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Farming & the land, 1919

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The Wheat Ship War Letter Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 2

Owing to the desertion of 10 members of her crew, the steamer War Letter, with 17,935 bags of wheat and 81,671 bags of flour, shipped by the Australian Wheat…

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Selling Australian Wheat. Mr. Hughes' Activity. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 3

Mr. Hughes is endeavoring to sell the Australian wheat to the inter-Allied Committee charged with the duty of feeding Europe…

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Three Wheat Pools Four Hundred Million Bushels Handled. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 3

Statistics issued by the Australian Wheat Board of the operations of the three wheat pools to January 13 show that 401,882,000 bushels had been handled…

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Farmers and Their Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

Very large payments will probably be made shortly to formers in connection with the guarantee for this season's wheat crop. For some time the…

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Albury Wool Appraisements

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

In the report issued to us last week of the disposal of wool at Albury, the following realisation was [?]ed, viz— WYANAWAH from Cookard[?],…

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Truck Orders for Sheep and Lambs

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

Clients are requested to note that orders for sheep trucks required for Monday's loading for the Melbourne markets have now to be lodged with…

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Wheat Glasses at the Jubilee Show

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 4

Additions have been made to the wheat section of the Royal Show, and prizes have also been increased, One of the important changes in the…

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More Wheat Sold India Buys 30,000 Tons. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

Senator Russell, Minister in Charge of the Wheat Board, stated this afternoon that, through the assistance of the Imperial Government, a sale of 30,000 tone…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Hopefield Branch

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 3

A meeting of the above took place on the I5th inst. There was a good attendance. Mr. T. Wills, president, occupied the chair. The secretary read…

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Wheat Pooling System Protest by South Australia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 4

Among South Austraian farmers a move­ment directed against any proposal for the continuation of the wheat pooling system has been initiated. A committee…

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VICTORIA v.NEW South Wales. Operations in Hay and Chaff Outwitting the Farmer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 4

There is a growing feeling that all is not right with the operations in the liny and chaff market. Whilst the demand in the metropolitan markets, and also for…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Wakool and Burrawong Branch

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 2

A meeting of the above branch was held at the Wakool Hotel on Wednesday the 15th inst., the following members being in attendance.—Messrs F.E…

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Wheat Crop. Payment of Guarentee

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 4

The Acting Prime Minister (Mo Watt) stated on Thursday last that he had been able, after discussion with the representatives of the banks…

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Wheat Crop Failures. Lessons of Adversity

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 4

Among tho multitude of crop failures over two thirds of the wheat belt of the Slate the good yielding [?] stand out in almost…

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Compulsory Sheep Dipping. Support in the Country

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 3

Mr W. G. Dowling, stock inspector at Forbes, and one of the keenest judges of stock in the State, is a firm believor in the compulsory…

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Wheat Stackers Strike at Goulburn Man Dismissed for Smoking Goulburn

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 4

About 200 wheat lumpers employed at Cook's cutting, near Goulburn at the wheat stacks following the dismissed of a workman…

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Arson at Cobram. Farmer Pleads Guilty to Two Charges

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 3

At the Cobram police court on Friday last, before Mr Rogers, P.M., George Vickers Deut, a farmer, was charged with having unlawfully and…

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Blindness in Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 16

The most common cause of blindness in sheep is grass seeds, which often penetrate well under the lid. These must be looked for and removed, for which purpose the…

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Wool Report

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— The first series of appraisements of the present year commenced, on the 6th. Inst., and concluded to-day, 14th…

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Double Taxing of Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 17

It is officially estimated that there are now about 50,000 sheep from western runs in a furnished condition in the Bathurst district, having been hurried by rail to…

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