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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

9,122 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 250

Meat Trade Strike Over Non-union Drovers Melbourne Cattle Sales Cancelled

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 7

Because a score of drovers do not belong to the Union, Melbourne meat trade unionists struck work on Wednesday and the city is threatened with…

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Killing Calves Cattle Position in Queensland. Low Prices and High Taxes

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 5

Owing to the facts that beef is still a drug on the export market, that Queensland is heavily stocked, and that taxation is so high, numbers of…

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At It Again Sussex=street Quarrelling Cheaper Butter Probable Price Cutting Blamed

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 7

Sussex- street is again quarrelling with itself. It seems probable that the wholesale price of butter will have to be reduced on Monday to 112s a…

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Keen Demand Wellington Wool Sales Wellington (N. Z.)

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 10

The wool sale was thoroughly representative, the catalogue including Marlborough merinos. Competition was exceedingly keen. Half- bred sold…

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A New Wheat Firm. Sunday, Sheppard, Harvey and Co., Ltd

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 10

A new wheat firm, with extensive interests in all parts world, has commenced business in Sydney, Messrs, Samuel Sunday and Co., London, is one…

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The Wool Trade (Continued from page 13.) the Closing Auctions

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 19

At the closing auctions of the week yesterday the market ruled very firm for merino wools, showing fine quality, and for these late rates were fully…

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Barque Aground Australian Wheat Aboard Mishap at Queenstown London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 1

A message from Glasgow says that the four- masted barque Eiginshire, which was coming from Melbourne with a cargo of wheat, has gone…

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N.Z. Wool Sales Slight Advance for All Lines WELLINGTON

Evening News · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 5

Cataiogues at the February sales were thoroughly representative, and Included the Mariborough [?] Competition was exceedingly keen…

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Agricultural, Stock, Dairy, & Orchard Notes

The Land · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 7

The Forbes stock. inspector (Mr. W. G. Dowling) reports that the stock in the Forbes P.P. Board district for 1921 were as follows: Horses, 20,974; cattle, 37,788;…

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Winners at Warwick Farm

Arrow · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 1

LEFT: THE NORTHERN-TRAINED NAHARADAN, WHO WON THE PACE WELTER VERY EASILY. RIGHT: PRINCE ALMISSA, WHO HAS NOW WON THREE TIMES AT WARWICK FARM IN SUCCESSION. HE ACCOUNTED FOR THE LIVERPOOL HANDICAP ON SATURDAY…

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Million Farms South Australian Land Committed Criticised

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture in South Australia (Mr. T. Pascoe) says that the cabinet has given attention to the various statements published by the…

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Farming As a Profession. a School Inspector's Advice

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 13

Speaking at the opening of a new public school at Dunoon, in the Lismore(N.S.W.)district recently, Mr. Fraser, an Inspector of the Department…

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Collective Marketing. American Farmers' Co-operation

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 13

A message from Washington (U.S.A.) says that Congress has passed the Co-operative Marketing Hill, by which carmers, rangers, dairymen, planters and…

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Dairying and Pig-rearing Industries Milk Production the Use of Skim Milk Feeding Experiments

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 9

It is not long since separated milk was considered quite valueless as a food for calves, and it was cau[?] to the big trough along with the other…

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The Dairy Herd the Freshening Cow a Best From Milking

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 9

Not all cows are allowed to go dry for a sufficient length of time to put them in good shape for another long period of milk production. In most…

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A Generous Offer. Smithtown Dairymen Benefit

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 9

some time ago, the directors of Nastle's Angle-Swiks condensed Milk Company decided to instal now machinary at its condansory at…

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A Brutal Outrage Farmer's Wife's Death Shocking Abuse of Hospitality

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 4

The death at Terang (Vic.) on Monday last of and elderly woman, Mrs. Drew, has brought to light a shocking outrage. On January 27th last, a man…

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The Farm Hen Tick Infestation How to Eradicate

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 9

'The prevalence of the fowl tick among poultry is well known, and to what portion of the world we owe its introduction into Australia, is of little…

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Season Report. Dairy Conditions and Prospects

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 9

Dairymen in the Albion park district state that the milk trade lass week was in the worst position for years. Only two milking were called for by the Dairy-farmers Co-operative…

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Dairy Factory Reports. Marden

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 9

It has been decided not to proceed any further with the proposal to erect a co-operative butter factory at Harden, owing to the lack of public support. There is a…

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