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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 4 of 63

Wheat Crop. Official Estimate. Sixty-two Million Bushels

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

The Government Statician has pr[?][?]ared a further estimate of this season's wheat crop. From an area of 5,166,500 acres, of…

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Market Reports Sydney. Wool Report

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd. report January 13:— The holiday recess ends this week, and on Monday, 17th instant, local…

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Pastoral. the Dorset Horn Cross For Fat Lamb Market

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

A practical test with fat lambs of the Dorset Horn cross was recently made by the Department of Agriculture, when a consignment was forwarded…

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"Meeting Like Butter in the Sun." London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

The German press commenting on the evacuation of Gallipoli said "the prestige of the allies is melting like butter in the sun."…

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Present Price of Butter to Stand. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

The Necessary Commodities Commission having heard evidence from the butter merchants decided that the present price should not be altered…

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[?]Tural and Pastoral Notes. [?]R the Man on the Land

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the [?] W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on [?] experience of the Department. No. 245…

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Farm and Held Dricinal Articles. Plants and Superphosphate

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 6

When plants are nourished by acidified or dissolved phosphates they do not take them up in the form in which they are applied. The moisture in the…

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Farmer and Business Man. Varied Problems

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

There is no man in the country who to be a good business man more urgently than the farmer, says Mr. D. P. Houston. Secretary to the United…

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Agricultural. Practical Irrigation Farming. Manuring of Orchards

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

In almost every branch of agriculture the application of fertilisers to the soil is essential if the best results are to be obtained. According to the officer who…

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Wool Report

The North Western Courier · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 2

Goldsborough, Mort & Co., Ltd., report that the holiday recess ends this week and on Monday, 17th last., local auctions will be resumed. on which…

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£9000 for 6000 Shorn Sheep

The North Western Courier · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 2

A Forbes message states that at present passing through the district is a mob of 8000 sheep now owned by Mr. Whitehall, bound from…

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Wheat Harvest 1915-1916

The North Western Courier · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 3

The computation of the returns of the estimate of wheat harvest for the Stare is sufficiently advanced to give a fair idea as to what the actual…

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New Zealand Wool Sales. Shortage of Freight Trouble. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 2

The start of the Invercargill wool sales was delayed owing to the attitude of the buyers who repuested the brokers that [?] time for payment should be…

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Wool Travelling Discontinued John Bridge & Company, Ltd., Avoiding Useless Expenditure

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 3

There appears to-day an important announcement by John Bridge and Co., Ltd., who have foreseen that the ever-increasing taxation, and cost of labor…

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Wool Travelling Discontinued John Bridge 4 Co., Ltd. Avoiding Useless Expenditure

The North Western Courier · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 1

There appears to-day an important announcement by John Bridge & Co., Ltd., who have foreseen that the over increasing taxation and cost of labor…

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Breeza Wheat Crop Disappointing Harvesy

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

Very hot dry weather is bel[?] enced here, writes our Breezay, pondent, the thermometer [?]on. over 100 degrees in the shade to…

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The Wool Trade

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 3

Anything that tends to lessen expenditure without decreasing' efficiency should by welcomed by public in these extremely critical times The…

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New Zeland Wool Sales Held Up. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

The Dunedin wool sales were postpones indefinitely owing to the uncertainty of provision for shipping space. It is possible that similar…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Monday. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 3

The Sydney wool sales re-opened to-day. The rates for good merinos and crossbreds ruled firm compared with the December values. Medium…

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Charges for Wool-selling. [? They Be Increased? John Bridge &. Co. Say "No."

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

Our readers will notice in our [?] columns a very important manifesto over the name of John Bridge and Co., Ltd. This is of…

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