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Farming & the land, 1929

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Motor Cars, Motor Cycles and Tractors For the Farm or the Road, Business or Pleasure Power Alcohol Plant to Extract the Spirit from Molasses

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 14

The cheapest power alcohal in the world is that produced from Nipapalm in the Philippines, where it grows abundantly, power alcohol has…

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Apricot Crop Threatened Glut Averted by Organised Publicity

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 13

As the result of a publicity campaign organised by the Fruit-growers Federation of New South Wales in conjunction with the Housewives…

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Fruit Fly Protection of the Late-Ripening Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 13

The fruit fly is most active to wards the and of January, and growers of late-ripening fruit should take immediate precautions to control this…

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Better Oats Plant-breeder's Work at Cowra Experiment Farm

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

Important work with the object of improving the type of oats to suit the wide range of climate in New South Wales is about to be undertaken…

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Sugar Crops Prospects Bright in Norther Queensland

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

In a report to the Queensland Minister for Agriculture, the director of sugar experiment stations (Mr. Easterby) states that the excellent…

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N.S W. Poultry Farmers' Union Mr. Jas. Hadlington Tells what It Has Done to Improve the Income of Poultry Farmers the Egg Stabilisaton Scheme

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 16

No man in the poultry industry, in New South Walse, has a higher reputation than Mr. James Hadlington, formerly poultry expert of the State,…

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Fur Farming Importing Rabbits to Improve the Quality

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 16

It is not generally known that fur farming is carried on in New South Wales by the propagation of Faney breed of rabbits, such as the Angora,…

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Income Tax Deductions that May be Made by Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 10

The supplementary information required by the taxation authorities should have been forwarded to the Commissioner for Taxation,…

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Financial Aid Banks Assist Farmers and Home-Builders

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 10

Barellan states that he has a chance of purchasing a property with which he could carry on dairying. He desires to know whether it would be possible for…

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Poultry Coops Farmers Ask that Charges be Waived

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 16

Complaints were made at the annual conference of the Nepean and Hawkesbury District Federation of Progress Associations, held at…

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Crops and Pastures Remember Farrer! The Man Who made possible an F.A.Q. of 63-lb

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

Most farmers who frequent the country shows know old Jack Moses, the man who enlivens the smoke concerts with his recitations and his…

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News of the Poultry Industry Spread the News "Farmer and Settler's" Help Sought

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 16

Recently the Poultry-farmers' Union of N.S.W. heartened by the success of its years' work and desirous of extending its area of…

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Dairy Breeds Classification for Various Purposes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 8

Conditions and objectives should be considered carefully before selecting a breed of cattle for a dairy farm. No particular breed can be regarded as…

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Dairy Course Mr. C. J. Macdermott Appointed Special Instructor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 8

Mr. C. J. Macdermott, dairy instructor in the Tweed and Richmond (N.S.W.) district has been appointed special dairy instructor at the…

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Rabbit Pest Law Protects a Farmer from His Neighbors

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 10

Cooma is troubled with rabbits swarming on to his country from a neighbor's property, and seeks advice. Answer.—If your neighbor takes no…

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Farm Laborers Award Provides for Payment for Public Holidays

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 10

Henty wishes to know whether under the State Agricultural Laborers' Award he is required to pay permanent farm hands for Christmas pay, New Year's…

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Farm Work Many Inquiries flor Young Migrants

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 10

Boggabri asks what are the prospects for a migrant obtaining employment in Western Australia. Answer.—So far as I know, the…

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Farm Drainage Cleansing the Pipes with Caustic Soda

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 10

Exeter complains about the drainage system of his farm. Answer.—It would seem that the clogging of the pipes is caused by a…

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Farm Poultry. Practical Weekly Advice

The Land · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 15

Don't forget to collect egg's frequently now that so many broodies are in evidence. They generally break eggs when squabbling over a special…

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The Dairy. Soluble Nitrogen Remarkable Results from Top-dressing

The Land · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 15

Great success has attended the application of highly soluble nitrogenous? manures to grasslands on New Zealand dairy farms. The method was adopted in New Zealand following on results in Germany and England, which were reported to be astounding, the…

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