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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

9,032 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Rural Interests Wool Prospects More Confidence a Workable Basis

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 4

The second half of the wool-selling season will be inaugurated in Sydney on Monday next, and during the month 100,000 bales of wool will be…

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America Bars Wheat Because of Flag Smut Washington, January 6

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 7

The Department of Agriculture has announced that a new quarantine regulation will be effective from February 1, prohibiting the importation of…

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Flocks and Herds. Synthetic Wool. a Good Imitation. Pleasing Appearance

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 8

Two manufacturing concerns financed mainly by British capital, are said to be connected with the scheme for the production of…

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Events of the Day Wheat Harvest. Shipments for Europe. Remunerative Prices

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 4

Throughout the wheat districts of New South Wales, farmers are finishing the hauling of their golden grain to side and siding. The harvest,…

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Artificial Wool From Wood Pulp Fibre Operations in Italy Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 6

From an American source the Commonwealth Department of Markets and Migration has received a report concerning artificial wool experiments…

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Dangerous Corner Brush Farm Request

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 6

The necessity of having the northern corner of Lawson-avenue and Marsdenroad (on the heights of Eastwood) cut back so as to permit easy and safe…

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Warwick Farm To-morrow Only Six Races Lilah Appeals in Sefton

Arrow · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 6

With no Sydney race meeting in opposition, the A.J.C. should attract a large crowd to Warwick Farm to-morrow. Withdrawals were sufficient to keep the programme down to six races, and as the last is timed to start at 4.15 p.m., patrons are assured of an earlier return to…

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New South Wales Crops. a Possible 40,000,000 Bushels

The Land · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 14

New South Wales had 3,327,300 acres sown under wheat this year, or 216,000 acres less than was the case for the previous year,…

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How Beryl Saved the Farm. (Continued.)

The Land · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 3

Beryl gave a jump of amazement, then burst into a merry laugh which made the visitor and her mother turn to look at her…

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Exports of Dairy Produce

The Land · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 6

Exports of dairy produce from the Commonwealth for the week ended December 26 included 60,901 boxes of butter, compared with…

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Labour's Love of the Farmers

The Land · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 10

THE Labour party is always professing sympathetic interest in the industry of the farmers. When the harassing Rural Accommodation Bill was recently before the House the Minister for Lands protested that some of the members appeared to imagine that the Labour Government was an…

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The First Farmers. No. II

The Land · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 12

The success of Ruse, on his small farm at Parramatta, had a stimulating and beneficial effect on the progress of agriculture. Before…

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The World of Motoring Motor Cars and Motor Cycles. For the Farm or the Road, Business or Pleasure. Farm Tractors and Their Management. Steam or Oil-Driven Engines? Forms of Ignition, Low Tension and High Tension

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 14

Very few tractor operators realise when they switch on the electric current for starting the engine that this is not the only method of igniting the…

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Fatal Quarrel. Tamworth Farmer Arrested

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 7

A farmer of Geonoo Geonoo, Tamworth, Charles Wilson, forty-nine years of age, was charged on Monday last with causing the death of…

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Farmers' Queries Veterinary Problems. Tuberculosis in Cows

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 7

Wyong states that one of his cows has a gathering in the hand, and has difficulty in breathing, although some times she is not too bad, Wyong wishes…

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Lice in Chickens Farmers Loss. Effective Remedy

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 7

[?] states that he has some chickens that become sick and neem to be bllad, They walk about with their hends touching the ground and pine…

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The World of Motoring. Motor Cars and Motor Cycles. For the Farm or the Road, Business or Pleasure. Air Leaks. Induction System. Loss of Power

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 12

Many motor-owners have found their engines developing the annoying habit of refusing to run sweetly and amonthly, particularly at low…

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The Earth Worm Fertilising Agent. Farmers' Best Friend

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 11

The humble earthworm has more uses than merely providing fishermen with bait. Like all plants and creutures on earth it has a duty to…

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Better Farms Improving the Pastures. Trebled Capacity

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 11

The improvement of pastures by substituting for the natural grasses introduced grasses and clovers of a much more nutritious and fattening…

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The World of Motoring. Motor Cars and Motor Cycles. For the Farm or the Road, Business or Pleasure. Number Plates. Technical Breach. a Motorist's Mistake

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 13

A case of interest to motorists was heard at the West Maitland (N.S.W.) Police Court on Monday, when Augustus Farley was charged with…

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