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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

10,780 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

The Farm Table Drying Apricots Several Satisfactory Ways of Treating

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 8

Many inquiries are being made as to the drying of summer fruit, particularly apricots, one reason being the unfortunate fact that in some districts the…

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Bush and Farm Graft a Simple System of Farm Book-keeping

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 6

To every person taking on the business of farming, one of the first essential thoughts should be: "How shall 1 keep my accounts?" It is of paramount…

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Season Reports. State of the Crops in New South Wales

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 7

Returns from the wheat centres in Riverina have been truly wonderful, being a record over practically the whole of the division, where no pests were encountered. Few paddocks returned under…

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Sydney Dairy Produce

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 5

In the dairy division ol sussex-street all lines of dairy produce have been steady. The price of butter has been re­duced from 135/4 per cwt, to 123/8 per…

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Motor or Horse The Tractor on the Farm Victorian Farmers That Use Power

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 5

The experience of Messrs. Neeld Bros., who have a farm of about 1000-acres near Natbalia (Vic.). goes to show that the motor tractor is more valuable than the…

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Dairying Industry The "Dual Purpose" Menace a Warning Against the Beef Breeds

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 6

"R.O.B., in the Sydney "Daily Telegraph," writes strongly on a subject of vital concern to the dairying industry:—Beef is scarce and dear, and it will…

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Season Reports. Dairy Pastures in Now South Wales

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 6

North Coast reports state that the weather concludes very dry, with hot days and cold lights and the sh[?] In the [?] supplies still [?] Within a radius of [?] julies of Lismore…

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Liens on Crops. Acents' Attitude

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 7

A messages from Wagga says:— "Considerable interest has been aroused throughout the district by the attitude assumed by the agents acting for…

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Farms for Soldiers. Inter-state Conference

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 5

Consideration was given by the Federal Cabinet to-day to a scheme for settling returned soldiers on the land. The Federal Parliamentary War Committee…

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Farms for Soldiers. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 9

Referring to-day to the projected visit of Sir Rider Haggard to the oversea Dominions, in the interests of settling soldiers on the land, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Hunter) said…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Items

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 6

In the Manilla district a variety of wheat called Drophead Federation maintains its good reputation as a heavy yielder. There are promises of good fruit crops this…

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Advice to Dairymen. Increasing Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 6

In speaking at the opening of the Patua Dairy Factory, Mr. A. Morton, chairman of the National Dairy Association (N.Z.), referring to the progress that had been made…

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The Season and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 7

GLEN INNES, Monday.--During the past few days, the district has suffered a heat wave of unusual severity. This has had a disastrous effect on young pasturage, which has dried…

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Butter Cheaper

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 5

The Necessary Commodities Commission held a further inquiry on January 7 into the price of butter, and the Attorney-General announced subsequently that a reduction…

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Price of Butter

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 5

Those interested in the butter trade have been circularised by the Necessary Commodities Commission to the effect that the commission will review the price of butter at 11.30…

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Cruelty to Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 9

Mr. "W. T. Moss, secretary of the Animals' Protection Society procoeded against William Wheeler, jun., a Victorian cattle buyer, yesterday at the Burwood Police Court, on charges…

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Wheat Market

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 1

LONDON. Tuesday Night. The wheat market is quiet and unchanged…

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Wool Sales

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 7

The first series of London wool sales will begin next Tuesday, when 35,000 hales from New South Wales and 6750 from Victoria will be offered…

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Culcairn Wheat Experiments

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 5

The wheat experimental plots conducted by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture on the farm of M. E. G. Wenke, Sunnyside, Walla Walla, Culcairn, were harvested on December…

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Wheat Acquisition Board

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 7

The members of the Wheat Acquisition Board have been re- appointed for three months, without fees, in order that they may clear up the details of work in connection…

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