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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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Helping the Farmer. Wagga Makes Suggestions

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 12

At a meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, a discussion took place as to the best means of helping the district…

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Farmers Experiments

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 7

The results in the experimental plots on the farm of Mr. B. J. Stocks near Harden were: Cleveland 9 bushels 41 [?] Rhyer 13 bushels 321b.: Bornen…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Past Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 5

With the reat of the community, the man on the land will remember the past year as the most eventful of our times. Opening under happy conditions, and amid peaceful,…

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Crops and Pastures

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 3

BATHURST, Thursday.--As a result of the heavy rain, many of the maize crops on the flats were covered by the flood. Potatoes and onion crops will benefit considerably from the…

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Co-operative Milling. a Farmers' Enterprise

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 3

Seeing that the farmers of New South Wales do not at the moment own any milling wheat it can hardly be expected that they are concerned with the question of the profits of…

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[?] Spoken Farmer. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 6

[?] the issue of your paper of [?] Attorney-General is quoted as [?] with a couple of letters, [?] are told have been forwarded…

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The Poultry Farmer's Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 15

"Where wheat is declared in a statutory declaration to be intended for use as chick-wheat it can be traded in at a lower figure than that stipulated in the proclamation…

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Wheat and Education

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 10

The attendance barometer at the Education Department is watched as closely as the weather barometer by sailors. Each quarter the Minister is supplied with a list of schools showing…

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The Wool Trade

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 6

Figures giving the actual of results of the expired portion of the current wool season are now available. They are not pleasant reading. Last year…

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Butter Market. London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

Australasian butter is in good demand. The latest quotations are:--Victorian and New South Wales, 134s to 138s; Queensland, 134s to 136s; and New Zealand, 136s to 140s…

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Wheat Seizure. Federal Government's Power

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 10

The fact that Mr. Hughes. Federal Attorney General, stated that he intended to refer to the Inter-State Commission the legality of the action of the New South Wales Government in…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes Agriculture. Encouraging Pollination. In Staked Tam[?]

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 6

Growers of toma[?] are familiar with the loss every year of a large [?]umber of [?] that drop off as they wit[?] consequence no…

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London Market Cables. Wheat. London, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 13

The wheat market is steadier, No. 1 Northern Manitoba for January shipment being quoted at 51/6. FLOUR…

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Wheat Seizure. Interstate Trade Aspect. Mr. Hall's Opinion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 12

The New South Wales Attorney-General, Mr. Hall, yesterday made a statement in reply to the views expressed by Mr. Hughes, Commonwealth Attorney-General, on the…

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The Wool Trade. Advances on Auction Bi[?]s

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 9

Although a holiday tone, more or less, pervades the market, a fair amount of business has been transacted in passed-in lots from the catalogues at, in some cases, good…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Cunning Curlew

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 9

All Australians are familiar with the shrill, strange, far-carrying call of the Stone Plover (or land curlew), but probably not many of them realise what a remarkable…

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Dairying

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 15

SINGLETON,Friday.--During the four weeks ended November 21 the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Company manufactured 248,455lb of butter, equal to 110 tons 18cwt. lqr. 11lb…

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The Soil. Irrigation Farming. Past Year's Developments

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 15

The majority of the settlers of the Murrumbidgee irrigation areas are still feeling their way as to the lines of production to be adopted. However, a great deal of doubt as to the…

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Poultry. a Poultry Farmer's Troubles

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 3

A poultry farmer not far from Sydney quite lately wrote that for three years nearly all his chickens died from what seemed to be a cold in the head. The first…

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Current News. Farms Wanted

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 6

A. L. Hinton, Farm Salesman, of 76, Pitt-street, Sydney, has good enquiries for Poultry Farms, Orchards aud Small Mixed Farms, especially on terms. Usual…

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