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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

12,048 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250

Price of Butter. London

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 8

New South Wales butter is quoted at 110s to 114s per cwt…

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Export Trade. Commonwealth Butter Shipments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 21

The following are particulars of butter shipped from the Commonwealth to the United Kingdom for the week ended January 9, 1914:…

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Wheat Quiet. London

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 8

The wheat, market continues quiet. Two New South Wales, cargoes, afloat an loading have been sold at 36s 9d per quarter, and a Victorian cargo afloat at 33s: 6d per quarter…

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London-colonial Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 16

Hill, Clark and Co., Ltd., received advice to the effect that the nett available quantity of wool for the coming series of the London-colonial sales opening on January 13 will be 133,000…

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Wheat Crisis. Over 700 Farmers Ready. to Load at Sydney. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 20

A prominent member of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association stated that the farmers are quite prepared to meet the new situation likely to be created…

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The Wool Trade. an Improved Position

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 8

An excellent test of the wool market was made this week, and results generally were very satisfactory indeed. A strong position was established right at the commencement…

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Sheep-fly Investigations. the Parasitic Wasps. Supplies for Pastoralists

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 10

The Minister for Agriculture has received a report from the Government Entomologist, to the effect that the parasitic chalcid wasps discovered at the Yarrawin sheep fly, experiment…

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The Prosperous West. Plenty of Feed and Good Wool Clip. Bathurst

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 1

In his report to a meeting of the Bathurst P. P. Board, [?] inspector Brett stated that there was [?] abundance of dry feed throughout the district, but in places water…

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Conditioning Houses. Where Wool Is Thoroughly Tested. Predict Drop in Australian Prices

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 10

Mr. Arthur M'Arthur, who arrived from London by the R.M.S. Moree, had an interesting story to tell about the wool-testing institutions in England. He also found that English wool…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes Issued under the direction of the Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. J. L. Trefle. the Orchard. Bottling Fruits. Some Suggestions

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

The principles and process or bottling fruit are practically the same as those of canning described in recent "Notes," the adoption of rubber rings…

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Poultry Farming. Imports and Exports. Value of the Industry to the State. the Profits of Scientific Duckfarming

Globe · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 8

T.S. Cobar.—(1) You ask : "Is it possible for pure-bred White [?] to have chicks showing occasional black farmers owing to Black Orpingtons also being in the [?] My answer is "Yes." The…

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Wrecked by Cyclone. Destruction at Tamworth. Houses and Crops Ruined. Tamworth

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 8

Damage to the extent of many thousands of pounds has been wrought by a cyclone which, accompanied by heavy hall and rain which fell in torrents, swept across the southern part of…

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Southwestern Orchards. Damaged by Drought and Floods. Stone Fruit Crop Ruined. Young

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 11

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Saturday, January 10, 1914. British Farming

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 18

Some years ago a fellow of the Royal Society, Mr. A. D. Hall, with two companions, Mr. E. S. Beaven, and Prof. T. B. Wood, of Cambridge, made a tour of…

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Produce. Dairy. Case Eggs Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 21

The unsatisfactory conditon in which the river eggs have arrived during the past week has caused grocers to operate almost exclusively upon new-laid and railway varieties…

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The Dairy Herd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 8

The profits from cowkeeping depend upon three main factors—viz., cost of production, the yield of milk, and the price at which the milk or the product into which it is converted…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Snake "Charmees."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 8

What are called "snake-charmers" have become very numerous lately. Indeed, this seems to have become a sort of profession with a number of people, who collect a few…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 8

MILTON.—The weather is very dry, and the outlook for dairying is bad…

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Record Crop of Sugar. Sufficient for Australia. Mr. Philp in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 19

Queensland, according to Mr. Robert Philp, an ex-Premier of the State, has had a good year. There is a record sugar crop—240,000 tons—…

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Record Sugar Crop. Big Queensland Output

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 6

This season's Queensland sugar crop is, according to Mr. Robert Philp, formerly Premier of the northern State, a record one. It will run into 240,000 tons-- almost double…

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