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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 42 of 63

Harrowing Growing Crops. Good Practice

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 2

One of the chief, objections urged by fanners against the practice of harrowing young wheat crops is that it destroys so many plants, but that it has…

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Cattle Sale Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1916 · page 2

Messrs. C. G. Hobbes & Co. report having held a most successful sale at Glennie's yards on Thursday, 24th inst., (E. H. Armstrong on the…

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Sheep at Homebush

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1916 · page 2

Values trended in buyers' favor at the Homebush sheep sales last Thursday. Increased supplies gave operators more opportunities to secure…

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Cattle Sale

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 30 August 1916 · page 2

Cramsie and McRae report having yarded for auction yesterday. 20th, 600 head of mixed cattle. The heavy rain which fell the night before the sate…

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Special Sheep Sale

Manilla Express · Wednesday 30 August 1916 · page 2

Attention is directed to the special sheep sale to be conducted in the Manilla yards on Saturday next, at 2.15 p.m., by Mr. V. J, Byrnes,…

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Wheat Plots at Pallawallawa

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 30 August 1916 · page 4

Mr. R. W. MoDiarmid, Inspector of Agriculture, in the north-west, writes: The experiments with wheat at Pallawallawa this season are attracting…

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Stolen Wool. Defendant Fined at Tamworth

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 30 August 1916 · page 1

Sergeant Sinclair at the Tamworth Police Court on Tuesday, bofore Mr. H. F. Roberts P.M., proceeded against Roocrt Elliott, of Attunga, on an…

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Export of Butter. Allowed When Local Demand Exceeded. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 30 August 1916 · page 2

As Australia is now producing nearly Sufficient to satisfy the requirements of consumers the Minister for Customs thinks the time is coming when he might…

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State Parliament Students for Aviation SCHOOl Soldiers' Wheat. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 30 August 1916 · page 2

In the Assembly today the Premier repaying to Mr, Fuller said he would probably deliver the financial statement to-morrow…

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Floods on the Lachlan. Big Wheat Stacks in Danger. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 31 August 1916 · page 2

There is another flood scare at Forbes. The Lachlan at Cowra reached a height of 40 feet. Many of the residents are shifting to higher ground at…

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The Wool Market

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 6

Schute, Bel] and Co. Ltd., [?] under date 28th August: Daily arrivals at Darling Harbor are; expanding more satisfactorily,…

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Butter Export Trouble., Minister Yields to Urgent Request. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 2

A deputation asked the Minister for Customs to lift provisionally the embargo on the export of first grade butter. Having obtained a promise that the…

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Muswellbrook Cattle Market

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 5

Edward Higgins, Parkinson, and Co., report having yarded 1500 cattle on the 29th inst. and sold about 1100 head, reserves in some cases being too high…

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Sheep Sale Postponed

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 4

Owing to the Hooded nature of cree[?]s, the sheep advertised for sale by Mr. V. J. Byrnes to-day, could not be brought to Manilla,…

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The Reaper and Binder. On the Wheat Farm

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 2

The oft-discussed claims of the reaper and binder as against the combined harvester, were before the Little Plain branch of the Agricultural…

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Cattle Values on the Rise

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 4

Owners with cattle forward for sale at Homebush last Monday, met an excellent market. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report that 1200 head…

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Sydney. Wool and Produce Reports

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 5

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, report:- WOOL. Transactions are still confined to…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 2

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A. Minister or Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 278…

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State Parliament Upper House Referendum. Butter Shortage. Discussion of Conscription Issue. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 2

In the Assembly to-day, Mr. Cusack asked the Premier in view of the fact that the Federal Government proposed in two months time to take a…

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Night Fighting in a Storm. Australian Attack at Mouquet Farm. (Bean). LONDON, Aug. 31

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 2

British Headquarters in France, Aug. 30. Another heavy night's fighting in Mouquet farm and the trench labyrinth around it. Thunderstorms had…

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