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Farming & the land, 1913

11,124 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

The Wool Trade. London, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 8

The wool arrivals total 232,600 bales. 149,500 of these have been forwarded to their purchasses leaving 136,000 available for the wool sales…

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Shipping Wheat to London. An Important Experiment

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 7

The executive of the South Darling Downs Branch of the Queensland Farmers' Union met on Monday morning in last week (says the Warwick…

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Gundagai Wheat Yields. Virtue of the Murrumbridge Flats

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 7

Sensational wheat welds are being obtained in the Gundagai district. At Jugiong the average is a shade over thirty bushels; at Gobaratong…

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The Butter Business. London Market Revives. London, Dec. 6, 1912

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 6

During the last two weeks the Omrah has arrived from Australia with 28,759 boxes of butter, the Narrung with 219, the Morea with 20,750, the Norseman with 1200, the Afric with…

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Wheat at the Royal Show. Attractive Prizes for Growers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 2

The first of the entries required for the Sydney Royal Show are those in the wheat section. These are due on January 30. The early date in…

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The Cospel of Fallow. the Salvation of Wheat Growing

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 7

Mr. Frank A. V. Rochfort, Berrigan, writes:—You cannot emphasise too strongly in your valuable columns the absolute necessity of fallowing every…

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Wool Arrivals. a Large Falling Off. London, Monday, 11.40 p.m

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 8

The arrivals of wool for the auction sales which commence on the 14th inst., amount to 135,000 bales, as compared with 185,000 bales for the same period of last year…

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Englise Wool Trade. Prices Well Maintained. (From Our Splcial Correspondent.) London, Dec. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 6

Another week has passed, and it has found the various representatives of the wool trade busy at work in Coleman-street the auctions finishing to-morrow. Really speaking, there…

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The "Farmer and Settler's" Lone Hand

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 1

The "Farmer and Settler" lias to confer that the Blayney election proves the inadequacy of the press campaign. For two or three years…

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Bush and Farm Craft VALUE Of Ring-barked Timber

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 5

Referring to the waste of valuable timber, "A Resident of the Upper Hunter" writes:—A little time ago Mr. Griffith stated that he was going…

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Farmers' Movements

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 2

The dates for Gundagai show have been altered from March 18 and ig 10 March 11 and 12. The Cumnock P. and A, Society…

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For Homestead Farms. Eellingen Land District

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 2

996 acres in two blocks of 3941 (portions 63 and 66) and 4411 acres (portions 64 and 65) respectively; parish of Fenton, county of Fitzroy; about 20 miles from Dorrigo;…

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For the Farm Table the Breakfast Menu. Some Easily-prepared Dishes

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 8

This time I'm going to give my friends some alee breakfast recipes: it is generally hard to think of tasty dishes for breakfast, when one hus to…

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Queensland Farmers Movements. Propaganda and Educative Work. Branch Q.f.u. at Pimpana Island

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 2

Some sixteen formers attended a meeting at Pimpana Island recently with the object of forming a local branch of the Queensland Farmers' Union Mr. W. A. Cross occupied the…

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The Dairy Industry

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 6

Three tons of cheese were conveyed from the Bylong cheese factory, near Rylstone, recently consigned to Dubbo, Mudgee, portland, and other towns…

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Poultry on the Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 6

Roupy fowls should be separated from the rest of the flock and kept where they are not likely to contaminate the soil or spread the disease…

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Land and Settlement a Dairying Shares Agreement

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 4

Mittagong asks for a copy of the typical agreement for dairying on shares. Answer: I have sent you a form of agreement; but you would be wise to…

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Burrowa's Big Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 7

Harvesting has been going along briskly in the liurrona district for the past fortnight, and some good wheat yields are reported, notably Mr. W…

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Experimental Oat Growing. Farm Plots at Henty and Harden

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 7

In connection with the experiment plots of oats for grain, it is worthy of note that at Henty and Harden Red Rust Proof again held its own, and…

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Warwick Farm Racing Club. January Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 12

Subjoined are the entrie for the January Meeting on the [?]th instant:- Flying Handicap, 6f.—Malt Mary, Careel, Peronella, Monic, Gunilla, Coron[?] Merton Lad, Gigand[?]…

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