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Farming & the land, 1919

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Victorian Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 3

SOLD TO JAPAN AT 6/1 1/2 PER BUSHEL The Victorian Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Oman) announced the sale of 3000 tons to Victorian inferior wheat to Japan…

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The Wheat Commission. Further Evidence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 6

The Wheat Commission Inquiry was cont[?]ued by Mr. Justice Pring on Thursday. Mr. Digby was exair[?]ned by Mr. Beeby upon the correspondence with Mr…

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Extraordinary Document. Views of Georgeson Wheat Contract

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 11

Evidence before the Wheat Commission was continued in Sydney before Mr. Justice Pring. Harold Gordon Darling, of the firm of…

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Wool. £122.000.000 Received From Britain

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 5

A report submitted to the House of Representatives shows that the Central Wool Committee during the 1918-19 ses[?]son dealt with 2,025,486 bales, being 115,554 more…

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Sydney Salt Shortage No Northern Butter Arrivals. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 2

A large number of shops in Sydney arc unable to obtain a supply of salt to-day. No butter arrivals came in from the…

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Grasses and Crops. Mixed Farming in the North-west

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 4

The Department cannot recommend sowing Rhodes grass in a large area. It is a very hardy grass, but before milking an extensive sowing, it would…

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The Wheat Deal Addresses Begin. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 2

Mr Beeby addressed the Wheat Sale Commission this morning…

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The Wheat Deal Wednesday's Evidence. Introduction to a Minister

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 3

On the Commission of Inquiry resuming on Wednesday, Mr G. W. Walker, managing director of Lindley Walker and . Co., continued his evidence…

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Miscellaneous. Protecting River Banks. a Farmer's Suggestions About Preventing Erosion

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 4

The problem presented by the erosion of soil and the silting up of rivers wherever settlement has taken place was lately the subject of an…

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Dairying. Rearing Calves on Whey. How to Make a Complete Ration

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 4

Owing to the lack of separated milk on cheese-making farms, the rearing of calvcs presents greater difficulty than on butter-making fawns. The only…

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Dairying Rearing Calves on Whey

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 2

Owing to the lack nf separated milk on cheese-making farms, the roaring of calves presents greater difficulty than on butter-making farms. The only by-product…

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Australian-german Girl. Farmer's Advertisement Arou[?] Indignation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 8

Indignation was expressed at the [?]rnd Soldiers Conference in Adelaide at an advertisement announcing "Farmer. aged [?]6 would like to correspond with Australian…

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Foch's Future. Author and Farmer. London July 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 13

Marshal Foch has informed an interviewer that he intends to write a book, and then retire to the country, where he will spend his remaining years in the penceful…

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Miscellaneous. Protecting River Banks' a Farmer's Suggestions About Preventing Erosion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 2

The problem presented by the orosion of soil and the silting up of rivers wherever settlement has taken place was lately the subject of sin interesting letter to the…

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The Dairying Industry. Factory Representatives in Conference Opposition to Federal Control

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 14

The scheme for the reorganisation of the dairying industry submitted by the Federal Minister for Trade and Customs (Mr. Massy Greene) for consideration by the dairy…

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Water in the Milk Chatswood Dairyman Find

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 3

Edward Martin, dairyman, of Grevill-street, Chatswood, was proceeded against on two charges at the North Sydney police Court, by Inspector Francis of the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision ofthe Hon. W. G. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 430. Agricultural Black Oats As Ensilage. a Sheepowner's Experience

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 4

To what extent blaek oats can be used for ensilage is a subject of some interest to a good many farmers, and the Department lately had before it…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 4

Preparations are being made by the police for the annual collection of Land Settlement and Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics. It is expected that a start will be made this week…

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Dairying Industry Control. (To the Editor.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 7

Sir,—Referring to the Hon. Massy Greene's proposal for the organisation and control of the dairying industry, producers will receive something of a shock when…

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Albury Wool Market

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 2

Elsewhere the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. announces the extension of the co-operative principle to the Aubury wool market, the company…

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