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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

9,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

A Trusting Farmer. a Question of the Transfer of a Lease

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 3

B[?] brook (N.S.W.) took a lease of a farm at Hexlian some time ago for a period of five years and as his wife did not care to go into residence there he…

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Farms at Furraca[?]ad. On Very Easy Terms

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 3

In the Furracabad Estate about six miles from Glen innes, in the famous New England district, there are three farms fur sale that should prove…

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Homestead Farm. Grafton Land District

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 3

[?] acres in one block, being po[?] and 18[?] parish of Lawrence, county of Clay[?] 11 miles from Town and Port of Lawre[?]: Basy[?]hs Railway station [?] miles [?] the land is [?] and today,…

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The Farmers' Profits. P.P. Union Opposed to Publication

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 6

The Ca[?] (N.S.W.) branch of the Primary Produces[?] Union has expressed approval of the fact that farmers have disclosed particulars of good returns that have been made, holding…

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The Dairy Hero. The Value or Sound Constitution

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 6

A leading Victorian breeder of Ayrsbire cattle, writing to the Melbourne "Argus." says that a cow to stand the wear and lear of a milking season, must have…

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The Dairy Herd Dirty Milking Machines a Source of Contamination . to Milk

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 6

During the lost decade and more particularly during the last five years, the mechanical milking machine has been widely adopted in the Dominion writes…

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Dairy Factory Reports. Milton

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 6

The report adopted at the half-yearly meeting of the Milton Ro[?] Factory for the six months ended October [?]-last shows that the total output for the period was [?] comprising [?]…

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Season Reports. Dairy Pastures in New South Wales

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 6

The prospects in the Meaning district at this [?] of the year [?] looked bright[?] Generally speaking, the ca[?] have done lacak[?]labele good and par[?] have [?]ectived an excellent…

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Produce. Dairy. Egg Market Still Glutted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 13

A glutted egg market was the most noticoable feature in the dairy produce section of Sussex-street yesterday. New-laid cleared at /11 to 1/, Northern Rivers /9½, and…

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Fire and Water Damage Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 9

WEST WYALONG, Tuesday.--A fire broke out Hiawatha, when Mr. N. Nelson had 160 acres of wheat destroyed. A terrific hallstorm destroyed a number of…

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Farm Workers. Using German Prisoners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--The National Agricultural Laborers Union is asking the Government to fix a minimum wage of 30 per week for farmworkers…

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Canada's First Farmer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 12

Canadians are preparing to celebrate next year, whether or no the piping times of peace have come, the tercentenary of the first farmer settler. He was Louis Hebert, a Paris…

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Farmers and the Wheat Board Threat to Curtail Next Crop

The Australian Worker · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 10

Considerable dissatisfaction exists among farmers in the Commonwealth owing to the administration of the Wheat Board. The chief cause of complaint is…

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Wool

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 32

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report, under date December 28: The latest news from the home trade seems to indicate that the military requirements once more dominate the…

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Export of Butter

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 2

H.M. Customs has issued the following return showing the quantity of butter exported from this State during the week ended the 9th…

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Wheat Farming. Pool Administration. Assistance of the Government

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 4

The Minister- for Agriculture (Mr. W. C. Grahame), in commenting yesterday upon a statement by Mr. T. I. Campbell (general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers'…

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The Wool Clip

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 3

Catalogues by Horrison, [?] and S hute Rel and Company [?] or valued to-day by the [?] made on Wednesday [?]…

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The Wool Deal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 6

All the necessary machinery in connection with the British Government's wool deal having been completed, the first steps for seeing that the growers receive…

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The Farmers. Minister Defends Wheat Board. Reply to Mr. Campbell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahnme) yesterday commented on the statement published in the "Herald" yesterday from Mr. T. I. Campbell, secretary or the Farmers and…

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Sheep-fly Pest. American Will Tackle It

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 5

Mr. Charles L. Brown, formerly of University of Wisconsin, is at present in Sydney, and stated yesterday that he was investigating the sheep-fly pest, as he had a spraying…

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