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Farming & the land, 1914

2,293 stories in Riverina's papers · page 65 of 115

Wool Tops Made in Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 August 1914 · page 3

Drawing attention to the expansion in wool manufacturers in Sydney and the increasing importance of local buyers as competitions for offerings at the…

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Wheat Market Less Excited. Export Trade Suspended. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1914 · page 2

The Sydney wheat market was less excited to-day. The reaction, was due to the majority of buyers deciding to operate, though with extreme…

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Commercial. the Wheat Boom. Eager Sellers. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 3

The boom in wheat has practically ended. When business commenced this morning there was strong pressure to sell, the majority of holders…

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The Position in Sydney. Encounter Ready Tor Action. Alleged Shortage of Wheat Supply. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 2

The warship Encounter is now cleared for action, and in readiness for any emergency. She may leave port at any moment…

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Wheat Market at Standstill

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 3

Since the official declaration of war the wheat market has declined from 4s 3d 1½d for old and from 3s 11½d to 3s 11d for new. Nearly 45,000 bags…

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Victorias Wheat Supply. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 3

According to the Slate Statistician there was on June 30 approximately 9,000,000 bushels of wheat iu stock in Victoria. Estimating the consumption…

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England Has Wheat Supplies. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 2

The Irish millers have endorsed the Government's statement that there are ample supplies of grain, and there is no occasion to pay panic prices for…

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Commercial. the Markets. Wheat. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 2

Business in wheat is practically at a standstill, and holders displayed a greater disposition to sell at concisions. They are quoting spot grain…

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Saving Moisture for Wheat Some Cases in Point

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 1

It is not many weeks since the Weekly Notes' were urging upon the attention of wheat farmers the importance of fallowing as a method of…

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Wheat on the High Seas. Anxiety for Its Safety. New York

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 2

The German linet Kronpriaz William, empty of cargo and passengers has left port, ostensibly bound for Bremen, but, it is believed, is…

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The Wheat Market. Sellers Quote At[?] Buyers Not Inclined to Op[?] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 2

There were no local sales [?]ness in wheat was practical [?] still, but holders displayed [?] position to sell at conbe[?]…

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Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 4

The Sydney wheat market opened with the absence of private cables as to values of Australian cargoes off the British coast. New South Wales…

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Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 6

The Australian mercantile. Land and Finance Co., Ltd. report that the first sales of the statistical year were arranged for just week, but on the news of the…

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Commercial. Homebush Sheep Market

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 4

Buyers were not over anxious for supplies at the Humebush sales last Monday. Winchcombee Carson Ltd. report that they found offerings right…

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Wool Trade Dislocated. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 4

One immediate effect of the war has been entire dislocation of the wool trade. Business is at a standstill, with no transactions whatever to record…

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AGRICULTURAL and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 6

There Notes tire tuned every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Afford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 170…

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Agricultural. Saving Moisture for Wheat. Some Cases In Point

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 6

It is not many weeks since the Notes" were urging upon the attention of wheat farmers the importance of fallowing as a method of…

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War Risks on Wheat. Securing 64,000,000 Bushels. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 2

A Government proclamation prohibits the exportation of articles useful for naval and military purposes. The Government announces that it…

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Boys for the Farm

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 7

It will still be in the recollection of readers how some time ago an effort was made to collect by public subscription, in New South Wales, a sum of money…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. (Hillston Branch)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 6

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Hills ton Branch of the F.S.A. was held at the Council Chambers on Monday last, Messrs. W. Cashmere (vice-president), J. Busch, D Coutts…

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