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

Farming & the land, 1918

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Farming and Mining Inventions

Daily Observer · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 1

Messrs. Griffith and Hussel, Patent At corneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents in connection with the farming…

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Continue Wheat Growing ADViCE to Tamworth Farmers. Mr. G. W. Walker's Views

Daily Observer · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 2

Mr. G. W. Walker, or Lindley, Walker and Co., Ltd., who was in Tamworth on Wednesday last for the show, representing the Royal Agricultural Association…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 March 1918 · 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. 358…

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Pigs and Pork. Wheat As Feed for Swine. An Experiment

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 2

A bulletin of the Kentucky agricultural experiment station, U.S.A., regards an experiment conducted at the station to determine the value of wheat alone…

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Winter Green Fodder Crops. For Coastal Districts

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 2

In many districts on the coast where green winter fodder is grown, it is still thought that no other crop is possible but Algerian oats. But, as one of the…

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Overdraft of Wheat Board. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 11 March 1918 · page 2

On March 4th the overdraft of the Australian Wheal Board was £10,534,000: Victoria's liability was £4,000,000, New South Wales £3,573.000, South…

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News of the North. Crop Failures at Barraba

Daily Observer · Tuesday 12 March 1918 · page 1

The early maize planted in the Baraba district has not turned out us expected. The paddocks looked splendid, but when tassling time came, the rain…

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Awards. Cattle

Daily Observer · Wednesday 13 March 1918 · page 1

Durham heifer, under 1 year, Donald Curr. Durham cow and heifer calf, J. White, 1 and 2. Hereford heifer, 1 year and under, Campbell Bros…

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Deal in Wheat. Bogus Bective Farmer. Mill Manager Taken In

Daily Observer · Wednesday 13 March 1918 · page 5

By falsely pretending he was a Bective wheat farmer, John or Roland, Thompson, 39, obtained £1 from a. mill manager and six months' hard labor from the…

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State Parliament. Inquiries Into "X" Disease. Australian Wheat. Unsaleable. Frozen Rabbits for America. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 13 March 1918 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly the Speaker ruled Mr. Buckley out or order, when he asked the Assistant Treasurer, in the absence of the Premier, if it was a…

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Gravesend Cattle Sale

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 2

The next special cattle sale will be held at Gravesend on Friday 21st instant 1000 good quality cattle including 100 Station bred cows and calves…

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Improved Sheep Market

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 2

The demand for sheep showed improvement at last Monday's Homebush sales. Exporters were in the market. Graziers seeking re-stocking…

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Wool Report

Daily Observer · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 1

A.M.L. and F. Coy., Ltd., wool report, Sydney, 12th March. 1918:— Appraisements were continued during last week, this Company's catalogue…

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Conscripting Butter. Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 2

The Federal Government has token power under the War Precautions Act to requisition all the Gutter stocks in Australia…

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Attractive Wool Offerings

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 4
Also in Daily Observer

Winchcombe, Canon, Ltd., report: Some particularly attractive offerings are now being brought forward at the Sydney wool appraisements. Clips are…

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The Wheat Pool. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 2

Up to the present a total of 34,000,000 bushels of wheat have been received into the 1917-18 wheat pool. The Minister for Agriculture states…

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Federal Decisions All Stored Butter to Be Seized. Walsh Island Works. MELBOURNE

Daily Observer · Thursday 14 March 1918 · page 2

The Federal Executive passed a War Precautions Act Regulation empowering officers to seize all butter in store. Mr. Hughes states he expects to…

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Among the Cattle

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 2

Tho cattle display, although the entries were not very large, was one of the most interesting on the ground, many of the animals being certain…

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With the Sheep

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 2

Although the entries in the sheep section were not so numerous as last year and fewer competitors, yet the quality was quite up to the usual…

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