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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

12,048 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Homestead Farms. Bellingen Land District

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 3

About [?] acres, in two blocks of 240 and 196 acres, parishes of Dingle and Oakes, county of Raleigh; distant from about 20 to 32 miles from Bellingen; fronting the North or Main…

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"The Average Farmer." and the Man Who Tries to Help Him

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 3

An enthusiastic Country Party farmer writes:—"Just a line before I resume the harvesting work that engages the attention from dawn till…

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For the Farm Table. the Summer Fruit Supplies. Simple Home Drying Methods

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 8

It is chiefly in the prevention of waste that the means of attaining comparative wealth are to be found. The good housewife and the thrifty…

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The Educated Farmer. And the Value of His Training

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 3

How does education pay the farmer? asks Professor T. C. Alkeson, of West Virginia. First, by increasing his earning…

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Indifferent Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 3

At the annual meetings of several F.S.A. branches in the Maclcay district regret was expressed at the large number of farmers holding aloof from…

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Farmers' Movements

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 3

Moree Protection Board seeks to have removed for six months the protection to kangaroo rats, owing to their increate in the district…

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Farmers' Union at Yanco

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 3

A meeting was recently hold, at the Yanco Irrigation area for the purpose of farming a union of the holders of the larger areas. The idea of some of…

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Dairy Factory Report

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 6

The [?] during December man[?]ned of buzzler. Supplies were paid chequers amun[?] to £201 at the rate of rod, per 1b for [?]…

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Poultry on the Farm. Some Duck Reminders. Points That Make for Success

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 6

Keep plenty of coarse sand and old mortar, and a little charcoal in a box for hying ducks. Keep ducks away from the water at…

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Paper-making Fibres. Home-growing for Australian Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 7

Mr. E. E. Hudson, representing one of the principal firms of paper makers in America, it at present visiting Australia for the purpose of…

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Indian Sugarcane. a Crop That Can Be Cut at Any Time

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 7

All conversation with a "farmer and Settler" representative, Mr. W. Barrett, of Dooralong, testified to the virtues of Indian sugar-cane as a…

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Moree Farmers and Settlers

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 2

At a meeting of the Moree branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association a communication was received from the Department of Lands, in reply to…

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The Passing Show Farmers Union at Yanco

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 4

Fanners of the Yanco irrigation area have decided to form a Fanners' Union, the members of which must hold ten acres or mote. Some of the bigger…

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Warwick Farm Racing Club. January Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 12

Subjoined are the weights for the Warwick Farm Race Meeting on Saturday next:- Liverpool Mile.—Maltchester, 9st 1lb; Willow Green, 9st; Oweenee, 8st 11lb; Riverbird, 8st 7lb; It's Funny,…

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Produce. Dairy. a Steady Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 11

There were a few changes in the Sussex-street markets over the week-end. Trade was just going along steadily. The ogg market had changed slightly. There…

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Poultry Farmer's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 5

"Accidental death" was the City Coroner's verdict yesterday in the case of Joshua B. Laycock, 63, a poultry farmer, of North Ryde, who died in the Balmain Hospital on January…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Mr. Osbornes Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 5

Reference has been made already to the report furnished by Mr. H W. Osborne, manager of the Western District Factories Co-operative Produce Company, Ltd., Victoria,…

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Farmer Injured. Bowraville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 5

A farmer named Joseph Butler, of Upper Taylor's Arm, while driving along a dangerous portion of the road met with a serious accident. His horse shied, and Butler…

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Can't Get Land. Why Farmers Leave England London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 7

Mr. Rew (assistant secretary of the Board of Agriculture), giving evidence before the Dominions' Commission, said that the rural districts of England were pretty well cleared…

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Poultry Farmer's Death. Missing Money

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 11

An inquest was held yesterday morning concerning the death of Joshua Brummett Laycock (63), who died in the Balmain Hospital a few minutes after admission on January 6. He was…

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