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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

12,048 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

Farm Finance. Loans on Crown Leases. Now In Operation

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

Narrabri asks me if the Government grant loans on Crown lease-holds. Answer.—An amended Bank Act has…

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N.s.w. Farmers Meetings. F.s.a. Branch Reports. Belmore

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 2

Mr. J. G. Sanders presided at last meeting of Belmore Branch, in the absence of the president. A letter was received from Mr. J. Thompson,…

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Bush and Farm Craft. Engine Power on the Farm. Which 18 the Better System—oil or Petrol?

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

At a recent meetings of the Coorabie branch of the South Australian Agricultural Bureau, an interesting paper on "Engine power on the farm" was…

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Turf Glub Helps Farmers

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 9

The West Australia Turf Club has don[?] to the relief fund for farmer whose crops were destroyed by a hailstorm last month…

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The Dairy a School and Students

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Trefle) told a deputation of dairymen the other day that there was no use establishing a dairy science school at…

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Dutch Farmers for Victoria

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 6

Mr. J. Van Det, a Dutch journalist, who is about to clave Victoria to try to induce Dutch farmers to settle in that State, says that of an agricultural…

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Farm Reform for Boys

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 6

Good, useful, open air work is the best reformative for any erring soul. Victoria seems to lead the other states in matters of reform. She has…

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Warwick Farm Meeting

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 11

A good afternoon's racing was held at Warwick Farm last Saturday. The favorite for the Liverpool Mile—Merton Lad—tried to win all the way…

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Produce. Dairy. Egg Market Firmer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 11

The only item of interest that occurred in the dairy section of Sussex-street yesterday morning waa a further rise in the egg market. The market was very…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the P.p. Boards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 5

The Pastures Protection Boards are to be abolished. Farmers and graziers see in the Government policy an effort to hand over their interests…

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Farmer Killed. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 10

George Jones, a farmer at Underwood, went out shooting birds on Tuesday. His gun exploded, and half his head was blown off. Deceased was 73 years of age…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 5

RICHMOND.—The rains of Monday had good effect on the second tomato crops, which show a marked improvement. The same can be said of the corn crops, which will benefit a…

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The Wine Industry. Poor Crop Prospects in the South

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 5

"The vintage prospects in the Murray Valley are the most unfavorable for some years past, and it is no use disguising the fact," says Mr. G. P. Frere, of St. Hilaire Vineyard,…

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Farm Products. Sydney Auction Sales

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 8

Dulness prevailed in the markets for both wheaten and oaten chaff at the Sydney goods yard this morning, and although the arrivals were not so large as those which have been…

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Coloring in Margarine. the Dairy Experts' Views. "Must Not Be Allowed."

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 6

LISMORE, Thursday. -- At a herd-testing conference yesterday Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, Chief Dairy Export, said, in his opinion, the dairying industry of the world, at the present time…

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Importation of Stud Stock. for the State Farms

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 6

In order to improve the quality of the live stock on the departmental farms, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. J. L. Trefic) has approved of the importation of ten head of stud…

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Farmers Installing Chaff-cutters

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 10

CARCOAR, Thursday. -- A large number of farmers throughout the district are now installing chaff-cutting and other plants on their farms. It is estimated that plants to the value…

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Season, Stock, and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 6

GUNNEDAH, Thursday. -- Large quantities of wheat continue to arrive at the local railway, but despatch by rail Is very slow. PORT MACQUARIE, Thursday. -- The weather…

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Wool

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 8

The feature of the current wool sales has been the keen demand for superior merino. The depression noted at the end of last year has passed…

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Butter Steady. LONDON,Saturday

The Sun · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 8

The butter market was steady yesterday. Victorian makes were quoted at from 110s to 116s, New South Wales at from 110s to 1114s, and New eZaland was dull at from 112s…

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