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Blue Mountains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Cropleys, Ltd

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 2

Mr A. E. Lewis, manager of Cropley's boot and shoo emporium, accompanied by Mrs Lowis and family are enjoying a fortnight's…

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At Valley Farm Memorial Hospital Meeting Provides Splendid Outing

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 4

Katoomba has long looked for its race-meeting and there is little use denying the fact that the sheen of the silks and the satins, and the risks of…

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Progressive Machine. Evils and Irregularities. Cannot Assist Farmers

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 8

Mr J. H. Balfour writes as follows on the above subject. The near approach of the elections, and the steps being taken to form an…

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Milk and Water. Dairyman Fined £12

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 2

For selling milk not up to the standard, William Henry Smith, vendor, was fined £12 in all at the Katoomba Police Court on Tuesday. The…

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Wheat Guarantees

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 2

Now South Wales has always led the States in guarantooing prices for the who[?]t crops. In 1916 it was the National Government of Now South Watch that induced the…

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Overseas Sales of Inferior Wheat

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 2

A firm stand was taken up by the New South Wales Wheat Office when the Australian Wheat Board, in 1917, desired to introduce a method of pooling the overseas sales of inferior wheat,…

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National Government and the Wheat Problem Management of the Pool New South Wales Compared with Other States

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 2

The farmers of New South Wales have been supplied for political purposes with stories of mistakes or shortcomings in regard to the Wheat Pool management…

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4000 Soldier Farmers

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 2

The New South Wa[?] National Government has In[?]urred an outlay in concessions and as [?] to soldiers of considerably more than £5,000,000. Of this amount, £1,500,000 was…

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Relief of Farmers £1,000,000 Sot Aside by National Government

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 2

Owing to the continuous drought the Rural [?]adystru[?]os Board has been established to render prompt assistance to farmers needing relief and £1,000,000 placed at its disposal, A…

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Bulk Handling Its Advantages to the Farmer National Government's Scheme

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 2

When faced by the necessity for storing wheat, it was decided by the National Government to take advantage of the situation to introduce bulk handling…

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The Poultry Farm. Work for April. Gutting Together Breeding Stock

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 8

The principal work on the commercial poultry farm for this month will be the getting together of the brooding stock. It is most…

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Winter School for Farmers What Department Offers

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 8

Arrangements have been made for the annual Winter School for Farmers, to he held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 15th June…

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State Wheat. Probable Bread Famine

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 3

The question of the exportation of our wheat supplies was brought up at the meeting of the Katoomba branch of the R.S. and S.L.L…

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Fighting the Drought. State Aid for Farmers

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 2

The local flotation of the State loan for the express purpose of assisting necessitous farmers, and completing the country wheat, silos…

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Winter School for Farmers

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 7

Applications for admission to the annual Winter School for Farmers and for the special poultry farming course, to be held at Hawkesbury…

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The Poultry Farm Meeting the Feed Crisis Using Substitutes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 7

"There are two ways in which the poultry farmer may endeavor to help himself just now," writes the Poultry Expert in his notes for the month…

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The State Loan. Vital Need for Action Saving the Farmers

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 7

Tho loan of £2,000,000 being floated locally by the State Government, is being exceedingly well received. Undoubtedly this is mainly…

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Past the Million Result of State Loan Relief to Farmers

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 8

In every way it is a matter for profound gratification that the State Loan, floated by the New South Wales Government should have been…

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Unsealed Cans Penrith Dairyman Fined

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 August 1920 · page 3

Datryman's duties were impressed upon John Lack, of Penrith, by Mr. Clegg, P.M., at the Katoomba Police court, on Tuesday last…

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Some Anti-worry Talk Learn to Let Go Hints to the Farmer

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 September 1920 · page 7

"He's a sticker!"—it's an expressive little phrase; it's fine to have a reputation as a sticker—up to a point. Past that point, "sticker" is…

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