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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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The Sydney Wool Trade. Brokers' Association Expels a Firm

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 6

Hitherto the destinies of the Sydney wool trade hare been more or less guided by the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, with a large…

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Farms for Soldiers

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 4

Altogether 216 estates have been resumed under the Closer Settlement Acts up to the end of last year at a total cost of £6,000,000. Eleven…

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Wool Appraisements

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 4

The first catalogues of the second series of the Sydney wool Appraisements were published yesterday, and show that the high range prices are…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Guyra Argus · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 3

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. 300…

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Women and Farmers

Guyra Argus · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 4

"The time has come when an increasing number of women must be employed on the [?]and if the land is to kept clean and properly cultivated. Women…

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Wheat Guarantee

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 5

The Westralian Parliament passed the Premier's motion for the purchase at a minimum of 3/ of the 1917 and 1918 harvest, to encourage farmers…

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The Dipping of Sheep

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 9

Only a week or so ago, says a Glen Innes exchange, the Armidale P.P. Board arreed to support Deniliquin in the request for enforcing dipping…

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Wheat Experiments Morelma Results

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 4

Mr R. W. McDiarmid, Inspector of Agriculture for the northern districts writes:—The experiment conducted on the…

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High Price for Wool

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 5

Wool appraised in Sydney yesterday was awarded 28½d per lb. for coming wool from R. H. Hudson, Uralla…

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National Scourge. the Destructive Blow-fly. Pastoral Industry Menaced

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 7

A knock-down blow has been dealt to the pastoral industry of Australia during the past few months by sheep-maggot flies, commonly know as…

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Farm Notes. the Dairy Industry. Its True Position and Its Dangers

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 3

"1. The future of the New South Wales dairying industry, and probably of that of Australia, depends on the oversea export of butter…

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A Farmer's Marriage. Remarkable Story

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 3

At the Central Police Court on Monday, before Mr. Maclarlane, S.M.. May Hoots for petnerick, or Jane Goodson). 40, Frank Henry…

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Queensland Wheat Crop

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 8

Queensland has been officially estimated to contain 50,000,000 acres of land well suited, by climate and soil, to produce wheat profitably. The…

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Greasy Wool

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 4

The Sydney record for greasy wool was established yesterday, when fourteen bales from the Uralla district were appraised at 28 ½d per lb. Other lots…

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Farm & Field. Original Articles. Ensilage

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 3

There are few districts where there is not a certain season of the year in which the farmer looks back with envy to the time some weeks back, when…

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Wheat Return

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 4

According to a return issued by the Australian Wheat Board, the total quantity of wheat received to January 27 on account of the pool was…

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Wool Report

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 4

The A. M. L. & F. Co., report under date February 1, as follows :—Our next appraisement dates are February 6 and 7 and February 15 and 16. We would…

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Wool Appraisements

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 4

Winchcombe, Garson, Ltd., report that business is now proceeding much more rapidly in connection with Sydney wool appraisements. Last week the…

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Agricultural Notes. Dairying. "Milk Veins." As Indications of Milking. Capacity

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 8

For many years the development of the so-called milk veins has been considered one of the [?] indications of the productive capacity of dairy…

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Farmers Waking Up

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 2

For some time there have been evidences that the farmers of the district are beginning to get thoroughly awake to prevailing circumstances, (says the…

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