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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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54- a Bag for Seed Wheat. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 3

Fifty-four shillings a bag was paid for seed wheat at Riverview clearing [?]ale at Eugowra last week…

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How the Farmers Are Robbing Themselves To the Editor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 3

Sir,—It has recently come under my notice how the farmers on the Macreay and Manning are robbing themselves, and at the same time think…

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State Finances. Proposed Two Million Loan. Necessitous Farmers and Housing. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 3

Mr. Storey's Government is consulting with financers with a view to issuing a loan locally, one half for necessitous farmers and the other half for…

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Letter to the Editor. [Letters in this column must not be regarded as expressing the views of the "Argus."] How the Farmer Is Robbing Himself

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

Sir,--It has recently come under my notice how the farmers on the Macleay and Manning Rivers are robbing themselves and at the sam time think they…

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Butter Control

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 2

In connection with the purchase and control of butter through next winter, delegates who have been appointed to negotiate the sole of Australian butter. will…

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Butter Export to Britain

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 2

The Acting Comptroller-General of Trade and Customs announced on Saturday the receipt of the following cablegram from the High Commissioner relative to the…

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Australian Produce Cheese, Butter and Fruit

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 4

The Australian Press Association learns Hint the control of cheese will be removed on May 1. The Food Ministry has decided not to purchase…

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Wheat Harvest Anxiety 7/6 Asked by Cowra Settlers

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 4

A Cowra correspondent writes: A branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association carried a motion urging the Government to increase the…

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Little Girl Lost Arrives at Farm After Night's Wandering

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 3

A wire from Narromme stales that a four-year-old girl was lost all night night in the bush near Dandaloo-raod, but arrived at a neighboring farm…

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Fine Crop of Sudan Grass

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 3

A casino correspondent states that the value of Sudan grass as a fodder has often been demonstrated, but the remarkable results achieved in its…

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Dairying

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 2

Dairying is just now at a very low ebb, decreasing cheques being the order of the day, in fact in many cases. "Mrs Cow" exhibiting her feminity in her love of…

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Snow and Sheep

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 4

Snow has fallen in the Kiandra district. It is estimated that if rain does not soon fall in Riverina, that 2,000,000 sheep, which are now in the mountain…

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Exportation of Wheat. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 5

Mr. Dunn states that the Federal Government is being urged to prohibit the export of wheat until the margin of home consumption is reached…

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The Macksville Dairy Company. Success at R. A. Show

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 6

Figures are now available giving details of the success attained at the Easter Show of the Royal Agricultural Association Exhibition, and…

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One of the Butter Delegates

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 4

HUGH SINCLAIR, one of the delegates who are to go to fix prices and conditions of the butter contract with John Bull, is a Deputy Chairman of the Farmers' Dairy Produce…

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That Butter Prize. to the Editor Port Macquarie News

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 5

SIR,—Again your Telegraph Point correspondent is on the warpath, and although I have no wish to be sarcastic, I really think it would be wise for him to know what he…

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Dwindling Milk Supply Dairy Farmers Protest. Against Lowering Price

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 8

A wire from Wollongong states that dairy farmers on the South Coast are much perturbed about the dwindling of the milk supply, and the…

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Lightning Crops. Helping Food Supplies with Electricity

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 7

Fanners need not fear that their crops will fail to reach the highest stage of maturity if they use electricity. Experiments recently made…

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Winter Schools for Farmers What the Department Offers

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 2

Arrangements have been made for the annual Winter School for Farmers, to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 15th June to 10th July next. The…

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Local Loan £2,000,000 Wanted. for Relief of Farmers

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 2

The Stale Government has decided to make an effort to raise a local loan of £2,000,000 at once. The PRemier (Mr. Storey) said that no…

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