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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Fox-Farming Proposal Strongly Opposed by Poultry-farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 7

Advertisements have appeared in certain papers lately offering foxes for sale, and the vendor has expressed the opinion that fex-farming will…

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Homestead Farms Conditions to Fulfil Before Transfer is Permissible

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 8

Dubbo states that B drew a homestead farm in a bullot, and has taken A in as a partner, agreeing to make half his interest in the land over to A…

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The Junior Farmers' Page Many Club Competitions Opportunities for Boys and Girls in the Projects of the Clubs One of the Projects Described

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 15

If I were a boy, I should be into this Junior Club movement for all I were worth. I see that clubs have been formed from one and of the…

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Motor Cars, Motor Cycles and Tractors For the Farm or tine Road, Business or Pleasure Lure of Speed Campbell's Attempt on South African Desert

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 12

Although the famous British motor 1st. Captain Malcolm Campbell, was unsuccessful in finding a suitable place in the Sahara desert upon which…

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Milk Trade Farmers Receive £800,000, but Consumers Pay £2,000,000

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 11

Can the difference between the price paid by the consumer and the returns obtained by the producer be reduced by legislation?…

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BUSHFIRES Houses, Crops, Fencing, and Stock Consumed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 4

Bushfires have again caused considerable damage throughout New South Wales during the week. In the Singleton, Stawell Park,…

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The World Is My Farm Modern Science and the Age-Old Method of Agriculture a Tinge of Yellow

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 3

"Yat—yes—tarn—soot" Old Ah Ship, tho accident of the garden, was working away on the followship accounts with his abacus…

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Land Valuation Should Farms be Appraised on Baals of Production?

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 3

At an inquiry held at Casino (N.S.W.) two yean ago into the reappraisement of soldiers' holdings, a plea was made for the adoption of…

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Crops and Pastures Scale and Insect Pest Control Abreast of the Times Australia Not Behind Other Countries says . Returned Scientist

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 9

That New South Wales has been prosecuting entomological researches along the same lines that the scientists of the world are pursuing, is the…

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Plea for Increased Export Secretary of the Poultry Farmers' Union Urges the Necessity for a Broader Outlook by Leaders of the Industry

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 7

"Should surplus eggs be exported or converted into pulp " Commenting upon this question, Mr. A. McKinlay, secretary of the Poultry Farmers'…

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Dairy Prospects Drought Conditions in all but the North Coast District

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 11

The Tweed and Richmond Rivera district, which produces half the butter in New South Wales, and the Clarence to Bollinger River district,…

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Dairying and Pig Rearing Factory Merger Ten Factories Support the Hunter River Scheme

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 11

The proposed amalgamation of Hunter district butter factories was again discussed at a conference at West Maitland on Saturday, when…

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Valuable Stud Bull Purchased by Progressive Farmer

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 11

The young Ayrshire bull, Bersorker of Glen Innes, has been purchased from the Glen Innes experiment farm by Mr. A. Fisher, of Pinkott…

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Ceaseless Work of F.S.A. for the Farmers President at Tamworth. Economic Maladies of Australia. Association Achievements Since the Nineties

The Land · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 2

"It is becoming increasingly evident, not only to Governments, but to the people themselves, that the biggest problem in Australia to-day is economic, namely, how to reduce costs and proceed with the development of our wonderful heritage, and so that our trade balance may be…

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Lament of the Lazy Farmer. (Written for "The Land.")

The Land · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 2

I hold the universe went wrong When Adam had to earn his bread, To dig the garden all day long That man and woman might be fed;…

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The Farm Flock. A Profit-Producing Sideline. (Continued from last issue.)

The Land · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 10

The point I wish to make is this, that sheep should be considered as useful farm animals that produce profit when properly handled. A right attitude…

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Pigs for Profit. Forage Crops Their Place in Modern Feeding

The Land · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 20

Old-time methods of pig feeding are fast being forced into the background, and the time has arrived when breeders must discard their old methods of pig keeping and feeding and turn their attention to the new…

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Canadian Grain Crops Increased Areas, Greater Production

The Land · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 6

Recent figures issued by the Canadian Bureau of Statistics indicate that the opening of further wheat lands in the prairie provinces of the Dominion…

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Farm and Country Mirror. Netos Items from "Land" Writers

The Land · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 14

"I see that our 'Mirror' is shining again," writes "Kit," of Inverell. "That is another good feature." We agree that it is one of the best features of the paper—just the kind of news and comment country folk enjoy reading…

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"Killed a Cow" Farmer for Trial Police Charge

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 8

IN a charge of having maliciously billed a cow, valued at £13. Robert Blackburn, a farmer, was committed for trial from Liverpool Court to the…

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