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Farming & the land, 1926

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Sugar Crop Record Cane Yield Queensland Estimate

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 10

It is expected that the Queensland production of sugar-cane this year will be 11,753-000-tons, which will constitute a record crop. The director…

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Progress of the Dairying Industry Factory Reports and Balance Sheets ALSTONVILLE

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 8

[?]tive Dairy Society manufactured £20,000-1b. of chockest, £944-1b. of first, and 939-1b. of secondgrade butter, or a increase of 10-tons 11-owt,…

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Swine Breeding and Feeding The Importation of Stud Pigs Blakeney Stud Piggery-information and Help Specially Written for the "Farmer & Settler," by E. J. SHELTON, H.D.A.

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 8

For some considerable time past the Commonwealth quarantine regulations have prohibited the introduction into Australia of stud pigs and some…

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Dairying and Pig Rearing Dairy Produce Board and Council Separate Functions

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 8

The Australian Dairy Council met in Sydney on 21st and 22nd December to receive a report from the subcommittee appointed to meet a…

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Arrawatta Farm. Tho Herd Sold by Auction

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 3

Tho dairy herd at the Arrnwatta training farm, near Inverell (N.S.W.), was sold by auction recently. Although no outside buyers were in attendance,…

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The Farm Hen Poultry for Profit. Health and Sanitation

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 8

A large percentage of persons that venture into the poultry-rasining business and fail to make a success of it, do no because of the occurrence of…

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Co-operation Farmers and Graziers Seven Years' Progress

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 3

Recently the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., issued a pamphlet to'its clients showing the company's progress in the seven…

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Thermometers Dairy Factory Use a State standard

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 4

All dairy-factories in New South Wales has been informed by the dairy expert of the Department of Agriculture that the thermometers…

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Necessitous Farmers Help for Wheatgrowers Hearing of Claims

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 3

The officer in charge of the Rural Industries Brunch (Mr. W. E, Sharpe) has informed the Formers and Settlers' Association that the following…

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The World of Motoring Motor Cars and Motor Cycles For the Farm or the Road, Business or Pleasure NEVER— The Care of the Tractor "Don'ts" for Owners

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 6

Drive your tractor as through it were a racing motor-car on Brooklands track—it will, knock-it to pieces in double quick times:…

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Homestead Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 3

Danger Lend District, Wallarobba Shire, Country of Durham, parish of Ally[?], portion A. of 540-acres. Capital value £40[?], annual rent £10 [?] 6d., survey feo £13 6s. [?]d…

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Fatal Collision. Farmer's Son Killed at Orange

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 6

A young man named Jack Holden, twenty-four years of age, son of summuel Holden, a well-known orange (N.S.W.) farmer, was killed in a…

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Farm Tractors Metal Work Results of Research

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 6

The fact that tho present day farm tractor is such a reltable and effeicient machine is realised by the great majority of farmers. They do not…

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Corn Horer. North American Crop in Danger

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 4

A message from Ottawa (Canada) States that owing to the continued spread of the European corn borer, the corn crop in North america is in…

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Season Reports Crop Conditions and respects

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 4

Host farmers in the Wasun district took advaniase of the famurable weather conditions daring [?] last month and [?] early and late to rather their grain bur[?]st which was…

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Breadstuffs. Farmers' Lots Slightly Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 7

The cable reported the London wheat market to be lifeless, with cargoes and parcels both pressed for sale at 63/ per quarter, and with buyers holding off. Sales of parcels…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 7

Owing to a lack of unanimity among agents, city dairy produce houses announced yesterday that the old price of 149/4 per cwt for choicest quality butter would remain in force…

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Two Years Old Farmer's Radio Service

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 5

The second birthday of Farmer's broadcasting service was celebrated last night. A dinner was hold In Farmer's smoke room and later there…

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Young's Fruit Crops Wonderful Season Young

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 8

Despite an unfavorable season in many respects local cherry orchardists have had a wonderful season. Nearly 700 tons of cherries--or…

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Soldiers' Farms Disposal of Losses

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 7

In reference to the Auditor-General's report on the balance-sheet of the irrigation Commission, in respect to the Murrumbidgee irrigation areas and the…

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