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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

9,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250

Enoggera Sales Higher Prices All Round a Limited Supply of Cattle on Offer

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 5

At the Enoggera (Brisbane) live stock market on Wednesday there were 4700 sheep penned, principally from the Downs, the largest consignment, being…

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Trial Wheat Plots The Variety Competition Results with and Without Fertilisers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 7

The N.S.W. Government experiments conducted on the farm of Mr. M. J. Carew, at Deniliquin, resulted as follows; Yandilla King, 36-bush. 22-lb,…

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Millions in Wheat £15,908,000 in Cash Received Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 5

Of the 53,794,000 bags of wheat put into the Australian wheat pool 26,139,000 were still held on Monday, of which the selling agents had charge of 24,472,000 bags and the millers…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association of N.s.w. Executive Meeting

The Land · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 12

An executive meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales has been called for Tuesday, February 6,…

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Answers to Questions. Infestation of Crop With Star Thistles

The Land · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

Mr J. J. Woodgate (Rosebank, Eugowra) writes:—I noticed in a recent issue that one of your subscribers is having some difficulty in stripping his crop, owing to it being…

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The Compleat Farmer: "Nothin' in the book about it either. What a peculiar plant!"

The Land · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 8

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Farmers and Daylight Saving. New Scheme Not Appreciated. Albury, [?]

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

Considerable difference of opinion [?] regard to the benefits in country [?] from the operation of the daylight [?] The change is appreciated by business [?]…

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Land Settlement and Railway Development. Farmers' Finance N.S.W. State Savings Bank How Development Loans Are Procurable

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

Does the N.S.W. Government Savings Bank make advances to men on the land upon the security of their holdings? It is the policy of the Government…

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Homestead Farms. Lismore Land District

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

[?] in one block, being porion 190, parish of B[?]ilwater, of Rous: 16 miles from Lisinore, 7 miles from Corntle: the land is generally lonelying and swamny country, with some small…

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First Aid on the Farm No Need to Send for the Doctor. Kitchen Cures

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 8

It is a fact, though it may not have occurred to the reatier, that some of the commonest articles used in cooking, are excellent remedies for ailments that seem…

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Farmers Have To Live. They Need Living Wage. Guarantee Minimum Price

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 5

The best immediate way out of the wheat bog is a guaranteed minimum price. That the price should bo reasonable goes without saying. Labor…

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Labor For The Farm. New Zealand Discussion

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 7

At a meeting of the North Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Fanners' Union, Mr. C. H. Ensor said there was a great deal of labor in the…

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Bathurst Experiment Farm

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 7

Mr. R. W. Peacock, manager of the Bathurst Experiment Farm, states that the harvesting at the farm is progressing satisfactorily. Practically all the…

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Looking After Their Farms

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 7

The Wairarapa branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, has reselved:—That a board, to consist of six honorary members recommended by the…

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Farmers' Representation. Must Have All the Facts

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 7

A message from Adelaide says:—"The feeling of the fanners shown by the discussion at a meeting of farmers at Cowra (N.S.W.), indicating…

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The Dairy Industry. Importance to the State. the Margarine Menace

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 14

(The following is a statement supplied by Mr. A. S. McKenzie, General Secretary of the Primary Producers' Union of New South Wales to the commission…

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Rabbit Crop. Imperial Government Purchase. Half a Million of Money for One Year

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 16

The Imperial Government has decided to purchase the whole of the surplus of Australian frozen rabbits for the year 1917. It is expected that…

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New Zealand Farmers' Union. What Is It Doing?

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 8

"Canterbury Times" evidently hasn't much time for the New Zealand Farmers' Union, as it exists, and we wonder what the "Union has been doing or…

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Repatriation. Soldiers As Farmers. Federal Advances. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 6

Details of the scheme of land settlem[?] drafted by the State Premiers and the Ministors for Lands in consultation with the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), the…

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Farmer and Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 9

The report of Farmer and Co. for the year ended July 31 has been issued in London. The profits are £50,161, an advance of £8347 on the previous year. The following…

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