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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

11,717 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Farmers in Distress. The Victorian Government Assisting

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 7

An interim report has been prepared by the subcommittee or the Victorian State Cabinet detailing the extent of in operation for the assistance of farmers…

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"Satisfied" Farmers. Amusing Slip for the Minister

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 7

No one doubts that the the N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture has received the letters from which he quotes extracts expressive of the greatest satisfaction on…

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Diary Farmers' Fears. Trouble with the Rural Workers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 6

Mr. Justice Heydon's recent pronouncement that wages boards could now meet to consider claims for increases has drawn some comment from Mr. R…

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South Coast Production. a Minister Lectures the Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 6

When speaking at the Kiama Agricultural Show last week Mr. Ashford, N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture dwelt on the fact that although the Association had…

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Dairy Factory Reports

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 6

For the month of December the Nambucca Dairy Company, Ltd. manufactured [?] of butter (42 tons) and paid-supplies [?] and [?] for [?] and second class butter respectively. The…

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Dairying on the Richmond. Some Fine Records

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 6

Some idea of the character of the season that is being enjoyed on the Richmond and Tweed Rivers (says a correspondent) is conveyed by the amount of…

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A Third Party. Dathurs[?] Farmers In Favor

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 3

At a meeting of the Bathurst branch F.S.A. on Saturday, a motion was carried by a large majority affirming the desirability of forming a third party…

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S.a. Farmers' Troubles

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 3

A deputation waited upon the South Australian Commissioner for Crown Lands ([?] Richard Butler) on Thursday. asking that in view of the distress…

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The Castlereagh How Farmers Should Vote to Teach Labor a Needed Lesson

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 3

The Castlereagh district council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association met at Dubbo on Wednesday night, and selected their candidate for the by-election for the…

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The Farmers' Peril

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 2

The Germans are using [?] ammunition." Some of their shells are marked 1892. and many do not [?] Many a farmer will be blown up new year when…

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Belgian Farm Hands

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 4

A movement is afoot to induce ex-Belgian farm laborers to emigrate to Cape Colony. A representative has been sent from Capetown to Europe…

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Produce. Dairy. a Good General Demand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 11

There was a good amount of trade in the dairy produce yesterday morning at generally unaltered levels. The egg market was firm, with a tendency…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Farmers' Finance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 5

The present season has been so disastrous to many farmers that it directs attention to the methods of finance and management adopted, by some of the men on the land. The…

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Crops and Pastures

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 3

CUDAL, Monday.--Grass and water are scarce, and a good fall of rain is badly needed. QUIRINDI, Monday.--The heat wave on the Liverpool Plains during the past week decidedly…

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Dairying

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 3

BYRON BAY, Monday.--Twelve first-class Jersey cows were landed to-day from the steamer Orara, to the order of Mr. H. O'Meara. The cattle came from the South Coast, and…

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Farmers and the Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 3

Mr. E. S, Twigg, Cowra, writes:--"On January 11 I engaged a special gang of men to press straw with one engine and cart with another traction engine; I rang up to order trucks but…

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Bathurst Farmers' Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 6

BATHURST. Monday.--At a meeting, of the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association the secretary (Mr. P. G. Cox) entered an emphatic protest against the action…

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Wool, Wheat, and Flour

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 3

The arrivals of produce by rail from inland centres at Darling Harbor this morning were as follow:--Wool, 1545 bales; wheat, 790 tons; and flour, 153 tons…

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The Sheep-ply Pest. Pastoral Committee's Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 11

Mr. James Kidd, president of the Pastoral Committee for Investigation of Blow-fly Pest, has forwarded the following circular to subscribers of the fund established last year in…

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WOOL. German Wool Buyers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 6

The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. w. m. Hughes, received a deputation from the wool-selling and wool-buying brokers of Australia, at Sydney, on January 29…

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