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

Farming & the land, 1917

1,138 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 57 of 57

Wool Sales

Daily Observer · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date December 19:— Appraisements for the year close today, and will be resumed here on the…

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Wool Report

The North Western Courier · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 5

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report under date 19th Dec.:—The appraising of our third catalogue of the season was completed on 10th instant,…

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Wool Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 4

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company, Ltd., report under date Sydney, 19th September, 1917:— The appraising of our third…

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New Year Wool Sales

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., advise that the Central Wool Committee has arranged to start the first Sydney wool appraisements of the New Year…

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A New Way to Exterminate Rabbits. Especially from Pastoral Mountain Areas. (To the Editor)

Daily Observer · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 4

Sir,—My letter, concerning the aboe [?]entioned subject, in your issue of the 12th instant, requires to be supplemented. At present "bunny" holds the cards…

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Resumption Of Wool Carriage

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 5

The position in regard to congestion in Sydney Wool Stores having improved to some extent, it has been arranged by the Sydney…

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Glen Innes Butter Factory. Glen Innes

Daily Observer · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 6

The Glen Innes butter factory was officially reopened on Wednesday. The premises were partially destroyed by fire in April last, and recognising the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the" Department No. 347…

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The Latest. Britain's Food Shortage of Butter and Margarine. Government May Supervise Distribution. LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 2

In the House of Commons, on a motion for the adjournment, Lloyd George reviewed the war situation. He dealt first with food and said…

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Modern Dairying

Daily Observer · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 6

The benefits of labor saving machinery in the dairy are probably more appreciated than in most industries. The dairying industry ranks as one of the…

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Emu Plains Prison Farm

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 3

One of the most interesting developments of Prison Administration in this State is the establishment of agricultural industries for the dual purpose of…

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Jump for Life. Wheat Carters' Miraculous Escape. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 24 December 1917 · page 2

Hugh Lamont, a wheat carter, had a narrow escape from a terrible death yesterday at West Wyalong. He was driving a waggon and a team…

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Manilla Cattle Sale

Daily Observer · Thursday 27 December 1917 · page 5

Special attention is drawn to Wilshire and Berry, and V. J. Byrnes' advertisement in this issue of a special cattle sale in the Manilla yards on…

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Wool Butts and Fadges. Important to Sheepowners

Daily Observer · Thursday 27 December 1917 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The Central Wool Committee has issued a regulation to the effect that all butts, fadges sacks and bales of wool…

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Sale of Dairy Herd

Daily Observer · Thursday 27 December 1917 · page 5

C. Murrray reports selling in conjunction with Borthwick and Bice the whole of Mr. A. M. Draper's dairy herd by auction at Bannockburn on…

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The British Farm Woman

Daily Observer · Saturday 29 December 1917 · page 7

To us veterans the surprises of war have become commonplaces. Looking back to the ideas of three years ago is like turning up an old volume of…

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Argentine Wheat Crop

Daily Observer · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 2

The Allies have purchased the Argentine wheat crop…

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Wheat Silos. Available for 1918-9 Harvest

Daily Observer · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 2

The Under Secretary for Agriculture referring to the wheat, silos said that they should be available for the 1918-19 harvest…

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The Australian Sugar Crop. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 2

Particulars regarding the Australian sugar crop show that the production for the present reason will exceed the consumption by 100,000 tons…

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