September 3 and 4…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 5

MILTON.—The output of the Milton Butter Factory for January was 64,843lb. Suppliers' net cheques totalled £2408…

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Retired Farmer's Suicide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 7

At 5.30 a.m. on February 2 Charles Batch, 66, a retired farmer, who had suffered from reurasthenia, was found lying on his bed at a house in Harrow-road, Bexley, with his…

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Dairy Produce in London

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 16

Messrs. W. Weddel and Co., Ltd., writing from London, on January 3rd, state:—Butter.—The extraordinarily mild…

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Not Three Farms in New South Wales

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 6

The New South Wales Labor Government, which has never been enthusiastic on the subject of immigration, has now practically shut down altogether on the importation of oversea population. It has responded to the demand of the Trades Hall bosses to cry enough. There is something to be said against the indiscriminate…

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Bathurst District Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

BATHURST, Monday.--The wheat and oats crops in the Bathurst district. It is estimated, will yield slightly above the average in some parts, especially around Flinton, Raglan,…

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Pastoral Topics

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 41

THE probable volume of autumn-shorn wools to be marketed this year is now a subject of keen discussion in wool circles. The policy has under normal…

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Queensland Butter Grading

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 9

BRISBANE.—During last week the butter graded by the Department of Agriculture totalled 14,864 packages, compared with 2667 packages graded during the corresponding…

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A Butter Shortage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 9

The long spell of dry weather experienced on the South Coast has been responsible for a marked decrease in the output of butter from the various factories. Most of the milk…

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Injury to Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 9

The case recently reported in our columns when a dairyman recovered damages from a [?] council for the value of a cow and three calves which died as a result of licking…

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Notes. Queensland Butter Exports

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 7

The quantity of butter offering for export in Queensland is now about 13,000 boxes weekly, an increase of over 100 per week oyer a year since. Over 80 per cent, of the export is…

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Jersey Cattle in Illawarra

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 5

There has been a great increase in the number of Jersey cattle in the herds in the Illawarra district, experience having shown that a well-bred Jersey herd is profitable, from all…

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Glebe Island's Pet Sheep

Evening News · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 7

George Henry Baddon, 20, was charged at Balmain Pollen Court, before Mr. Smithers with stealing a sheep value 13s, the property of Ellot, and Company, Limited, at Balmain…

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The Wheat Block

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 15

Who tells Mr. Cann steries to retail to the public on the wheat [?] and the coal block? Two weeks ago he gravely gave forth that the immense amount of new wheat…

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The Wool Trade

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 40

IN spite of the resumption of hostilities in the Balkans the course of the wool market continues to be decidedly in favour of sellers. The past week witnessed a…

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Points for Wheat Growers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 6

The Departmental Weekly Agricultural Notes contain the following points for wheat farmers, which have been compiled by Mr. R. W. Peacock, principal of the Bathurst Experiment…

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