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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

12,048 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 250

Poultry Farming. Beginners Helped Over Their Troubles. the Position of the White Leghorn. Inquiries

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1914 · page 21

C.J. (Waratah): The fowl may be crop-bound, caused by mass of indigested food in crop,or due to some foreign substance. Carless feeding when the fowls are hungry is sometimes the cause. Pour a small…

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No Shenanigan for Farmers

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1914 · page 18

During the past few weeks' we have given a very detailed account of "how the country saved the town" in New Zealand. This was a case in which wharf laborers refused to…

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Women Farmers. Attraction of Irrigation. MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1914 · page 9

Hitherto undue prominence has not been given to irrigation farming as a feminine industry, but the women settlers in the Rochester district are showing the way in…

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The Butter Markets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 11

Prescott, Ltd., reports concerning the butter markets:- Sydney.—This week's demand has been particularly heavy, on account of the holiday, and the market is…

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Wheat Transport. Farmers Object to Bulk Handling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 4

ALBURY.—Much comment has been evoked among the farming population in regard to the announcement that a considerable amount of money is to be expended on the…

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Milk and Butter Tests. at the Kiama Show. New District Milk Record

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 11

KIAMA. Saturday.--The Kiama show was continued to-day in fine weather. There were about 2000 persons present, among them Mr. G. M. Burns, M.U.R., Mr. G. W. Fuller, and…

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Kiama Show. Good Display of Cattle. Shorthorn' Cow Wins Championship. (From Our Special Reporter.) Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 4

The Kiama Agricultural Association's annual show was opened or Friday in fine weather. The attendance was satisfactory for a judging day, about 500 people being…

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Rural War. Farmers and the A.W.U. Three Thousand As Strike Breakers. Coolamon

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 1

The largest meet log of farmers ever held hero took place on Saturday afternoon, under the auspices of the Farmer and Settler Association, to consider what action to take with…

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Farmers' Troubles. "Up Against Trusts and Combines."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 4

BATHURST.—According to a leading district agriculturist, who holds a high place locally, the farmer has more than the lural workers' claims and the shortage of trucks to contend…

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Farmers Organising. Narrandera

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 4

On wednesday last a conference was held at Narrandera of delegates of the various branches of the Farmers and Settlers' Association in the Murrumbidgee electorate. The…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Bulk Handling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 4

There is every prospect of the system of handling wheat in bulk being introduced not only in this State, but, indeed, throughout Australia. The present Government has…

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Berry Farm. Guernseys and Jerseys. Protest Against Removal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 4

BERRY.—Some concern is being shown by the South Coast farmers at the probable removal of the Guernsey stud from the Berry experimental farm. At a meeting of the Berry…

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Season, Stock, and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 11

GOULBURN, Saturday.--At a meeting of the P.P. Board the stock inspector reported stock to be in good condition, and free from disease. The rabbit inspector reported that rabbits were…

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Sheep and Wool. Worm Infestation

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 6

Debility, from whatever cause, renders an animal far more in danger in become seriously infested by intestinal parasites, whilst healthy, vigorous…

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Farmer 'S Wheat Experiments

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

The wheat experiment plot under the supervision of Messrs. C. H. and A. Hulme, Burney (Culcairel has been harvested, and. under the most…

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Butter Factory Burned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 8

TEMORA, Monday.--The butter factory and plant were completely destroyed by fire this morning. The factory has not been working for twelve months, end nobody lived on the…

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The Wheat Market

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 16

Messrs. Lindley, Walker and Co., writing on January 22, states:—Very little alteration has taken place in the local wheat market this week,…

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Wheat for Japan

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

Wheat continues to draw upon the Sydney market for supplies of wheat. Several large parcels - Law already gone forward, and on Thursday the…

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More About "Black" Wheat. the Farmer 'S Side

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

"It is now time," said Mr. T. I. Campbell, General Secretary of the F. and S. Association, "that the farmers' side should bo put before the public…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, have received the following cable from London:—January wool sales closed [?] Compared with closing rates of lat series, prices for the better…

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