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

Farming & the land, 1919

1,478 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 14 of 74

Yellow Monolepta Beetle. a Pest of Maize Crops and Fruit Trees

Manilla Express · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 4

A small monolepta beetle with yellow body and legs and a bright cerise red patch on each shoulder and a single cerise spot near the middle of each wing…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahams, M.L.A. Minister of Agriculture [?] are cased mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 412. Agricultural. Clearing with Explosives. How It Reduces Labor

Manilla Express · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 4

The problems of land clearing differ so widely that no single method can be recommended by itself, and the task of clearing an area can only be thoroughly…

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Wheat Deal

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 2

72,000 tons of the 1916-17 heat have been sold, to be shipped to the East. Owing to the damage done by weevil, and having been in bags for 2½ years…

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Wool Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 6

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company, Ltd., report under date 26th March, 1919:—For our appraisement last week we…

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Quick Turnover in Wool. Record Prices

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The last published figures regarding the quantity of wool appraised in Sydney this season hear striking evidence…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Agricultural. Clearing with Explosives. How It Reduces Labor

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 3

The problems of land clearing differ so widely that no single method can be recommended by itself, and the task of clearing an area can only be…

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Imperial Wool Restrictions. To be Retained. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 1

The Wool Council has decided to retain the wool export, restrictions for the time being…

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The Show. Successful Third Day. Good Attendance. Cattle-drafting the Big Feature

Daily Observer · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 5

Yesterday finished the 1919 show, and it is quite on the cards that when the filial assessment is made the Tamworth P. and A. Association will have grounds…

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Poison Gas Way To Get Rid Ot The Rabbits Memingha Farmer's Proposal. Minister for Lands Carefully Considering

Daily Observer · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 6

Mr. T. G. Adamson, of Nemingha has evolved a scheme for rabbit. destruction on a wholesale, scale, based upon the utilisation of poison gas. He has…

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Success in Dairying

Daily Observer · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 5

The desire to be successful naturally appeals to everybody in all fields of activity anil enterprise, and stimulates everybody to put forward his best…

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Sheep Mortality

The North Western Courier · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 1

Mention was made in last issue of the proposed visit of Dr. Dodd to "Glenarvon," for the purpose of investigating the mysterious disease that is…

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Wool Report

The North Western Courier · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 1

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report, under date 26th March:—For our appraisement last week we brought forward a catalogue of 2339 bales, the…

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"A Walking Stick Farm."

The North Western Courier · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 2

These Aussies are queer fish. One of them gravely informed a Tommy that he used to own a walking stick farm at Coopacurripa, but that the…

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Seed Wheat

Daily Observer · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 3

Mr. M. J. Connors, district secretary of the Primary Producers' Union, lian received a communication from Mr. C. J. McRae, president of the Central…

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The Farmer or Sussex-street

Daily Observer · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 5

Mr. C. P. Williams, Primary Producers' Union, Sydney, writes:— The time has arrived when the farmer has got to settle whether he or Sussex…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

Daily Observer · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 3

The following applications for patents connected with the farming' and mining and inductries has been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…

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Sheep Dip Monopoly. Open to Other Manufacturers. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 5

Mr. Massey Greene, referring to the Government's decision respecting the protection of Australian sheep dips,; said the Commonwealth had granted a…

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Pooling Wheat Only Way at Present. Mr. A. K. Trethowan in Favor

Daily Observer · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 5

The wheat pool, and the advisability of its continuance or otherwise, were Questions which received considerable at mention at the monthly meeting of the…

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Agricultural. Sowing the Wheat Crop. Some Seasonable Hints

Manilla Express · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 2

One of the most important points to which fanners can give attention in sowing the wheat crop is the proper covering of the seed. The remark was once…

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Pastoral. Pit Silage. Once More a Live Question

Manilla Express · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 2

The drought that has prevailed for many months in New South Wales, and that in some portions of the State is still unbroken, has once more brought…

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