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

Farming & the land, 1919

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Wool Report

Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 4

Semite Bell and Co., Ltd.-,— report under date July 5, 1919:— No diminution of the widespread "demand for wool is apparent at the…

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Stud Sheep Sales. Sydney

Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 1

The stud sheep sales were combined this morning to a fair attendance. Some excellent sheep were penned. The sheep were penned. The highest price realised during the…

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Big Prices for Pat Cattle at Homeuush

Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 3

At the Homebush sale yards on Thursday, July 3, Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., sold on account of Messrs. H. E. A. and V. White, "Belltrees," Scone, a…

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Government and Seed Wheat. Sydney

Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture state that many applicants for seed wheat have failed so far to return their Hens, consequently their orders have been…

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Market Reports. Wool Figures for the Year

Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., advise:—During the past year 753,186 bales of wool have been appraised on the Sydney market. These figures show an increase…

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The Labor Party's Wheat Policy a Practical Criticism

Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 3

The Inter-State Labor Conference has decided its policy in regard to the marketing of grain. Only a brief summary of the methods has been published so…

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Battlefield Farms

Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 5

The battlefields of France are already becoming battlefield farms. If the old front line is to be preserved as a place of pious pilgrimage, then prompt action…

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Payable Tobacco Crop

Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 3

Mr. R. Aiken, of Gunnedah, is reported to have realised 2/ per 1b for the whole of his tobacco crop, which was dun cured. The crop was grown by white…

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North Coast News. Grafton Experiment Farm. Seed Maize in Demand

Daily Observer · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 1

The cold weather of the past few weeks has been welcomed by those who have crops of late maize to harvest. At the Grafton Experiment Farm…

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Pickle Your Seed Wheat

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 2

We cannot recommend sowing wheat at any time without pickling (says the Chief Inspector) as there is always the danger of bunt appearing in the…

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Big Sale of Wheat

Manilla Express · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 6

The Commonwealth Government has sold a million tons of wheat to the British Government. The…

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Butter Statistics. Great Improvement in Quality. Effect of Dairy Act. Dry Summer Reduces Output. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 2

Statistics furnished by dairy experts show that the improvement in the quality of our butter since the Dairy Industry Act came into force in 1916 is fully…

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Harrabri Police Court. Sheep Dishonestly Come By

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 2

At the Police Court on Monday, before Mr. J. Laidlaw, P.M., James McAlpin Clark (Acting Inspector of Police) Proceeded against Robert…

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Sydney Sheep Sales. Poor Attendance of Buyers. Sydney

Daily Observer · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 2

At the sheep sales to-day Falkiner's Haddon Rigg Stud, Warren, again secured the top prices. Two special merino rams realised 430 guineas and 350…

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Pittsworth Farmer's Loss

Daily Observer · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 1

Last week Mr. Verner Airport, former in the Pittsworth district, lost 14 cows out of a herd of 50, and he attributes the death of animals to their…

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Frances Light Railways. Cheap Transport for Farmers. an Object Lesson

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 6

Mr. C. P. Kennedy, a former lessee of the railway refreshment rooms at Wellington, who has returned after two years active service in France…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are Issued every week, under the persona Supervision of the Hon. W. G. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 427. the Orchard. Fertiliser Mixtures. Suggestions for Fruitgrowers

Manilla Express · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 2

It is the practice in many orchards to apply fertilisers at the time of the winter or spring ploughing, and some notes on the subject by experts of the…

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Australian Wheat

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 2

One of Mr. Hughes' last business strokes from an Australian point of view is one that will be universally recognised as a coup, as numbers of…

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Wool Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 6

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co., Ltd., report under date Sydney, 9th July. 1919:—This company's final catalogue…

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Market Reports. Wool Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Company, Ltd., report under date 5th July:— No diminution in the widespread demand for wool is apparent at the…

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