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Farming & the land, 1929

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How to Grow Marketable Fruit Green Manure Crops Reminder Concerning Sowing

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 2

Continued clean cultivation, such as is necessary in the orchard, has the effect of seriously depleting the organic content of the soil. Where it is intended to sow…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 13

Fairly quiet business of usual mid-week extent was transacted by city dairy produce houses yesterday. Rates for all lines were without alteration. Eggs were still fairly…

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On the Land. Dairy Industry. Marketing Problems. Stabilisation Committee Meets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 9

A special meeting of the Stabilisation Committee was held this week, to discuss several matters of importance that needed urgent attention. Mr. C. H. Fraser was voted to…

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Farming Methods. Outspoken Criticism. Danish Visitor's Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 10

After a 70,000-mile motor trip through all the States of Australia during the past two years, Mr. Peter Hansen, a dairy expert from Denmark, declares unhesitatingly that…

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300 Fighters Fire at Crookwell Farmers' Losses Crookwell

The Sun · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 15

Crookwell was startled yesterday afternoon by the news that a bush fire had broken out on Mr. J. Marshall's property at Redground, seven…

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Dry-spell Dairying on Manning

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 19

JONES ISLAND.--The Manning River Dairy Co. for December paid suppliers Is 5 12d for choicest butter and is 4 12d for second class, with a…

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Dairy Heifers for Rabaul

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 19

A shipment of 61 young Shorthorn dairy heifers and a bull was despatched from Sydney yesterday to Rabaul. It is expected to develop dairying on…

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Fur-farming in N.S.W. Angora Rabbits on' the Increase Within the Law

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 19

The keeping of rabbits of the fancy varieties for their furs--fur-farming, in short--is making some progress under licenses issued by the Minister…

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Cattle

The Land · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 11

Good and prime cattle at the opening sales were about 10/- per head dearer, with plainc[?] grades showing no material alteration; but in the afternoon competition was not so keen and…

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Farmers Sell Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 16

Farmers weer reported yesterday to be selling freely. Millers and shippers were paying 40 14 to 40 12 per bushel at country stations, according to location. In the city…

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Skilful Husbandry Dairy Farmer's Success at Wheat Growing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 11

The Gooden family (and their number is becoming legion in Riverina) have every reason to feel satisfied that New South Wales has proved a…

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Anchovy Butter

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 9

1 oz. butter, 1 dessertspoonful anchovy paste, coloring, cayenne. Pound all together and pass through a hair sieve…

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The Wool World. January Sales in Owners' Favor. Dry Pastoral Conditions Causing Concern

The Land · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 10

The New Year wool sales in Sydney opened under decidedly satisfactory selling conditions. Values for merino wools, though not quotably higher, showed a trend in owners' favor, while comebacks and crossbreds also sold very readily at decidedly firm figures compared with…

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Cattle Lower Values

The Land · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 8

Under the influence of a heavy yarding cattle values declined; heavy bullocks and coves were about 10/.- to 15/- per head lower, and medium and plain grades were also cheaper…

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Ophthalmia in Sheep

The Land · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 16

"Pink Eye" writes: A week ago I noticed that two of my merino sheep were blind. They had been on good dry grass, and. were in good condition…

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Wheat Freights Farmers Benefit by Unexpected Reduction

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 12

A reduction of freight rates equivalent to about 2½, a bushel, on parcels of wheat and flour shipped from australia to the United Kingdom,…

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Thursday's Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs Sheep Dearer; Lambs Firm

The Land · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 8

Good wethers and ewes were [?] dearer, and in places ruore, at Home-bush yesterday; plain sheep, wethers, and ewes were unaltered. Good lambs were firm, bet ether descriptions were…

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German Wheat Farmers in England Complain or Unfair Competition

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 12

German wheat has appeared on the London market of last, and English farmers are protesting against the "unfair competition." The German…

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Pastoral Industry Menaced Increasing Costs of Producing Wool Should Give Anxiety, says Economic Mission Profits Being Eliminated

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

That the prosperity of the pastoral industry in Australia is threatened by a fall in world prices and a steady increase in the local cost of…

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Wheat Stocks in Elevators

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 15

According to a report furnished by the silo authorities wheat stocks in Government grain elevators on January 10 aggregated 13,814,443 bushels, which included 9,839,645 bushels held…

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