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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

9,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

Dairy Factory Reports, [?]

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6

The North Coast Co-operative Company's [?] for December [?] which [?] Nearly [?] was made [?] were paid [?] for both…

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The Dairy Industry a Cleanliness Campaign THE N.S.W. Board of Health at Work

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6

The N.S.W. Board of Health [?] taking drastic action in the case of [?] that are classed as "bad." Instructions have been issued to the…

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Farmers' Finance N.S.W. State Savings Bank How Development Loans Are Procurable

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

If I am the holder of lend leased from the crown is it necessary to obtain the minister's consent before I can borrow? Except in the case of certificated…

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Why Canada Leads Government Favorable to Farmers. Encouraging Production

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 7

Interviewed upon his return from a business trip to America, Mr.K.N. Carruthers, a director of Lindley, Walker and Co., Ltd., had something to say of…

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Tangled Crops Devices for Harvesting Inventive Minds Solve the Problem

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 7

Owing to the tangled nature of many crops during the past season and the difficulty of harvesting them numerous ingenious devices have been tried with…

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Season Reports, State of the Crops in Mew South Wales

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 7

As harvesting progresses in the Albury district [?] to hand of the reduction in yields, is places, caused through the [?]…

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The Farm Table Uses of the Tomato Recipes for Reserving and Pickling

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 8

Now that tomatoes are plentiful the farm housewife should lay in a good store in the form of reserved [?] sauce, chutney, and pickles, to ward…

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Attempt to Burn a Crop. Phospherus Concealed In the Field

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 4

While in employee named Davis was harvesting in a paddock at Avoca, Monteagle, N.S.W., on Monday lost, a wheel ran over a tin, containing phosphorus,…

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Phosphorous in Crop

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 4

Whilst an employee named Davis was harvesting in a paddock at Avoca, Monteagle (Young), a wheel ran over a tin containing phosphorous…

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"Daylight Robbery." Driving Dairymen Mad. a Protest From the North

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 14

The daylight saving scheme is alright for most of the city workers, but it is causing a lot of trouble to sections of men on the land—more particularly…

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Food Problem the British Problem. Farmers and Fixed Price. London

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 15

There is increasing agitation on the part of potato-growers against the Controller's fixed prices. Lincolnshire growers declare that it…

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The Dairy Industry. And The Margarine Menace. (Continued from last Friday.)

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 7

On 6th March, 1914, the Chief Secretary, in reply to a deputation iu opposition to the coloring of margarine, said "he recognised that whatever…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Margarine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5

A statement made by the British "Journal of the Board of Agriculture" in a recent number should be engraved in the mind of every dairy farmer. Writing in connection with…

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Suspicious Fires. Phosphorus Baits in Crops. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6

There has been a number of bush fires in this district during the past week. At Wambidgee on Tuesday a fire burnt 100 acres of Mr. O'Dowling's wheat crop, the grass on…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 9

The dairy section of Sussex-street was steady yesterday. All lines were unchanged in price, and met with fair sales. There was a keen inquiry for bacon, which…

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Late War News. Work on the Farms. Women's Army Suggested. London, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 7

Mr. R. E. Prothero (President of the Board of Agriculture), addressing a meeting of farmers at Newport, said that the men coming under the third section of the…

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Increased Cropping Suggestion

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 8

"It is much to be feared that for many reasons the area under wheat in Australia will be much reduced unless steps are taken quickly to prevent this. One thing that might be done…

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The Season and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 8

BEGA.--An abnormally prolific season is being experience. Maize crops promise well, but farmers find groat difficulty in keeping weeds down. Many potatoe crops are affected…

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Sugar From Queensland. How the Crop Stands

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday.--In a report received by the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations from the chemist in charge of the Mackay Station. (Mr. D. C. M'Cready), it is stated that late…

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Food and High Prices. Appeal to Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. Prothero, President of the Board of Agriculture, in a speech at Herford, said the Government was aware that high prices stimulated production, but they…

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