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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

8,531 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 250

Wheat Payment Cabinet Now Considering Finality in London Chaffey's Announcement

The Sun · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 7

The Government is considering the question of approving of a further payment on account in connection with what…

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Rural Interests Settlement and Production Wool Wanted Keen Demand the Outlook Sound Australian Records

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 4

Japanese and American competition has the effect of keeping the market very strong for all the better class merino wools, and values are well…

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The Doyen of Wool Selling Brokers Presentation to Mr. A. H. Moore A Longstaff Portrait

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 6

At the rooms of the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers on Friday last, the Chairman ,Mr. E. P. Simpson), on behalf of the members, presented Mr. A…

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The Sydney Wool Trade. Special Weekly Review. a Firm MarKet Keen Buying Bright Outlook

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 18

The wool sales continue upon a highly satisfactory basis, and there is very little to grumble at in existing selling conditions. Minor fluctuations have…

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A Page of Agricultural Information from Overseas. Choosing a Farm Some of the Factors that Count

The Land · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 2

Thousands of men are looking for land in New South Wales at the present time. The Government's decision to force on to the market unused areas along the railway lines has given fresh stimulus to those who have been searching for farms for years. Most of these men who have been…

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Women on the Farm

The Land · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 10

Last week we commented on the importance of making rural life less arduous and exacting for the women. Writing more particularly of…

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Self-supporting Crops

The Land · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 2

An English scientist, cogitating on the great outlay of farmers for phosphatic fertilisers, conceived the idea of making the crops self-supporting…

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Market Mirror Dairy Produce

The Land · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 18

Representatives of proprietary houses advanced quotations for ease eggs from all centres to 1/4 per dozen on Wednesday, and reported…

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Dairymen and Middlemen

The Land · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 4

Dairymen around Blacktown express dissatisfaction at factory returns for fresh milk and butter, particularly so as the retail price…

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The World's Dairy Congress

The Land · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 4

Last May President Harding invited 150 nations, colonies, and commonwealths to send representatives to the congress. About the end of…

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Dairying Factory Reports

The Land · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 4

The North Coast Co-operative Company's output of butter for December was 641 tons, nearly 100 tons less than the corresponding…

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(Copy.) Farmers & Settlers' Association of N.S.W., 7 O'Connell Street, Sydney, 22nd January, 1923

The Land · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 14

The Hon. The Minister for Agriculture, Sydney. Dear Mr. Chaffey,—I have to acknowledge yours of 18th…

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Be Loyal to the Pool. a Farmer Hits Out

The Land · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 14

The Farmers and Graziers' Cooperative Co. during the week received the following eulogistic communication from a well-known…

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Pasture and Crops. Fail on the Richmond

The Land · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 15

Lismore.—Continued dry weather throughout the Richmond River district is causing great anxiety, particularly among farmers. There has…

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Country Shows Products of Husbandry the Farmers' Pride Berry

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 7

The Berry show, which opened on Wednesday last, was well attended. Included in the awards were the following:—Cattle, Ayreshires, Stan. Thorburn carried off all the…

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Dairy Factory Reports. Orara

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 7

The Orara Co-op, Dairy Company, Ltd. for the half-year, received [?], of cream, from which [?] of butter were manufactured, being [?]-tons…

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Share Farming a Partner's Negligence Sufferer's Remedy

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 14

Balgowlah states that he has about 500-acres of wheat in on shares with another man. The other man is not living on the place and employed…

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The Farm Hen When Birds Talk the Plaintive Notes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 11

Can you understand chicken talk? ask a poultry expert. A few poultry-keepers can, and many others are learning how to do so, because it has…

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Season Reports. Dairy Conditions and Prospects

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 11

The continued dryness of the weather throughout the Richmond River district is causing great anxiety, particularly among farmers. There has been a big decrease in supplies to butter…

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Dairymen's Dread Ravaged Herds Contagious Abortion

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 11

The subject of contagious abortion among dairy cattle has frequently been dealt with in the "Farmer and Settler," but the constant recurrence…

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