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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

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Sheep Dog Trials

The Uralla Times · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 2

H. F. Mitchell's entry won the sheep dog trials at Armidale Show, J. W. K. Mitchell 2nd, T. Wilds third. A very interesting exhibition…

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Wool Prospects

The Uralla Times · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 2

Melbourne, Friday.—That all Australian merino wool will be wanted this year, and at very good prices, and that profitable prices will be…

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Dipping Sheep. Queries Answered

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 3

The following questions as to dipping were addressed to the Department of Agriculture last January:— 1. Would it be advisable to dip…

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Wheat Prices Sensation

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 4

A recent Chicago message says:--Grain prices on the Board of Trade crumbled in one of the biggest breaks of a single day since the war. The…

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Wild Threats. "Will Poison Cattle." P.P. Board Informed

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 3

A gentleman who called at the Tenterfield P.P. Board office on Saturday, informed the members of the Board that he had been threatened…

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Farm Blacksmithing

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 3

In setting up a blacksmith's shop on the farm an endeavour should be made to secure the best and most convenient position away from other…

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The Farmer. Raw Hides. Home-curing Methods. Blacksmithing on the Farm

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 3

The best English hides are obtained from Hereford cattle; these yield about 50 per cent. of butt, and so command a slightly higher price…

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Dairy Export Control Board

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 4

The "Examiner" has received the following telegram from the manager of the Coastal Farmers' Society, Sydney:—The Minister for Marketing…

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Wool Stronger Market

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report:— French buyers, who were sparse operators at Australian wool sales during January and February have of late…

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Wheat and Barley Trials. in Northern Districts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 3

Mr. M. H. Reynolds, H.D.A., senior Agricultural Instructor, writes that the following farmers conducted plots of wheat and barley for the Department…

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Farmers and Jackadgery. Attempt to Stampede Them

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 3

Thus the Coraki 'Herald: The comic opera attempt to stampede tire farm ers into the belief that assent to the Jackadgery scheme means the…

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Where Farmers Score. Motor Tax Halved

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 6

Under the new Motor Taxation Act farmers will only be called upon to pay half rates on cars. The concession, while it is stated to have been…

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New England Wool Goldsworth Clip Brings Good Prices

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 4

The 12th series of Sydney wool sale was continued at the Royal Exchange, Sydney on Monday, when affaings totalled 6909 bales…

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'Will Poison Cattle.'

The Uralla Times · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 2

A gentleman who called at the Tenterfield P. P. Board office on Saturday, informed the members of the Board that he had been…

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Pastoral. Pasture Improvement. Method of Sowing Grasses

Guyra Argus · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 4

"Wherever two blades of grass can be made to grow where only one grew before, it is to the interest of the landowner to experiment with such grasses…

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Wool Sales. Values Well Maintained

The Uralla Times · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 2

Wool sales were held on Monday in Sydney, when the quantity catalogued totalled 6911 bales, and the sales, including private transactions…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Market Firm

The Uralla Times · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers Co-op. Co., writesf: The catalogue of 4,006 bales submitted by us on the 19th inst…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Guyra Argus · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. AGRICULTURAL…

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N.S.W. Large Stock. 4,000,000 More Sheep

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 4

The Stock Branch, Department of Agriculture, has compiled from returns furnished by stock inspectors estimates of the number of live stock…

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Commercial. Stronger Wool Market. War-time and Current Prices

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 10

Winchcombe, Carton, Ltd. report: French buyers, who were sparse operators at Australian wool sales during January and February have of…

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