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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

9,687 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

Wool Prices Yorkshire Waits Too Long. News From Bradford

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 16

All Australian Press cable to the "Daily Telegraph" states:— "Recent advances at wool sales, both here and in Australia and New…

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Albury Wool Sales. Record Prices for All Clips Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 14

The associated wool brokers to-day offered 5000 bales of wool to a large attendance, representative of every buying country. The market displayed the same firm tone as…

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The Wool World. Position of the industry To-Day a Wonderful Market

The Land · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 17

We presume that growers cannot help but being jubilant at the high prices ruling for, practically, all classes of wool, especially those…

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The Land of Opportunity the Wheat-growing Industry How Scientific Research and the Utilisation of Modern Machinery Have Extended the Area and Multiplied the Wheat Yields of Australia's Paddocks

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 5

New South Wales, the land of hopeful opportunity possesses large areas of fertile, undeveloped wheat lands available for settlement within easy…

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Field, Orchard and Garden Wheat Pools No Help from the Bank Federal Aid Sought

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 14

At the conference of the Australian Farmers' Federal Organisation in Melbourne last week Mr. McDonald said that the associated banks had refused…

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Rural New South W'a'les Settlement and Production Still Higher More Wool Records an Insatiable Demand

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 4

A tempting selection of wool in the week's catalogues brought out competition to its fullest extent, and the market was excited, with prices generally…

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On the Land. English Wool Trade. Baw Material Stands the Test. (From Our Special Correspondfnt.) Bradford. Dec. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 9

The year is finishing with wool vales at the highest point, and that is certainly saving a great deal. For months the wool trade struggled in the Slough of Despond: a most…

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Primary Production in Australia the Golden Fleece the Flocks of Australia Supply One-quarter of the World's Needs and Produce the Finest Wool

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 6

As a wool-produelng country, Australia holds the world's premier position. The Commonwealth grows one fourth of the world's annual clip. On…

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Song of the Lazy Farmer

The Land · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 2

My neighbour's husking in the field, his corn has made a bumper yield, when he has et his buckwheat cakes he takes the wagon…

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Wonderful Grain Crops

The Land · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 2

One hundred and five bushels of Marquis wheat have been threshed off a one-acre patch on the farm of the Alberta provincial school of…

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The Progressives, the Farmers, and the Pool. Sydney, 23rd Jan., 1924. The Editor "The Land."

The Land · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 6

Dear Sir,—I notice in the issue of your paper of the 11th instant, that Mr. H. P. Marshall, of Kamarah, claims that the Progressive Party…

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Dairying Industry. Dr. Page's Review. Government Aid

The Land · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 17

All phases of the dairying industry were touched upon by Dr. Earle Page, Acting Prime Minister, during an address at the Kiama Show on…

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Crop Competition. Kiama Show Contest

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 14

For the crop competition in connection with the Klama show, there were good entries despite the adverse weather conditions, and the following…

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Swine-breeding and Rearing Diseases of Pigs—Constipation a Serious Affection in Breeding Sows Specially Written for the "Farmer and Settler," By E. Z. SHELTON, H.D.A.

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 15

Many diseases have their origin in the digestive tract, and the pig-breeder therefore, should keep a close watch on his pigs to guard against their…

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Country Shows Products of Husbandry the Farmers' Pride Coff's Harbor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 16

The tenth annual show of the Coff's Harbor society was held on Friday and Saturday and was well attended. There was an attractive display despite the recent dry weather…

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The Peach Crop Canning Arrangements Murrumbidgee Areas

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 14

Satisfactory arrangements have been made by the Griffith Producers' Co-operative Co., for the disposal of the peach crop in the Mirrool section of…

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MAIZE-GROWING Crop Competition Inverell Scheme

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 14

Although variety trials in the cultivation of maize have been conducted on a small scale for some time in New South Wales, there has been no…

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STABILISATION The Dairy Conference Nominations Received

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 15

A large number of nominations have been received for the election of representatives to the conference that will be held to consider a…

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The Land of Opportunity the Training of the Farmer How New South Wales Provides for the Education of the Men on the Land the Widely Known and Greatly Famed Hawkesbury Agricultural College Pater ipse colendi hand facilem [?]330 viam voluit. (The Father Himself did not wish the path of the agriculturist to be easy.)

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 3

What Virgil observed sound twenty centuries ago holds good to-day; and in this college motto lies the raison d'ctre of the college itself, and of the…

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DAIRYING Prospects of Industry Bright Outlook

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 7

An interesting review of all phases of the dairying industry was given by the Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Earle Page) in the course of an address at…

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