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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

1,274 stories in New England's papers · page 11 of 64

The Wool Market

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report by wire:—We sold on Monday 5900 bales of wool. The market held firm a tlast week's rates, crossbreds being…

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Butter V. Milk

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 8

A South Coast paper vouches for the following:-- A well-known repre[?] diary farmer supplied [?]am to the Nowra factory, which…

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Price of Wheat

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 6

The Wheat Conference decided to leave it to each State to [?] its own arrangement as to how prices for wheat would be operated. The price…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 8

These Notes are issued every week. under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department No. 251…

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Feeding Off Growing Wheat. Favorable and Unfavorable Conditions

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 8

The feeding off of growing crops of wheat is commonly practised through out the wheat belt of Now south Wales. It is an operation that is entirely…

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Ben Lomond. Weather and Crops

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 8

On Saturday we received a very welcome thunderstorm, which was followed by another on Sunday afternoon, Altogether about two inches…

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Cattle Sale

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 4

In the Municipal Yards on Monday next, commencing at 2 p.m., three hundred head of cattle will be sold by auction including a whole herd of…

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High Prices For Cattle

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 4

What is thought to be a record price this season for store bullocks was obtained during the week for a line of 352 bullocks, the property of…

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Farm Notes. Seed Wheat. Point Worth Corsidering when Selection

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 3

Amid the preparations that are being made for the coming sowing of wheat, farmers should not overlook the importance of the quality of the grain…

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Increase in Wheat Price

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 5

The wheat conference decided to grant a further six pence per bushel in April an dalso fixed the price of wheat for internal consumption at 4/9…

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Feeding Off Growing Wheat. Favorable and Unfavorable Conditions

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 3

The feeding off of growing crops of wheat is commonly practised throughout the wheat belt of New South Wales. It is an operation that is…

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A Profitable Crop

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 4

The Canowindra paper has discovered that there's big money in lucerne.—The owner of a farm in this district paid £22 per acre for his land. The…

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Farm and Pastoral Notes. Profitable Jersey Cows

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 7

Mr. W. B. Ross, of Dorrigo, furnishes returns, of his dairy herd of Jerseys for last year, which was a particularly had one (says the Grafton…

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Wheat Handling

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture announces that the plans of the proposed terminal grain elevators at Sydney and Newcastle will be ready, in about a…

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Commercial. the Wool Market

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 7

Schute, Bell, and Co., Ltd., report under date 21st February:—Competition was at its best again last week for all good quality wools, whilst even…

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Late Commercial. the Wool Market

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report under date February 25th:—"We held our sale yesterday. All good wools…

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Late Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 6

Goldsbrough, Mort. and Co., Ltd., report under date 23rd inst.:—Our today's auction comprised an attractive selection of fine quality wools,…

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"Bridge" Wool Sales. Conspicuous Prices. Balance of Clip Sells Well

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 6

It must be reassuring to woolgrowers to notice the splendid prices that are being sustained against the balance of the present season's clip, and there…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Effect of Fertilisers

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 4

The effect on the growth of plants of the three principal Kinds of plant-food —nitrogen, phosphate of lime, and potash is different. Each ingredient…

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Cattle Sale

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 5

Special attention is drawn to the cattle sale being held on Wednesday [?]…

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