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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 8 of 74

About a Pump. Machinery Agent and Farmer Claim for £100

Daily Observer · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 7

Before Judge Cohen and a jury, at the Tamworth District Court, held yesterday, James Garnet Keech, a farmer, of Goonoo Goonoo Road, claimed £100…

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District Sheep and Cattle

The North Western Courier · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 2

Buyers competed freely for cattle at Homebush last Thursday. Values were on the rise. Rates for prime sheep held firm, but other classes were…

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Plucky Wheat Stacker. Saves Wheat From Destruction. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 2

W. Edmonds, a wheat stacker, yesterday saved a large section of the wheat stacks at Maryborough (Vic.) from destruction by fire…

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Big Wheat Stack Destroyed. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 4

A disastrous fire broke out in the wheal stack at Mirool Siding yesterday, when 75,000 bags of 1916-17 wheat, valued at £36,000 were destroyed…

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Federal Government and Wool. Trouble Over Agreement. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 2

Mr. John Higgins, chairman of the Central Wool Committee, has furnished the Acting Prime Minister with a report replying to the statements made by Mr…

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Wool Trade Busy. the Dry Season in N.S. WALES

The North Western Courier · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 3

Wincncombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Those engaged in the Sydney wool trade are still working at high presure. Catalogues totalling 45,000…

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To Help Struggling Farmers. Land Bank Proposed. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 2

It is estimated that a third of the New South Wales farmers are bankrupt through drought, and another third are fighting hard…

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The Season. New England Drought Intensifies. Bullocks at £7/10/ and Sheep at 10/. Glen Innes

Daily Observer · Tuesday 18 February 1919 · page 1

when steady rain commenced to fall on Thursday afternoon last it was thought that the end of the drought was in sight, but a clear sky on Friday…

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Late Telegrams. Must Have Wire Netting. Farmers Losing Heavily. Time Not Opportune for State Manufacture. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 5

A deputation from the Barellan district was introduced by Mr. MeGarry to the Minister for Lands, and pleaded for some solution of the wire netting problem in…

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Sheep Farming on Shares. a Canadian Example

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 2

This branch of share farming seems not to have exploited to any great extent in Australia; but, in connection with the settlement of soldiers, offers…

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Wool Report

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 2

With the advance of the session a number of attractive wools are now appearing in the catalogues, and a correspondingly higher range of values…

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Conference of Wheat-growers. Proposal from Harden

Daily Observer · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 5

Mr. R. Gibson, Harden, writes: — At a well attended meeting of wheat-growers held at Harden on 15th inst., Mr. Neville Graham, president, Shire of…

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Agricultural. "Take-all." The Wheat-Growers' Worst Enemy

Manilla Express · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 2

For some years the Plant Breeder of the Department of Agriculture has observed the prevalence of "take-all" in the wheat breeding' plots at Cowra…

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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. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture. and are issued mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 407. Pastoral. Cross-breeding Experiments with Sheep. More Combined Results

Manilla Express · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 2

Last week's review of the results of the cross-breeding experiments at Wagga, Bathurst aud Cowra experiment farms was limited to the wethers, with…

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The Lost Sheep. Sent to Convalescent Home. Peculiar Case at Morec. MOREE

Daily Observer · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 5

A good deal of local interest was centred on the case of Arthur Maurice Boulton, who was charged with that he did on July 15 last, at the Watercourse, steal…

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Sale of Farm

Daily Observer · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 4

To-morrow. (Friday) at 3 p.m., Messrs. Nathan Cohen and Co., Ltd., will submit to public auction at the sale rooms, Peel[?]street, on account of the exors, of the…

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The Orchard. to Maintain Soil Fertility. Green Manuring Crops

Manilla Express · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 2

The maintenance of fertility, notwithstanding the loss of plant food that results from constant cropping, is one of the problems that confront every…

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Market Reports. Wool Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 4

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company, Ltd., report under date Sydney 19th February:—With the advance of the season a…

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Necessitous Farmers

Daily Observer · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 3

A meeting of the committee appointed to deal with applications for assistance for necessitous farmers will be held at the Farmers and Graziers' rooms…

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Big Wheat Sales. Sydney

Daily Observer · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 2

Senator Russell announced to-day that two carg[?] wheat, amounting 11,600 tons, had been sold to the British Royal Commission on Wheat Supples at…

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