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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

7,946 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 250

Control of Trade The Central Wheat Board Clement Giles's Anomalous Position

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 5

The position of the elected representative of the wheat-growers (Mr. Clement Giles) on the Central Wheat Board has not been a very agreeable one. All…

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The Wheat Stacks Depredations of Weevils „ and Mice. Reported Waste at Goulburn

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 7

The total number of bags of wheat stacked at Goulburn (N.S.W.) last week, was 1,053,700 , and the stacks are growing daily. The Goulburn representative…

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Wheat for Poultry Arrangements for a Better a Supply. Selling in t-TON LOTS

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 7

At a meeting of poultry-farmers at Blacktown (N.S.W.) last week the manager of the N.S.W. Wheat Board (Mr. Drummond) said that although he did…

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The Wheat-Pool Audit the Accounts for the 1915-18 Season. the F.S.A. Auditor's Report

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 7

The auditor appointed by the N.S.W. Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. Alben Barton), in a report on February 4th last, stated that the keeping of the…

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Stock. Crops and Pastures Conditions During January

Evening News · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 3

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Public Affairs From the Rural Standpoint State Share-Farmers Mr. Abhford's Latest Land Scheme

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 1

It is not possible to express a very de-cided opinion upon the state share-fanining scheme outlined at Bathurst by the N. S. W. Minister for Lands (Mr. Ashford),…

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Brisbane Dairy Produce

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 5

Messrs. J. C. Hutton, Propty. Ltd . under date of Friday last supplied the following report of the Brisbane dairy produce market:—…

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The Prices of Dairy Produce. The Interstate Commission's Inquiry

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 5

The general secretary of the P.P.U. (Mr. McKen[?]ie) has received a letter from the secretary of the Interstate Commission. informing him that…

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Season Reports. Crop Conditions and Prospects

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 7

During the part [?]night excellent raln[?] have fallen throughout the Taralga district and the prospects for the potato crop are very bright. A large acreage has been sown and but all act…

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Dodder in Lucerne. The Only Remedy: Burn the Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 7

Giving advice to a correspondent, who asked how to kill dodder in lucerne, the "Weekly Times" cultural expert wrote : Spraying is not a satisfactory method of…

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Lucerne on the Murray. a Promising Dairying District

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 7

Mr. James M'Meekin, of Ournie and Jingellic stations on the Upper Murray (N.S.W.) district, have demonstrated that the rich land in that corner of the state…

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The Latest War Cables 'Farmer and Settler " Office, Tuesday, [?]

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 1

THE WESTERN FRONT,—-The possibilities of Germans undertaking great [?] operation on the western front at un early date, in an endeavor to totes a decision betore the weight of America begins tell, are bring widely discussed, The Germans are repotted to be still bringing up division for the expected attack,…

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Mountain Orchard Land. Soldiers' Farms it Oboron

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 3

The N. S. W. Miniver for Lands (Mr. Ashford), accompanied by the Director of Soldiers' Settlements Mr. Bryant), after visiting the Memory Drive at Bathurst…

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Mixed Farms for. Soldiers State Help in Providing Stock. a Progressive Scheme

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 3

In the course of a statement at Bathurst (N. S. W.) last week, the Director of Soldiers' Settlements (Mr. Bryant) said that a system of stocking soldier-settlements…

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Land in N.S.W. Training Soldier-Farmers Co-operation of Settlers Sought

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 3

A conference between the N. S. W. Minister for Lands (Mr. Ashford) and representatives of various country producers' organisations, was held at Parliament…

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Dairy Factory Wages. The Union Dissatisfied

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 5

For the part three years Me butter and bacon factories on the Richmond and the Tweed rivers have been working under an agreement with the Federated…

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Mixed Farming the Ideal. More Craps and More Stook

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 6

An inevitable development in our agriculture, if we desire to maintain the natural fertility of our soils, must be In the direction of' increasing the numbers…

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Dairy Factory Reports. Maclean

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 6

During the part six months the Maclean Dairy Company manufacture [?] of butter representing an increase over the corresponding period of the previous year of [?] the…

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Queensland Farmers' Union. L. Tree Uraneh

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the L. Tree Branch of the Queensland Farmers Union was held at Kew-gutan (Q) on Saturday, January [?] it was decided to contribute [?] per member from the…

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Rearing Dairy Calves

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 7

Mr. P. H. Suter, South Australian Government dairy expert, in his report for the past year, states that for many years the practice among the dairymen…

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