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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

12,048 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

The Sheep and Wool Grower Sheep and Wool Holiday Inactivity

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 14

The local wool trade is laboring under the holiday spirit. Inactivity is its main feature. All sections of the trade are certainly deserving of a few…

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Big Prices for Sheep and Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON, LIMITED, obtained the [?] high prices at Flemington on Monday last J. Quinn, shorn wethers [?] 2d; [?] Jones, 17s 3d, J. H. [?] 16s 10d; B O'Neill, 16s 3d; A…

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The Future of Sheep and Wool

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 12

"The Future of the Sheep and Wool Industry in Australia" was the title of an address given at a meeting of the Mount Gambier branch of the South Australian…

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Cattle

The Land · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 11

Like as in sheep, the supply for the only sale held this week, 3660 head, from 130 owners, was insufficient to meet the demand. Two of the lots…

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Riverina Wheat Crops

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

The wheat crops around Walla Walla are good, averaging six bags and upwards per acre. Generally the late crops are inferior, though good…

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An Ideal Combination. The Wheat, the Sheep, and the Soil

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 6

Our a great portion of New South Wales wheat and sheep farming is an ideal combination for rendering the farmer less at the mercy of the…

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Improving Pastoral Lands

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 11

The improvement of the grazing capacity of pasture land does not receive much attention in Australia (says a Victorian contemporary). The majority of our…

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Farmers Unload Their Own Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 2

At Lockhart on Monday over 0,000 bags of wheat crossed the weigh-bridge. On top of all this, the lumpers struck work in the afternoon, and…

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Pastoral Finance Association Ltd

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 9

Since the close of the sales this market has been quiet, but active operations will be resumed next week. Prospects appear favourable, and it is…

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Cattle From Canada

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 12

The following despatch from Lancaster, Pa., appears in a Philadelphia newspaper:— The first proof of the wisdom of the…

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Romney Marsh Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., advise that a valuable consignment of Romney Marsh sheep will arrive here,) per the steamship Star of Australia, about January 20, The whole of…

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Pnuemonia [?] Stud Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 6

Pneumonia (or information of the lungs) is a disease of [?] occurrence amongst flocks sheep, but is not infrequeently found amongst pump[?] stud…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Butter Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

With the extension of the butter export trade to America, the tromendous value of the compulsory grading system to New Zealand becomes more and more pronounced. We…

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Sheep in South Africa

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 12

According to the Government statisties there were on January 1. 1912, about 43,000,000 sheep and goats of all classes in the four provinces which comprise the South…

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Two Good Sheep Dogs

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

Coodoblin.—I think I have come across a [?] that should suit your requirements. He has just been mentioned to me by a reliable breeder who is prepared to send him on to…

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Wheat Experiment Results

The Land · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 8

Some further official returns are available of the results of harvesting farmers' experiment wheat plots in various districts. These chiefly bear…

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World's Wheat Position

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

Summarising the world's wheat position, "Beer[?]ohm's Corn Trade List" of November 21 stated that latest advices regarding crop prospects in Australia…

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Stripping in Riverina. Where Wheat Crops Are Good

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

WAGGA, Thursday.—The wheat crops from Junce to The Rock are not up to expectations of six weeks ago, when. there were prospects of a record harvest. The rains were…

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Gigandra Wheat Plots

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 11

Mr. James Roach's private wheat plots at "La Bona," Gilgandra, have strikingly illustrated the difference between the early and late maturing…

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Wool for America

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 12

The Minister for Agriculture officially announces the receipt of a communications from the office of the Trade and Immigra tion Commissioner to the United States on…

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