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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

12,048 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

Blood-poisoning in Sheep. in Tailing, Shearing and Castration Cuts

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 6

Some loss is annually occasioned at railing and shearing time owing to bload-poisoning, due to the entrance into the animal's system, though…

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The Market Mirror Wool Closed for the Holidays

The Land · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 10

The Sydney wool market has been closed for the holidays, so that there has been little or nothing doing, Nelther will there be until the auction…

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London Wool Report. Values on the Easier Side

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 11

Under date, London, November 21, Weddel and Co., Ltd., write of the English wool trade as follows:— "The market has been very quiet…

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Year's Rains. Above the Average. Timely Falls. Wheat Country Benefited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 9

The rainfall over the major portion of the State during the past year has been, on the whole, very satisfactory. Of course, there were long spells of dryness, followed by…

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General Review of the Markets the Produce Sales Wheat. Sydney. Sheapard, Harvey and Company

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

Perhaps the most noticeable feature of the wheat market throughout the holidays has been the steadiness of the market, for when [?] is made subsidiary to social and…

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Share Farming Agreement

The Land · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 2

An appeal case, affecting share farming, was heard recently before the High Court, in which the plaintiff (now appellant), Harold Lee…

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Dairying the Milk Yield of a Cow

The Land · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

Experiments have been carried out by Profeasor S. M. Babcock, of Wisconsin, with a view to finding out how the milk yield of a cow is…

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Straight Talk by Farmers. Progressive Policy Demanded. Tuesday's Liberal Caucus

The Land · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 3

There was a full attendance of the members of the Liberal Party in the Opposition room at Parliament House on the Tuesday morning, prior to the…

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How the "Country" Saved the "Town" an Illustrated Account of How the Farmers of the Dominion, at the Call of Their Union, Restored Law and Order in New Zealand During November, 1913

The Land · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 7

The effective and whole-hearted response made last month by the farmers of New Zealand to the call for the preservation of liberty and order in Wellington, Auckland, and other centres, is a landmark in the history of the Dominion. Our farmers and settlers have often been termed the backbone of the country, but never more truly did they earn the title than when in their hundreds and thousands they left their homes…

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"All Black or All White." Farmers' Firm Stand at Wagga. Against Tyrannous Unionism

The Land · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 6

There was an attendance of 135 district farmers and others interested in the rural producing industry, at the meeting held in the Masonic…

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The Land. "Nations may battle and the world rock with revolution but the land will care for him who cares for it." Telephone 1521 City, Telegrams, "The Land," Sydney Offices: 7 O'Connell-street, Sydney. Friday, January 2, 1914. The Political Entity of the Farmers and Settlers Association

The Land · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 6

We have no desire to raise an acrimonious discussion as to the relative merits of the Liberal and the Farmers and Settlers' Associations. We need not stay to discuss that matter. Both are powerful, and both are State-wide in the…

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Poultry Improvement of the Poultry Sections on the Experiment Farms of the Department of Agriculture

The Land · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

The Minister of Agriculture, the Honourable J. L. Trefle, has decided, on the recommendation of the poultry expert, to reorganise the poultry…

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Experiments with Dairy Cows

The Land · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 11

Professor Brandt, of Germany (says Professor Henry in "Feeds and Feeding"), conducted three experiments with light and heavy dairy cows,…

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The Farmers and Settlers' Association of W.a

The Land · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 13

At the meeting of executive council, held on Tuesday, December 9th, 1913, there were present:—Messrs. A. J. Monger (president), J. Deane. —…

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Liberal Difficulties. the Weather and the Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 1

The "great daily" reporters are becoming very expert in letting their Liberal friends down gently. This is style in which election meetings…

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Bush and Farm Craft Syphoning Water

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

Theoretically, water may be syphoned over a height of thirty-four feet, but practically the limit is little more than twenty-five feet, because there will…

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Farm Finance. Building Society Advances

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

Moree.—Regarding your proposal to build on a block of land in the suburbs of Sydney, the building societies in the city, as a rule, are prepared to…

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The Vegetable Garden. the Cauliflower. Bow Now for Autumn Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 7

The old English "Cole-flower," which was originally a product of Cyprus, was introduced to Great Britain from Germany about 1003, but it…

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Experiment Farms. a New Policy Inaugurated

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 7

An important departure in policy with regard to the areas controlled by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture for the purpose of experimental…

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N.s.w. Crown Lands Available. Homestead Farms. Taree Land District

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

One block of [?] acre, parish of Bachelor, country of Gloucester; about; [?] from do Goinl[?] good vegatabel mould, not deep in places, clay subsoll: suitable for decrying : and…

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