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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Share Farming Wanted Capable Experienced, Man Desires Employment

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

A friend of Uncle Wiseman, a young Englishman who is an experience wheat farmer, is anxious to secure ground to work for the…

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Farm Lads 16-years Old Boy Entitled to 15/- a Week and Keep

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

Raymoad Terrace wishes to Know what wages should be paid to a boy sixteen years of age, who has been employed on a farm sowing bags, milking…

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Crops and Pastures, Orchard and Garden Is It a Record? Remarkably High Yields of Cleveland, Currawa and Waratah Wheats at Oakwood

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 10

Ranking with the leading wheat-growers of the north-west, Messrs. Waddell Bros., of Oakwood, Inverell (N.S.W.), have just finished…

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Motor Cars and Motor Cycles For the Farm or the Road, Business or Pleasure the Motor Show Eighty Stands with a Million Pounds' Worth of Cars

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 12

The development that the motor industry has made during the past year, the reliability of the cars, lorries, buses and motor-cycles produced, and…

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The Junior Farmer. Organiser's Plea For Farmers' Support

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 3

"It is a matter for regret that there are still many farmers who do not realise the value of an agricultural scientific education for their boys-all the more so because excellent and cheap facilities are now provided in the form of rural school education and Junior…

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Soldiers' Crop Liens

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 3

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Ball, proposes to deal with R.I.B. crop liens according to the circumstances of each soldier settler desiring relief from his…

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Paspalum Dairying

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

The supervisor of agricultural instruction in the Education Department, Mr. E. Breakwell, returning from a visit to the North Coast, questioned…

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Eurgka Farms Subdivision Blocks Allotted

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

Considerable interest was aroused some months ago by the announcement that the Government intended to purchase the Euroka and Karinga…

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Hawkesbury-Nepean Crops to Sow

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 7

Maize—for green fodder and silage. In sheltered situations a quick-maturing variety might, mature grain, but risky, and areas should be small…

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Clarence Section. Crops to Sow

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 7

Maize—for green fodder and silage. Early varieties may still be sown for grain to mature before frost, but good yields can never be expected from the…

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Central Coast Crops to Sow

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 7

Maize—Cor green fodder and silage. Rather late for grain, although varieties such as Fitzroy and Learning may be tried, the former owing to its…

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What to Sow in Farm Calendar For All Districts

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 7

In connection with the following farm calendar for the month of January, which has been approved by the Department of Agriculture, we would appreciate comments by readers in the different districts. While the Department has gathered together a great deal…

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South Coast Crops to Sow

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 7

Malze, sorghum, and Japanese millet for green fodder. Red clover. Vegetables:…

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Central Tableland Crops to Sow

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 7

Maize-early: varieties for green fodder for autumn use. Sorghum—early varieties for green fodder for autumn use…

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Poultry Farmers' Fowls a Profitable Side-line for the Mixed Farmer

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 11

Farmers are a large section of the community, and to them the city looks for the bulk of its poultry supplies; but unfortunately the majority of them possess stocks, of ordinary nondescript fowls, inbred, of all sizes, many oil such an age that they have long since…

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Morthern Tableland Crops to Sow

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 7

Maize, sorghum, millet—can still be sown on a small scale for autumn green feed or for sliage. Barley—an early sowing could be…

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The Dairyman World's Dairies an Australian's Tour Danish Dairymen Eat Margarine

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 11

The secretary of the Queensland Co-operative Dairy Association, Mr. W. T. Harris, made interesting observations on his…

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JANUARY Southern Tableland Crops to Sow

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 7

Maine, Japanese millet—for green fodder. Turnips and mustard—for sheep feed…

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North-western Slopes Crops to Sow

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 7

Maize and sorghum—early maturing varieties for green feed and silage. Millets and Sudan grass—for grazing and hay…

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Central-western Slopes Crops to Sow

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 7

Maize—early maturing varieties for greenstuff and silage. Sorghum and millet early maturing varieties for greenstuff and silage…

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