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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

12,048 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

Ar Ungatisfactory Share-farmer

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 4

Cumpedah tells me that he has a share-farmer on his property who has occupied a farm from year to year, there being no written agreement of…

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Bush and Farm Craft

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 4

A Country correspondent, who has found the wire fly traps very effective, mentions that much depends upon the bait. In her experience a mixture of…

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For the Farm Table. Waste Apples. Simple Method of Brewing Home-made Cider

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 8

The very best quality of cider can only be made from selected apples brown for the purpose, and those apples thoroughly ripe; but, as many…

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The Farm Engine. The Good Time Coming

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 4

The auto on the farm arose before the dawn at four. It milked the cows and washed the clothes, and finished every chore…

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Farm Implements. Buy only What is Necessary

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 4

What implements are necessary on a farm? This question needs to be carefully studied by the farmer, and only such implements should be…

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Dutch Farmers and Victoria. An Attempt to Stimulate immigration

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

Mr. J. Van Det, a Dutch journalist, who is about to leave Victoria on a tour through Holland and Belgium for the purpose of trying to induce Dutch…

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Record Sugar Crop. Ample for commonwealth Requirements

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 7

There is a record sugar crop—240,000 tons—in Queensland this season, almost double the production of the previous twelve months. With the…

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Millet Cultivatior. a crop with Which no Liberties may be Taken

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 7

Hungarian millet, which may besown at the cad of January and even later, should be drilled in if possible, so that the crop may be cultivated in…

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Heavy Apricot Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 7

The crop of apricots on the Renmark irrigation settlement is one of the heaviest that been known there A similar report comes from Waikerie,…

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Nardoo Ostrich Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 6

Captain Cairnes, of Nardoo ostrich farm, Coonamble, reports that he has had a very satisfactory hatching of chicks this season, There are now…

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The Dairy Industry

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 6

The Shorthorn breed easily heads the list of British with over 4,000,000 head, or 04 per cent of the entire stock of the country: this,…

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Farm Finance. Commonwealth Bank's Finances

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 4

Armidale asks me if the Commonwealth Bank is losing money. Answer.—In the profit and loss account the amount of £14,000 3s, 11d…

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The Milk Standard. Apprehonsive Dairymen

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 6

At a meeting last week of the Dapto Agricultural Society, reference was made to the inquiry now being held by the Board of Health in regard…

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The Babcook Tester on the Farm. for Milk, Cream, and Skim Milk

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 6

Sufficient has been written from time to time to prove the necessity for the farmer to be able to use the Babcock tester. The object of theis article is to…

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Dairying on Large Scale. How They Do It in America

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 6

What is believed to be the largest dairy farm in the United States of America is situated near Falfurrias, Texas. This farm, which is the…

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Seventy Farms. Booorabil Estate to Be Cut Up. Both Tenures Obtainable

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 4

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Trefle, on Saturday announced that 70 farms will be gazetted on the 21st instant for ballot on March 2 on the…

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Farmers Preparing for the Worst

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 6

The recent wharf strike in New Zealand taught the farmers a lesson. We learn everything in the course of time, but their is no quicker or better…

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 6

The executive annual report of the Fanners and Settlers' Association will be issued on May 12. Resolutions for the consideration of…

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Coastal Farmers' Society

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 7

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society was held at Bega on Monday. There was a representative…

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Warwick Farm Races

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 8

The Warwick Farm Racing Club's meeting is a fixture for to-morrow afternoon. There is certain to be a big attendance of raceg[?]ers, who certainly…

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