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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

12,048 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Margarine As Butter. a Dealer Imprisoned. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 13

A Nottingham dealer was yesterday sentenced to three years' penal servitude for silling margarine as butter. There were 22 previous convictions recorded…

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Australian Butter. and the London Market. an Expert's Report

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. H. W. Osborne, manager of the Western District Co-operative Distributing Company, who returned to Melbourne from Great Britain last week, has issued…

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Pleuro. a Virulent Outbreak. Cattle Shot. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 13

Another outbreak of pleure among cattle has occurred along the stock routes from Queensland to the South Australian border, through the Broken Hill district…

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English Commercial Cables. London-colonial Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 13

LONDON, Tuesday.--The list of arrivals for the first aeries of London-colonial wool sales, opening tills year on the 13th inst. has been closed at 284,000 bales…

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Wheat in the Country. Quantities Stacked and Dispatched

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 12

Following is the return of bags of wheat stacked at stations on the New South Wales lines for the week ended December 27:-- JUNEE DISTRICT…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Strong Market at Advanced Rates

Evening News · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 9

The Sydney wool sales were continued this afternoon in the Royal Exchange auction rooms, when three catalogues, covering 11.15s sales, were offered. They were pitt. Son, and…

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Wool Sales. First Series Commence. London, Wednesday Morning

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 9

The first series of the London wool sales were opened yesterday. There were 129,500 bales available, and the tone of the market was firm, with crossbreds…

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The Soil Trade with America. Meat and Butter. Threats of Boycott

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 7

SAN FRANCISCO, December 16.--The difficulties encountered in establishing a market for Australasian products on the Pacific coast have Just been accentuated by complaints of inferior…

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The Magic Button. The Diary of a Dairy Farm. The Diary Consists of Alternate Entries by Two Children—Dot and Dash. Chapter V.

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 44

Treating of our arrival at the Dairy Farm and how we got into the papers. Gallant Young Australia. We are recommended to the Society for the Protection of Children. Of how Dash…

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London Markets. Funded Stocks. Lower. Seduced Sates for Consols. Wheat Still Quiet. London, Wednesday Morning

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 9

The following sales in Investment stocks were recorded on the London Exchange yesterday:--Australian Mercantile Land and Finance…

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Farmer Accidentally Drowned. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 11

A young man named Fitzsimmons, a sharefarmer on Wollongongh station, Ungarie, was accidentally drowned in a tank there through the dray horse he was driving drawing the…

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A Farmer's Death. Alleged Manslaughter. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 11

The inquest was concluded at Shepparton to-day on the body of William Austis, a farmer, of Tallygaroopna. who died early on Sunday morning after a wrangle on the…

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Produce. Dairy. Inferior Quality Eggs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 15

The excessive heat which has recently been experienced on the North Coast has had a bad effect upon the quality of many of the egg consignments from the rivers…

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An Orpington Poultry Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 8

Most poultry people are aware that [?]rpington fowls of the various colours are the result of the investigations of the late Mr. W. Cook, who gave the birds the name of the…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. an Australian. Making A' Country Man. X.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 9

The new districts did not win out to permanent settlement without hard fights for recognition. Railway leagues were formed by the first selectors, who frequently got lost…

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Tariff Reform. the Bonar Law Compromise. Opposition of Farmers. London, Jan 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 13

The "Westminster Gazette is publishing correspondence which alleges that the Unionist newspapers are boycotting the tariff reform propaganda, particularly the complaints of…

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Meetings of Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 9

WOLLONGONG.—The question of securing the green for a showground. was discussed at a committee meeting of the Wollongong Agricultural Society when it was decided to…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 9

GRENFELL.—Almost all the wheat is strippod, and farmers are carting in to the railway station. The general impression is that the State's yield will be below last year not…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 9

BATHURST.—The newly-formed Milk Vendors' Association has appointed the following officers:—President, Mr. J. H. Stocks: secretarx, Mr. W. M'Intyre; treasurer. Mr. J…

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The British Farmer Protests

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 8

According to the "Westminster Gazette," as the cable reports this morning, the latest scheme of tariff "reform" propounded by the Conservatives has lauded the party in…

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