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Farming & the land, 1914

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Sydney Wool Sales. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 2

This week has seen a further weakening in prices for all best superior merino wools, Even fine crossbreds are lower in value; and very burry and seedy fleece, both…

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Trade and Commerce. Australian Wool. Washington, Nov. 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 13

The United States Ambassador in London, Mr. Page, having reported that Great Britain is unwilling to arrange a modification of the Australian wool export embargo, the…

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Live Stock. Colic in Horses. Caused by Gorging Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 9

During the harvest season the Stock Branch receives constant inquiries from wheat districts as to the treatment of horses which have gorged themselves on wheat,…

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No. 185. Agricultural. Wheat Production. Cost as a Factor

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 6

The cost of producing a crop of wheat has at all times been a matter of supreme importance to wheat growers —perhaps never more so in the history…

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Dairying for Profit

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 8
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

The sentiment contained and expressed in the above heading naturally appeals to all dairymen, because it stands to reason that dairymen do…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 4

The Bolwarra branch of the Farmers and Settlors' Association will meet in the Public School, Bolwarra, on Monday night, when a full attendance of members is requested…

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Daring Exploits of French Farm Lad. Fighting at Fifteen. Paris, Sept. 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 7

A French boy of 15, who has been doing a manly share of the fighting from the bombardment of Senlis till a few days ago, when he was wounded in the battle of the Aisne,…

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Store Cattle Sale at Orange

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 4

On Thursday, December 8, Messrs. J. S. Leeds and Co., auctioneers, will offer at auction at the corporation yards, Orange, 700 head of choice station-bred cattle, comprising…

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Australian Wool. Washington, Nov. 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 6

The British Government has declined to agree to any modification of the embargo placed upon the sale of Australian wool to American manufacturers…

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The Wheat Bill

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 1

The present shortage of wheat is not brought about by the war. It is a result of one of the worst droughts over known over the…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 4

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, namely, Australian Mercantile, Land, and Finance Co., Ltd John Bridge and Co., Ltd.,…

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Sydney Wool Sales. SYDNEY

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson & Co., Ltd., report: At our wool sale to-day prices for good merinos were a shade easier than last week. Crossbreds were in stronger…

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The Singleton Argus Tuesday, November 24th the Wheat Question

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 2

What to do with the wheat crop of the State is a question that is giving a great deal of trouble to the Government and its supporters. Mr Holman gave…

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Dairy Board

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 5

The second sitting of this representative body took place in Sydney, on Monday, 16th inst. There were present: C. J. McRae,…

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Farming Intentions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 1

Messrs. Griflith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh.street, oydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the…

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News by Wire. the Wheat Question

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 5

The Premier (Mr. Holman) who returned from Melbourne to-day, is still hopeful. He states that he may act in unison in dealing with the wheat shortage question. His…

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THE Muswellbrook Chronicle Wednesday, Novem. 25, 1914. Commandeering the Wheat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 2

The attempt to force through Parliawent almost without consideration, a measure so revolutionary and farreaching as the compulsory…

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Stacking Farmers' Hay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 4

Messrs. Farnsworth and Co., commission agents of Sydney, write, stating that they have received a letter from the manager of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship…

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The Wheat Crop. the Purchase Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 November 1914 · page 3

In an Interview on his return from Melbourne, Mr. Holman, the State premier. referred to the proposal to compulsorily acquire the wheat crop…

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