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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

12,048 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

Tasmania's Fruit. Record Crop Predicted. Hobart

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 4

Mr. Henry Hones, speaking of the fruit prospects, predicts a record crop. "If rain came along if would make an enormous difference," he said; "but apart…

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Good Farming at Bathurst. Effect Oe the Dry Weather

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 15

BATHURST, Tuesday.--Results obtained from areas in the Bathurst district during the past season have demonstrated the efficacy of good farming methods, and incidentally…

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Season Stock, and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 15

BLAYNEY, Tuesday.--Splendid rain has again fallen, 63 points, the result of thunderstorms, being registered last night locally. The downpour has been general in this neighborhood. The…

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Dairying Notes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 8

The annual report presented at the annual meeting of the Orara Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, on Jan. 17, shows that 151.942 pounds of butter have been manufactured…

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Martindale's Notebook. At Warwick Farm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 46

There was a really first-class crowd in the Leger Reserve at Warwick Farm on January 17, and the paddock attendance was good. This was in face of another meeting in Sydney, to…

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Wool Scours

The Australian Worker · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 24

The minimum rate fixed by the award for working at a wool scour is as follows: —Adults, 38/ per week with keep; boys between 18 and 21, 30/ per week;…

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Rural Workers. Farmers Will Reduce Wheat Area

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 5

NARROMINE.—Owing to the activity of the rural workers all over the State, and the excessive demands that they are making, the farmers of this district do not seem at all…

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Commonwealth Wheat Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 11

Exports of wheat from the Commonwealth continue on a heavy seale, especially from Viotoria, which last week sent away l,[?]l8,000 bushels, and from South Australia 1,012,[?]…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 13,711 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…

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Imported Romney Sheep. a Valuable Consignment

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 4

A valuable consignment of Romney Marsh sheep, which arrived by the Star of Australia from England, was moved to the quarantine station yesterday. All are from the famous stud…

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Wheat Strike. Removing the Embargo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 9

There are indications that the wheat shipping problem may yet to satisfactorily overcome. It was officially reported yesterday that…

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The Markets Sydney Wool Sales

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 30

Messrs. John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report:—Our new wool, show floors at Pyrmont were covered on Wednesday, the 14th inst., on the occasion of our fourteenth sale…

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Shifting the Wheat Harvest. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 5

Sir, -- Your articles on the above have been read with groat interest by the farming community. But, so far as the latter are concerned, it only touches the fringe of the…

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"Black" Wheat. and the Trouble It Is Causing

The Australian Worker · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 3

A GOOD deal of space is being taken up in the daily press just now with the discussion of what is known as "black" wheat…

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Wheat. Stacked and Dispatched. Country Railway Station Reports

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 9

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Wool Auction Sales. Spirited Competition. London, Thursday Morning

The Sun · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 9

The wool sales were continued yesterday, and were again well attended. Spirited competition was displayed among the buyers, and the continental operators bought…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Buoyant Market for Good Qualities

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 9

At the Sydney wool asks this afternoon, there catalogues were offered covering, 11.370 bales. They were Join Bridge and Company. Limited, with [?] bales , the Country…

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The Rural Strike. Three Settlements. Wheat Buyers and Union Agree

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 10

Yesterday afternoon some important developments in regard to the rural workers' strike were announced by the general secretary of the A.W.U. (Mr. E. Grayndler), who stated that he…

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Commercial. Liverpool Options Up. Wheat Freights High. Yet Cargoes Wanted

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 7

Private cables state that Liverpool options were a farthing per contal dearer on Wednesday, both for January and March. The London and Liverpool general wheat markets are…

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Delayed Railway. 100,000 Bags of Wheat Held Up. Dearth of Sleepers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 10

A deputation representing the farming, pastoral, and business Interests of the Stockinbingal to Oakvale section of the ForbesStockinbingal line, introduced by Messrs. T…

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