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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

1,249 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 2 of 63

Wheat Sold

The North Western Courier · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 5

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture has announced further sales of wheat abroad. . -…

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Wheat Estimates

The North Western Courier · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 5

The Victorian wheat yield is estimated at between 55 and 60 million bushels…

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The Wool Market

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 6

The Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co., Ltd., report under date 5th January:— So far as actual selling is…

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Wheat Buying—Government Stung

The North Western Courier · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 3

The Massey Government certainly does not profess to be socialistic (writes a New Zealand correspondent), but at the time of the wheat…

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Farm and Field Agricultural. WHEAT-BEEEDING. What is Meant by Selection

The North Western Courier · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

Selection is sometimes understood to mean the use of graded seed or plump, well-developed instead of pinched grain, but the Plant Breeder…

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Last Year's Seized Wheat. Extra Compensation for Farmers. Threepence per Bushel Increase

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

It is now two weeks since the report of the Necessary Commodities' Commission as a result of its inquiry into the claims by farmers for extra…

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Homeush Annual Statistics. Decrease in Cattle. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

The stock yarded at Flemington sale yards last year numbered: Sheep 2,954,380 cattle 206,908, showing an increase of 157,945 sheep, but a…

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Wheat Plots Results. W. Palmer, Pine View. Narrabri

The North Western Courier · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

The following results have been obtained from the experiment plots on Mr. Palmer's farm:— Rymer (no manure), 8 bushels 38th…

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Farmers' Wheat. Millers May Grist

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 3

The deputation of four millers which waited upon the Minister for Agriculture (Mr.W.C. Grahame) or Wednesday stated that a matter that had been…

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Wool Report

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 4

Goldsbrough Mort and Co., Ltd. report:—Business in connection with wool selling has been practically at a standstill since the close of the 1915…

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Riverina's Great Wheat Yield Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 2

The returns from the wheat centres of the Riverina have been truly wonderful. Few paddocks returned under 20 bushels per acre, while 30 bushel fields…

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248,750 Bales Wool to Sell

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 4

Winchcombe. Carson, Ltd., Sydney, report January 5, 1916:— Compared with last year a comparatively limited quantity of the season's…

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Big Drop in Price of Butter. ½[?]Per Lb from Monday. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 2

The Commodities Commission to-day recommended the reduction of the wholesale price of butter by 18/4 per cwt., and the reail price by a farthing,…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The North Western Courier · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 2

Anthony John Feiett, a constable under suspension, was charged with stealing three shop, the property of John K. Mackay, on or about the 6th…

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Australian Wheat

The North Western Courier · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 2

The British Government agreed to take in floor part of the two hundred thousand tons of wheat ordered by Britain for France. This decision will…

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Allies' Purchased Wheat to Be Milled Locally. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. Hughes announced to-day that portion of the Australian wheat sold to the British and French Governments will be milled locally…

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District Sheep at the Yards

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 4

It was an owners' day, at Home bush last, Thursday. Sheep values held vary firm, in most cases prices showed an advance. Exporters and…

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Farming and Mixing Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 4

Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, patent attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the…

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Police Court Alleged Sheep Stealing

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 2

Anthony John Foletti, a constable under suspension, was charged with stealing three sheep, the property of John K. Mackey, on or about the 5th…

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No Wheat Can Go to Queensland

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 2

It has been decided officially that the Customs will not grant a clearance from this State for wheat to any other State without a permit from the State…

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