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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

8,968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 250

City Milk Centers. a State Dairy Farm to be Acquired

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 8

The president of the incorporated Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Rabies (Mr. Innes Noad, M.L.C.) has prepared a schemes, at the…

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Butter to Be Dearer Another 2½d per Ib Sossex-street Tsade

Evening News · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 5

Melbourne advises that strong representations have been made to the Federal Government that the price of Australian butter should be raised. The long…

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Wheat Inquiry. Mr. Georgeson's Health. Mr. J. Storey Looking for Doctors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 7

Mr. J. Storey has supplied the following statement:- "The latest developments increase public interest in this remarkable matter. Apparently…

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The Wool Trade (Continued from page 15.) Brokers' Reports. (Continued) Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 16

Reputed fabulous profits secured on re-sold Government wools abroad have been the subject [?] comment. The news that the United States…

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Flocks and Herds—breeding and Feeding Wool-top Making Returned Soldiers Ask That the Industry Be Resulted. an Appeal to Mr. Hughes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 6

A deputation, representing the returned soldiers that are members of the Wool and Basil Workers' Union, waited upon the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes)…

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Shelter Trees for Farms

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 2

The "Agricultural Gazette of Canada" for October gives an outline of the system under which the settlers of the prairies of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and…

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Dry Farming

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 2

The following is an extract from the article on climate and crops in the United States, by Professor Ward, of Harvard…

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Linseed. a Valuable Dual-purpose Crop

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 2

Notwithstanding Mr. Ashford's official statement, as Minister for Agriculture, that "linseed cultivation cannot be recommended," "The Fertiliser" is…

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North Coast Maize Crops

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 2

With the recent good rains on the North Coast, says Mr. H. Wenholz, maize expert of the Department of Agriculture, the-aspect of the country has bean…

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World's Cereal Crops for for 1919

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 10

The International Institute of Agriculture has issued its summary of the crops of wheat, rye, maize, oats, and rice for many of the countries in the…

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Poultry on the Farm. a Valuable Side Line

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 22

Poultry-breeding as an adjunct to general farming is a branch that our farmers should take more interest in, it being one of the small things they…

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Crop and Stock Reports

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 3

Kiama.—At a meeting of the Kiama P.P. Board on Saturday last the rate was struck at 1¾d per head on 66,000 large stock, and ¼d on 18,000 sheep,…

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Record Potato Crop in Tasmania

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 19

There is said to be almost a record crop of potatoes In Tasmania, but Sydney supplies cannot be drawn from tht State except at rare intervals owing to the shipping strike,…

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Compensation to Farmers

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 8

The Assistant-Minister for Agriculture is now in a position to indicate the personnel of the board which is to take evidence and assess the share of the…

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Dairy Inspection

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 18

The Minister for Health, Mr. Storey, referring to statements which had been made criticising the Government's dairy inspection, said that the presence of a…

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Dairying. Dairy Factory Returns

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 18

Albion Park.—Cream suppliers to Illawarra Central Creamery were for January paid at the rate of l/5½ per lb. for 73,785lb. of choicest butter. A…

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Dairying on the Clarence

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 18

The Grafton Dairy Company manufactured during the past year 520 tons 4¼cwt. of butter, being 20 tons 11¾cwt. less than the output for the previous…

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Labor's Elysium Mr. Storey's Programme of Developmental Work. Wooing the Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 2

Mr. John Storey, as lender of the N.S.W. Labor party, delivered his policy speech at Balmain on Tuesday evening, in the course of which he…

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Field, Orchard and Garden Crops Sugar Industry Australian Producers' Association Confer. Settling the Price

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 7

At the half-yearly conference of the council of the Australian Sugar Producers' Association in Brisbane on Monday, at which Senator Crawford…

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Sugar on the Richmond Results of Last Year's Crop. Not Very Profitable

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 7

In a review of the results of the last year's sugar-crop on the Richmond (N.S.W.), Mr. W. Rudgley, secretary of the local sugar-growers' branches of…

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