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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,013 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 26 of 101

Commercial News. Wool Appraisements. German Wool Trade

Leader · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Sydney wool appraisements re[?] on Monday, April 19, Meantime appraisers are at work in Brisbane…

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The Pastoral Industry. a Review of the Situation

Leader · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 3

We have received advance proofs of the Annual Wool Review issued by Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. It contains many deeply interesting…

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400 Tons of Wheat Burnt. Capetown

Leader · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 4

At Port Elizabeth yesterday, one of the biggest grain elevators in the country was burned to the ground. It was owned by a milling company,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land Poultry "Get Chickens Quick" Methods

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 7

The poultry expert voices a timely warning against the attempt to hatch all chickens in the space of a month or six weeks. Such ideas, he remarks, have followed the…

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German Wool-buyers Will They Be Allowed to Operate? Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 2

There is considerable discussion in the wool trade over the question of permitting the German wool buyers to operate at the coming wool sales…

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Crop Competitions in Victoria

Leader · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 2

A Stimulus to Better Farm Practice. The following extract from the report of the judge (Mr. A. H. Mullett. B.Ag.S.C., Chief Field Officer, Victorian…

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What Are Exhaustive Crops? The Ultimate Test

Leader · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 2

A crop of 30 bushels of wheat removes from the acre on which it is grown 33lb. of nitrogen, 14lb. of phosphoric acid, and 9[?]lb. of potash…

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Wheat New Minister's Efforts. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, returned to Sydney from Melbourne this morning, and stated that he was able to arranges for wheat…

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On Point of Starvation Conditions in Austria. Italy Advances Wheat. Rome Friday Night

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 2

Italy is advancing Austria 20,000 tons of wheat, to be repaid after the arrival of the American and Australian grain as Austria is on the point…

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The Dairying Industry

National Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 1

It will be freely conceded by all who are engaged in dairying, that we possess exceptional facilities, experience and knowledge for the…

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District Sheep

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 2

Values for good quality mutton were on the rise at Homebush last Thursday. Competition for medium to inferior grades was…

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Commercial. WOOL

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 1

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd report on April 14:— No appraisements have been held…

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Butter Shortage Coming Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 2

The output of butter in the coastal districts is decreasing. Victorian supplies are also shortening and purchases are being made on the local market…

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Sheepskins and Wool. Appraisement Order. Melbourne

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 2

Stocks of unappraised dry sheepskins and of wool of the value of £50 or over ate required by a war [?] order to be made…

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Wool Sales Senator Pearce Denied. London

National Advocate · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 2

Referring to Senator Pearce's statement that Mr. Hughes had not beer able to obtain from the British authorities satisfactory information as to…

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Loss of Wheat. Grain Elevator Burned. Capetown

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 1

A message from Port Elizabeth reports the destruction by fire yesterday of one of the biggest grain elevators in the country belonging…

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Australia's Huge Loss. in Respect to Wool Clip

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 2

General Lassetter, interviewed to-day, stated that the public of Australia were at last beginning to realise the great loss that occurred through the handing over of the…

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The Wheat Grower High Price of Horse-feed. Dubbo

The Bathurst Times · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 4

Ploughing is proceeding, and despite the failures of the two last harvests, a large area will soon bo ready, provided the drought breaks in time…

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£100,000,000 Our Wool Losses the Imperial Contract Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 2

Colonel Lassetter to-day returned the question of the less of Australian wool products through the Imperial contract, and said he now calculated…

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DAIRYING. (Supplied by the Department of Agriculture). Shearman's Clover. a Remarkable Fodder Plant

Leader · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 4

The "new" grain or fodder plant may not make the sudden dramatic appearance as the accidentally upturned gold nugget, but its value may…

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