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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

10,780 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

Compensated Farmers. Forms to Be Filled In

The Land · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 8

The Attorney-General is hopeful that it will not be long before farmers will receive the additional compensation granted to them by the Government for wheat…

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French's Forest Soldiers' Farms

Evening News · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 1
Also in The Sydney Stock and Station Journal

Motor lorries and motor cars [?] workers to the ground will leave to-morrow [?]…

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Advice to Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 7

With regard to the operations of the wheat pool and the need for the exercise of care in the sale of wheat and wheat certificates by farmers, the Victorian…

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Season Reports. State of the Crops in New South Wales. Shifting the Harvest

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 7

About [?] bags of wheat are stacked at the Grenfell railway station, and 2,000 bags have been despatched. About 300,000 bags are expected to arrive at the local yards, and the mill is…

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Next Year's Crop Prepare the Land Now Turn the Stubble Under Early

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 7

After the strenuous work of harvesting his crop, the farmer usually considers that both his team and his staff deserve a rest, yet if that rest could be postponed long…

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Farm Fire in Victoria

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

A serious are broke out at [?] in the heart of the wheat country, on Monday. The fire originated apparently from over-heated bearings on a…

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Dairy Factory Returns

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 6

The half-yearly [?] of the Coll's Harbor [?] faculty for the half-year ended November [?] included in which is a [?]…

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The Future of Soldiers. a Preference for Farming

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 3

The cards circulated by the Defence Department among soldiers enlisting in Australia with a view of ascertaining, among other things, the number desiring…

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Homestead Farms. Casino Land District

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5

1,103 acres, in one block, being portion 5, parish of Wyandah, county of Richmond; 7 miles from Myrtle Creek railway station; the land [?] generally flat and undulating; hilly in the south; sandstone…

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The Farmers' Light Horse. a Dubbo Recruiting proposal

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 3

Mr. Frank Mack, Narromine, writes:— I would like to draw attention to a scheme initiated. I understood by the Dubbo show committee, to [?] many that are 9 to enlist,…

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Sydney Dairy Produce

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5

Trade in the daily section of Sussex-street has also been brisk. The egg market has been much brighter and the price of new-laid hen eggs has increased by 1d…

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Farmer and His Daughter. Harvest the Chop

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 16

A message from Wagga tells of a crop being harvested entirely by a fanner and his daughter. On Rockview Estate, an Italian share-farmer,…

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To Work the Farm. While the Owner Is at War. Dubbo's Good Scheme

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 7

Mr. Frank Mack, of Narromine, tells what Dubbo has decided-to do and it "is a most worthy example':—Through your columns I would like…

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Lamb-Breeding On A Mixed Farm

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 8

In the course of a paper read before the Coobang Agricultural Bureau, Mr. R. W. Palmer stated:—For any one taking up lamb-raising…

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Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 11

The interim balance-sheet of the Coastal 'Fanners' Co-operative Society for the six months ended September 30 (and which is to be presented af the half-yearly meeting of…

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Produce. Dairy. Firm Egg Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 11

After the holiday trade in certain lines in Sussex-street yesterday morning was perceptibly brighter. The egg market was even firmer than at the…

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Tenant Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 6

At a meeting of the executive council of the Tenant Farmers' Union, held at Lismore last week, which was attended by representatives from Byron Bay,…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Farmers' Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 6

Last week a farmers' union was formed at Tamworth. One of the circumstances incidentally leading to its formation—one of many causes—was the embarge on the…

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Answers to Correspondents. Farming Land

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 6

"J. N." writes:—"What places within about 20 miles of Sydney have a good all-round soil, suitable for vegetables, poultry, and fruit." There is suitable country around Kurrajong,…

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