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Farming & the land, 1919

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Wheat Advancing. Decision of Wheat Board

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 9

An advance in the price of wheat is to be made throughout Australia as the result of deliberations of the Central Wheat Board in Melbourne…

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Price of Wheat. Still Under Review

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 11

The statement made by the New South Wales Minister for Lands, Mr. Ashford, that owing to the drought in that State it had been agreed, at a recent meeting of the…

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Discontented Dairy Employees. Another Milk Strike Likely

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 13

There is a possibility that the supply of fresh milk in the metropolitan area will be stopped after to-morrow night, according to Mr. Finucane, secretary of the Milk and…

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Dairy Produce. Payment of Pool Dividend

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 14

At a meeting of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool Committee in Melbourne it was decided that payment would be made in connection with the moneys collected from…

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Dairying in England. Improving the Herds

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 14

A real, practical effort to weed out the bad cows, that are the ruin of the small farmer, and multiply the milk producers is being made by the Board of Agriculture…

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Not a Farmers' Victory. Mr. Holman on the Elections

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 5

"The desperate efforts to represent the results as a Farmers victory," said Mr. Holman, when commenting on the elections, "had entirely failed. Apparently…

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Farms for Soldiers. 645 to Be Made Available

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 5

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Ashford) stated that 645 farms are to be made available almost immediately for soldier settlement. The total area will be about 178,000 acres…

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Dairying. What Is Breeding? Some Brief Definitions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 10

So often do the terms "crossbred," "grade" and the like figure in dairying literature and discussions, the following short definitions adopted by the United…

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Assisting the Farmers. Inverell District Dissatisfied with Government Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 December 1919 · page 3

The plight to which many of the farmers in the inverell district have been reduced by the prolonged drought is reflected in a series of resolutions passed at a meeting of…

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Wheat Shortage. Chief Secretary Intervenes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 December 1919 · page 4

There is such a shortage of wheat in New South Wales at the present moment that some mills may be forced closed, A continuance of the scarcity would mean an…

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To-day's Telegrams Advance in Wheat. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 December 1919 · page 5

The Rural Industries Board agreed to advance the price of first-grade seed wheat from 6/ to 7/ per bushel…

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