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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,143 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 58

Commercial. Wool Appraisements

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., under date of February 27, reports:—Our appraisement No. 29 will be completed by the time…

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Quick Clearing of Wool Clip

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Wool appraisements are again in full swing in Sydney after a recess of a little over a week. Within the next…

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Farmers' Conferences. Wool and Wheat Grievances

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 March 1918 · page 4

Mr. Trethowan, speaking at the Farmers' Conference, complained of the mismanagement in the Federal Departments in regard to the wheat…

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Telegraphic. Sydney, Friday. Price of Wheat. Suggestion from New Zealand

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 March 1918 · page 4

A meeting of the New Zealand farmers suggested that the Government's price of wheat should he 7/ per bushel on the truck…

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Wool Report

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 2

The I. M. L. & F. Co., held a further appraisement this week, submitting some 5216 bales, the wools being drawn from a wide area. A few attractive lines…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Guyra Argus · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Eon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 357…

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A Wheat Storage Problem. Protection from Weevils

Guyra Argus · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 4

A few months ago a special committee was appointed to investigate the important question of weevil infestation of wheat, and their progress report has…

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Dairying. a Business Proposition. Dairy Farming for Profit

Guyra Argus · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 4

As proving that business method does pay when applied to dairy farming, some data collected by the Ohio agricultural experiment station (U.S.A.) is presented…

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Cattle Market

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—At the cattle sales to-day prices showed an improvement…

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Farm and Garden Products

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Agricultural Bureau. Mr. Levitt explained that he had interviewed Mr. Symes with reference to the…

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Sunshine Farming Machinery

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 4

Mr. H. V. McKay, of Sunshine Harvester fame, announces to this issue that, he has scoured the services of Beynon, Waugh and Doolin as his…

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Recovering Fallen Crops an Important Invention

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 7

There has been quite a mild excitement at Delungra recently in connection with a device for picking up crops laid flat by wind and rain, in…

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Farmers' Conference

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—The second annual conference of the Anstralian Farmers' Organisation concluded yesterday. Resolutions were agreed to urging the…

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Cattle Sale

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 6

Messrs. J. B. Fitzgerald and Benjamin & Co., in conjunction, report having held their special cattle sale on Wednesday, 6th March, and yarded…

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Russian Sheep Flocks

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—In view of the signing of peace between Germany and Russia, interest attaches to the question of what valuable…

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Proceeds of Overseas Wheat

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 4

The net proceeds of the overseas sales of wheat for 1915/16 are approximately £32,000,000…

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Late Commercial. the Wool Market

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 6

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., report as follows:—The appraisements are going on satisfactorily, and arrangements are now being made for…

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Farm Notes. Dairy Farming for Profit

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 7

As proving that business method does pay when applied to dairy farming, some data collected by the Ohio agricultural experiment station (U.S.A.) is…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Cure of Hard Milkers

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 4

There is a tendency to regard the hard milker as curable only in one way—i.e., by selling to someone else, says a writer in the Australasian. Yet in…

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Wool Report

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 11 March 1918 · page 6

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., under date of March 6 reports:--Appraisements are progressing steadily and by the time this…

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