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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

9,809 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

Gosford's Great Show Remarkably Fine Exhibition of Fruit and Vegetable Grown in the District Gratifying Results of Potato Cropping

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 14

Built upon the shores of the upper; reaches of Brisbane Water—one of the most beautiful and picturesque arms of the Hawkesbury—the…

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Season's Prospects Reports from Farming Districts

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 7

Many thousands of sheep and cattle were offered at the special stock sales in Mudgee during the past few months, and the demand was so keen that practically all lines were…

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The World of Motoring Motor Cars and Motor Cycles For the Farm or the Road, Business or Pleasure Motor Cycle Races The Speedway Royal Several Falls

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 12

The attendance at the Speedway Royal (Sydney Showground) on Saturday night last was one of the biggest in tho history of night…

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Enterprising Farmers Water From Burrinjuck Extension to Tabbita

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 2

A second use is being made of the water from Burrinjuck after it has done duty and filtered through the Murrumbidgee irrigation areas. A…

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Farm Tractors Working of the Engine Cause of Overheating

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 13

It is surprising what little knowledge the average tractor driver possesses regarding the working of an internal-combustion engine That…

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The World of Motoring Motor Cars, Motor Cycles and Tractors For the Farm or the Road, Business or Pleasure ROAD-MAKING Concrete and Cement Crushed Oyster Shell

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 13

Mr. Charles W. Lloyd, a member of the executive of the National Roads Association of Australia, who is returning from Canada and the United…

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Tractor Farming Gatton College Classes Course For Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 13

Gatton College (Q,), in conjunction with the Queensland Council of Agriculture, will hold its fifth tractor school from the 3rd to 13th April,…

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The Farmers' Pride Triumphs of Husbandry Country Shows

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 3

[?] Poultry was a feature of the ninth annual show of the St. John's Park branch of the Agricultural Bureau, which was held on Saturday, and the poultry Clubs gold medal was…

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Dairying and Pig Rearing Milk Suppliers Closer Co-operation Lack of Loyalty

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 8

Whenever dairy-farmers in the milk zone congregate and begin "talking shop" the discussion is never complete without some reference to the…

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Increased Output Top-dressing Pastures Help for Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 8

With the object of increasing milK production in the district by the use of fertilizers, the directors of the Alstonville Co-operative Dairy…

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Dairy Factory Reports. Coff's Harbor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 8

For the half-year that ended on 31st December last, the Coff's Harbor Dairying Co, manufactured 102,357-lb, of butter, which was an increase of 23-186-lb, as compared with the…

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Contract Pool. Favored by Wagga Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 10

At a meeting of the Wagga (N.S.W.) district council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association recently, Mr. E. Field, one of the…

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Tick Fever Outbreak on the Tweed Farm Quarantined

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 7

A case of tick fever, the first recurrence of the disease for several years in New South Wales, is reported from the Bilambil soldiers'…

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Camden Park Model Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 13

The output of "extra-pure" milk for the use of hospitals and baby clinics from the model dairy at camden Park—described in yesterday's issue—is 200 gallons a day…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 13

Hot weather was causing trouble among city daliy produce houses yesterday, by softening bacon spoiling its keeping qualities, and projudicing its sale to some extent. Cheese…

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Control of Insect Pests. Fruit and Vegetable Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 9

Experiments in the control of pumpkin beetle and cabbage moth, carried out during the past season by Mr. W. L. Morgan, B.Sc. Agr., assistant entomologist, were described…

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Farmer Killed by Bees

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 15

Auckland (N.Z.), Friday.--A well-known Maori farmer, Hori Paki, attempted to eject a swarm of bees from his home near Tauranga. The bees…

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Castle Hill Show Excellent Fruit Exhibit Farmers Control of Markets'

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 12

Central Cumberland Agricultural Show, usually one of the most attractive shows held in Cumberland commenced to-day…

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Produce Markets. Bacon Over-supplied Dairy Trade Brisk Cheese Price Cutting

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 8

DAIRY produce quotations were without alteration yesterday. Business in butter and eggs was brisk, but cheese and bacon were difficult to…

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Butter Supplies Dairy Districts Flooded

The Sun · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 6

Owing to the floods on the far north coast no supplies of, butter have reached Sydney from north of the Clarence River for four or five days…

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