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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

9,122 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Finance for Farmers. Operations of N.S.W. Rural Bank

The Australian Worker · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 4

Speaking at Inverell last week the N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) referred to the work of the N.S.W. Rural Bank. He said that past…

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Dairy Produce Steady

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 2

Dairy produce agents quoted steady mo fleets yesterday. New-laid hen eggs sold well at 2/2, but case and pullet eggs were both hard to sell. Bacon…

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Mr. Wearne. Candidature Not Endorsed. Farmers' Council. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 9

There were important developments at a meeting of the district council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association to-day, when it was decided that the candidature of Mr. Wearne,…

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Tractor Farming. American and English Experience

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 7

The extension of the application of the tractor to American agriculture during recent years has led to numerous surveys as to the uses to which the new motive power…

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Crops and Pastures. Results of December Rainfall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 7

In the monthly summary of the condition of stock, crops, pastures, etc., during December, gleaned from the reports furnished by meteorological observers throughout the State, it is stated that…

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COMMERCIAL Mid-week Quietness--Distributing Business of Moderate Dimensions--Easier Rates for Chemicals--Fine Wools in Strong Demand--Dull Market for Wheat-- An Argentine Sale to Germany-- Scarcity of Oats. General Merchandise Weakness in Chemicals

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 7

General distributing business was of moderate dimensions yesterday in the wholesale merchandise markets. Very few parcel contracts were negotiated, orders being restricted…

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Cattle

The Land · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 19

There was a fairly heavy listing of cattle—3266 head, from 116 consignors. There was included three mobs ranging from 100 to 250 head,…

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Cattle

The Land · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 19

The supply of cattle again proved within requirements. Opening at about 10/ to 20/ advance, the market was brisk throughout early…

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The Wheat Crop Estimate

The Land · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 10

THE Government Statistician (Mr. H. A. Smith) estimates the New South Wales harvest at something over 45,000,000 bushels, or an average of 14.3 bushels per acre. If these figures are realised, the harvest will be the best (with the exception of that of last year) since 1915-16, when we…

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Butter Industry. South Coast Farmer's View'

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 7

BEGA.—The seriousness of the position of the but ter industry was emphasised by Mr. J. T. Rogers, a director of the Bega Co-operative Butter Factors and a man with large dairying interests on the aouth…

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Flocks and Herds Suffolk Sheep a Prolific Breed Wool and Mutton

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 9

A Pamphlet issued Suffolk Sheep Society (England) is designed to show what prolific breeders those sheep are, and the salcable type of…

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Sheep-Fly Dressing

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. W. Thompson, Wee Elwah, Hillston, writes: — "On reading the results of jetting experiments on Dalmully station in…

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The Sheep Fly

The Land · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 2

The veteran stock inspector for the Forbes district, Mr. W. G. Dowling, sees a way in which good comes out of evil as far, as the…

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Wheat Pool

The Land · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 11

Up of date the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. has received just on four million bags of wheat for the Voluntary Pool. Of this…

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Wheat Market

The Land · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 14

Chief interest in the wheat market on Wednesday centred in cabled information from London that Argentina had sold 50,000 tons of…

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Milk and Butter-fat Pure-bred Cattle Breeders Association's Tests the Results for December

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 10

The dairy branch of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture has made available particulars of the yields of the pure-bred cows that have…

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Bawra Wool

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 9

A message from London states that the British-Australian Wool Relation Association has issued a voluminous report of its operation since its…

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Pastoral Finance to Wind. Up

The Land · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 18

A meeting of shareholders of the Pastoral Finance Association held on Monday decided to wind-up the company voluntarily. Mr. W. F…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 11

About 33,400 sheep were in the pens yesterday, sent by 16[?] owners. Buyers were present from [?]ph[?] and suburban centres, South Coast, and Mountains, but the market opened somewhat irregular, [?]…

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Stock Ryeland Sheep Crossing

The Land · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 4

After the war the Department of Agriculture imported some Ryeland sheep from England for crossing purposes in lamb-raising…

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