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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

Wilh. Wilhelmsen Line. Wool Steamer at Dunkirk

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 4

The Wilh. Wilhelmsen Line advise that the motor ship Talleyrand, which left Brisbane on the 21st December, Sydney on the 25th and Melbourne on…

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Black Tip Disease in Wheat Explanation by Government Biologist Practically Harmless

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 17

Considerable interest was aroused among wheat-growers and those responsible for wheat handling, by the publication in these columns yesterday…

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Eager Duckworth Comes Cropper

Evening News · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 1

Duckworth, the vigilant English wicketheeper, comes down in strenuous but vain endeavor to catch Jackson…

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Reet Sugar Crop London

Evening News · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 4

Her loch the Magdeburg stsisti[?] estimates the production of best sugar for the three months of the season at 6,232,600 tons, and for the compaign at £227,000 tons…

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'Plane Tragedy. Farmer's Death. Verdict of Manslaughter. Danger of Low Flying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 11

Evidence of flights at low altitudes in the Richmond district was given at the inquest yesterday on Albert Charles Smith, farmer, of Cornwallis, who was killed by an aeroplane,…

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A. T. C. Warwick Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 14

Following are the entries for the A. J. C. Warwick Firm meeting on Saturday week:- Maiden Handicap. 6f.—Yangste, Autumn Halloon, Shadowlyn, Kilbryan, just Gold (imp.), Duc[?]t,…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 13

In accordance with the announcomant made by the New South Wales Stabilisation Committee on Friday, prices for new-laid eggs advanced yesterday to 1/10, 1/5, and 1/ per…

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On the Land. Temora Experiment Farm. Cereal Trials. Three Years' Results

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 9

Reference, has already been made in this column to the successful results obtained in the series of tests with wheat and oats at Temera Experiment Farm this season. A…

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Canadian Crops. Fighting the Rust Scourge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 9

That the opening of further wheat lands in the prairie provinces of Canada is attended by increased production on an enormous scals, the figures just issued by the Dominion Bureau…

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Homestead Farm Open Narrandera

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 4

A further Homestead form has been mule[?] in the Norrandrera land in the District it comprises an area of 485 [?] and is situated on the…

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Baddeley at Wauchqpe Farmers' Welcome Road Work Disputes Are Settled Wauchope

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 5

To Inquire Into the conditions of the men working on the [?] road at [?] Mr. J. M. Baddeley. M.L.A.. veiled here of Friday and Saturday…

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"Feloniously Slain" Airman for Trial for Farmer's Death

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 2

Richmond District Coroner (Mr. H. Johnstone), at the inquest yesterday into the death of Alfred Charles Smith, who was killed on…

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The Land and the producer Long Dry Spell Is Causing Farmers Much Anxiety Dry Feed Available in Most Places, But Water Shortage is Acute

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 17

Droughty conditions prevailed in every part of the State during January except on the Upper North Coast. Dry feed is available in most centres, but the scarcity of water for stock and domestic purposes is causing some alarm…

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Wool and Wheat

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 February 1929 · page 11

TO merely suggest to the average squatter that big estates should be compulsorily resumed and subdivided, in order to promote closer and more productive…

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Bringing in the Harvest of Wool and Wheat

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 6 February 1929 · page 43

A few decades hence pictures like these will be regarded as wholly "reminiscent of the good old days," fur transport, even in the far outback, is being rapidly revolutionised by the coming of the motor lorry and the building of better roads…

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Sheep Rejuvenation

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 6 February 1929 · page 43

The New South Wales Sheeji-breeders' Association has decided to co-operate with the Sydney University in testing out the must remarkable claims ever made in connection with sheep-breeding—-the…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Stronger Undertone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1929 · page 19

The wheat market manifested a slightly stronger sentiment yesterday, apparently on improved inquiry. Shippers' and millers' limits for growers' bagged lots were quoted…

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West Australia's Wheat Harvest

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1929 · page 21

If the estimate of the W.A. Director of Agriculture, Mr. G. L. Sutton, is realised, the 1928-29 wheat yield will be considerably above the official estimate…

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