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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

12,048 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

The Milk Supply. South Coast Farmers' View

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 5

ALBION PARK.—With regard to an interview, published in the "Herald," under heading "Milk Supply—Inf[?]ted Prices Condemned," dairy farmers here contend that the…

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A Crop of Suicides

The Sun · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 6

An amazing piece of news comes from Japan:--"The chief of the Meteorological Observatory has committed suicide by harikari, because he was blamed for falling to…

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Resisting Arrest. Farmer's Living Shield. Sheriff's Dilemma. London, Monday Morning

The Sun · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 9

Edward Beardsley, a farmer, of Marysvllie, in New York State, has for three days held out against arrest. He is wanted on a charge of shooting the local postmaster…

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Farmers Organisation

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 7

WAGGA, Saturday.—Enthusiasm prevails in the organisation movement of the Farmers and Settlers' Association. One of the planks of the F. and S.A. Country party is that of…

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The Season, Stock and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 7

BINGARA, Saturday.—The -weather continues very sultry. As a result of recent rains there is a splendid growth of grass everywhere, and food and water are abundant. Stock are all in…

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Farm Apprentices. a South Australian Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 7

The last session of the South Australian Parliament passed a bill instituting a system of immigration and apprenticeship for boys. The regulations having been approved of the…

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Sheep and Wool. the Sheep-fly. Investigations in Queensland

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 6

It is reported from Birsbane as probable that extended investigations of the blow-fly in sheep will be under-taken by a veterinary officer and an…

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The Wheat Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 6

BATHURST.—There is a serious division of opinion amongst representative wheat growers throughout the district as to the probability of the realisation of the official…

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Australia Pastoral Company

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 10

The report of the Australian Pastoral Company to June 30 last, submitted in London on December 22, stated that the revenue account showed a credit of £266,129, and, after…

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"Black" Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 1

THE BAG SYSTEM FAVORS STRIKES The wheatgrower is dependent upon labor in the field, at the loading station, on the railways and at the port. If New South Wales had the bulk system; the grower would be far less at the mercy or the caprice of farm; railway and port labor, as the wheat would run like water and would require little handling…

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"Black Wheat."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 6

The chronic threat of strike under which this community is condemned to live just, now takes the curious form of a warning that if farmers presume to cart their…

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Wool Manifested

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 10

There were 856 bales of wool manifested to arrive at Darling Harbor and sub-stations yesterday…

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Wool Sydney

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 5

Messrs. Harribon Jones and [?], Ltd., and the postoral Finance Association, Ltd., offered in all [?] of wool of the Sydney, wool sales yesterday. New Zealand wools and…

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Stronger Wool Market

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 4

Messrs. John Sanderson and Co. have received the following cablegram from their London house, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray and Co., dated yesterday:--"The market is…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 11

Wool sales were hold yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 9222 bales, and the ales, Including private transactions,…

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Sheep in the Coastal Districts

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 6

Taree is thinking of going in for sheep [?]ing instead of cattle breeding, but before taking the matter up seriously,he wants some advice…

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Canada's Butter Importations. Australia's Widening Opportunities

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 6

Attention is being focussed upon Canada as a market for Australian butter. The annual report of the Canadian Dairy Commissioner calls…

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Wheat and Flour. Oversea Exports

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 3

The exports of wheat and flour from Sydney last week, according to the Customs House return's were the following:--"Wheat (in bushels).--New Zealand, 32,985…

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Australian Produce in England. London Notes. Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 4

LONDON, December 19. --Trade this week has been slow, and the moderate arrivals—32,800 boxes from Australia—have not cleared. Apparently many buyers filled all their Christmas…

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Shelter for Sheep. An Economically Bound Expenditure

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 6

When an engineer erects a steam plant, his first care is to provide a wind and weather proof shed around his boilers. Further, he "lugs" the…

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