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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

9,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

Wool Appraisements. Newcastle's Claim

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce is again endeavoring to have Newcastle made a centre for the appraisement of wool. In a letter to…

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£3,000,000 Loss. Sheep-fly Ravages

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 6

COONAMBLE, Wednesday.--A large and representative meeting of pastoralists. presided over by the Mayor, was held this afternoon to discuss means of dealing with the blow-fly pest…

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Charged with Sheep Stealing. Returned Soldier Committed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 7

Thomas Stubbins (21), a returned soldier, was proceeded against before Mr. Love, S.M., at Balmain Court yesterday on a' charge of stealing one sheep, valued at £1 2s 5d, the property…

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"Royal" Wheat Competition. Entries [?] This Month

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 7

[?]are being received for the wheat section for the forthcoming Royal Show, and the secretary (Mr. Som[?]) states that there is a good prospect of the number being considerably increased,…

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Appraising Wool. Newcastle's Claim. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 10

The Chamber of Commerce has to-day written a further letter to the chairman of the Central Wool Committee stating that, whilst the council recognised that there might be…

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Sussex-street Trade Butter Plentiful Advance in Prime Potatoes

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 3

Though the shipments of butter from Byron Bay and Clarence River by the Orara and Kyogle arrived too late to-day, there was plenty on the market. Prices for…

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Wool-scour Wealth. Potash and Lanolin[?] Waste

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 6

Samples of wool-scour liquid and over-flow liquid received by the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock from the Charleville wool-scour were sent…

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Oversea Market Cables. Wheat. New York, Jan 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 11

Chicago futures are quoted thus:—May opened 187[?] cents, closed 184½ cents. July opened 154[?] cents, closod 152 cents…

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Central Branch. Old Junee Wheat Lumping: "Sunday Times" Misstatement

The Australian Worker · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 19

A misleading statement in regard to the Old Junee wheat lumpers strike at Old Junee appeared in the "Sunday Times" of January 14 to the effect that the A.W.U…

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MISADVENTURES Many Fatal Accidents Rotten Wheat and Typhoid Epidemic

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 4

An alarming outbreak of typhoid fever has occurred at Goorambat (Vic.). It is stated that the epidemic was caused by rotten wheat that was used, as fowls'…

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Our Wheat Ships Round the World for Cargo "Fairplay's" Criticism

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 5

The Look-out Man, in London "Fairplay" of November 23, in an article dealing with the general mismanagement of the British mercantile marine, says:-"When the…

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Flocks and Herds-breeding and Feeding. the Dingo Menace Sheep Driven Off the Land

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 6

There is a dog proof fence along the South Australian border of New South Wales, and another running along the Queensland border for some 100 miles…

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The Wheat Pool The Minimum Price the Cost of Crowing and the Risks

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 7

Mr. B. J. Stocks, Cunninghom (N.S.W.), writes:— Wheat [?] was a paying proposition until 1914-16, when State inter[?] commenced, Since…

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Australia's Richest Crop a Field of Wealth Entirely Neglected. the Poor Inventor

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 1

Sir Gerald Strickland, in opening an exhibition of inventions in Sydney the other day, made facetious reference to the exhilaration felt by the inventor, who…

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The Dairy Industry Some Churning Faults Problems of Temperature and Speed

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 6

In an article upon methods of cream saving an English expert gives some valuable hints in the management of cream for the making of butter. He [?] that…

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Field, Orchard and Garden Crops. Standard Wheats Approved by the Experts Varieties Discarded After Test

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 7

A conference of [?]cers of the Department of Agriculture was held in Sydney last week for the purpose of revising the list of varieties of wheat and other…

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Poultry Keeping Money in Hens on the Farm Introduction to C.allman's Series

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 6

Uncle Wiseman considers himself fortunate in having secured for the readers of the "Farmer and Settler" a valuable series of articles upon the…

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A Profitable Dairy Herd

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 6

Mr.G. Lung, of Gleueden (Q) has supplied particulars of the [?] form his herd of thirty-three cows during November. The thirty-three cows gave a return of 212lb, of steam for the…

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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 · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 3

I have 500 acres of C.P. and C.L. land, the improvements on which I value at £200. Against these improvements I desire to acquire £150…

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