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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

12,048 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Irrigation Crops. the Trend in Victoria. Handling Lucerne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 10

There are now 1200 settlers on the irrigated areas of Victoria on farms averaging about 50 acres each. Referring to the principal lines of production, that are being taken up, the…

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The Season, Stock and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 10

CANOWINDRA, Friday.--The past year was one of the driest on record as far as this district was concerned, only 15.33 in being recorded locality. This is about 81n. below the average…

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Poultry. Starting a Poultry Farm. Questions of Interest

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

A correspondent who intends to start poultry-farming, and who wishes to avoid making any initial blunders, has submitted a number of questions…

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Price of Butter. London

The Sun · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 4

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

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Wheat Quiet. London

The Sun · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 4

The wheat market continues quiet. Two New South Wales cargoes afloat and loading have been sold at 36s 9d per quarter, and a Victorian cargo afloat at 35s 6d per quarter…

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Crushed Between Wheat Teams. Junee, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 9

Whilst working in the goods yard to-day, a man named Joseph Casey was crushed between two wheat teams, his head and chest being badly injured…

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"Black" Wheat. Shunned by Rural Workers—trouble May Extend to Waterside

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 14

The rural industries are not yet at peace. There has been a settlement of conditions on the lines of the rural workers' log with regard to chaff-cutting in the Old Junee and Temora…

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Poultry Farming. Cholera in the Duck Farms. How the Disease May Be Conveyed and How It May Be Combatted. Answers to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 21

McVIE.—You think your fowls are suffering from indigestion, owing to the use of musty wheat. Quite likely you are right. You say you have returned the wheat, consequently the cause having been…

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Terrific Store Tornado Near Tamworth. Houses Wrecked; Farms Devastated Remarkable Effects of Wind. TAMWORTH

The Sun · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon a tornado of terrific force swept over portion of this district, and wrought destruction such as has not been previously known here…

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Culcairn's Farming Advance. Fairly Good Wheat Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 11

CULCAIRN, Saturday.--Culcalrn has made rapid strides as a wheat producer since 1908, due to the cutting up of the Walla Walla and Kirndeen Estates. Previous to 190S, when Walla…

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The Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 11

Prescott, Ltd., report, concerning the butter markets:- Sydney.—The shipments which arrived on Monday showed a heavy increase, and as stocks were…

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Wool Manifested

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 10

There were 1187 bales of wool manifested to arrive at Darling Harbor and sub-stations on Saturday…

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Inter-state Butter Market

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 10

The Sydney butter market has been rendered weaker by the increased weight of stocks, and quotations have come back. Prescott, Limited, in their weekly report, note:—"The shipments…

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Launceston Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 10

The Launceston annual wool sales were held on day. Animated and keen competition was experienced, and business was well up to expectations. English, Continental, and American buyers operated. The bulk…

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The Sheep-fly Pest. Official Investigations. Parasites of the Sheep Maggot Flies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 6

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…

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Wheat and Flour Manifested

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 10

There were 5071 tons of wheat and 424 tons of flour manifested to arrive at Darling Harbor and sub-stations on Saturday…

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Wool Sales. a Brisk Market

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 7

At the wool sales on the Royal Exchange this afternoon 9131 bales were offered. There was a brisk market and a continued demand for New England wools at the…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Strong Competition. Market Buoyant

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 10

At the opening wool sales of the week, two catalogues were offered, covering [?] they were, Dalgety and Company, Limited, with [?] bales, and Goldsbrough, Mort, and…

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Rural Workers and "Black" Wheat. Threatened Wharf Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 7

In regard to the grievances of the rural workers in certain country districts, Mr. Grayndler, the secretary of the A.W.U., to which the agricultural workers belong, said on…

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Splendid Wheat Yield. 13[?]0 Bags From 130 Acres

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 11

MUDGEE, Sunday.—Mr. J. R. Atkinson, of Galamhine, who every year has splendid wheat yields, had another good yield this season. He reaped 1370 bags from 130 acres. Yandilla King…

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