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Farming & the land, 1919

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Back to Wheat. Farmers' Plain Duty

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 5

That the wheat industry so far as production is concerned has reached critical stage must be clear to anyone who takes the trouble to probe…

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 4

The Australian, Mercantile, Land & Finance Company, Limited, report: Owing to the difficulties in the way of the Government appraisers…

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New Varieties of Wheat. How They Behaved This Season

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 5

One of the features of this season's work on the Plant Breeder's plots at Cowra has been the success of South African varieties of wheat under test…

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Agricultural. New Varieties of Wheat. How They Behaved This Season

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 6

One of the features of this season's work on the Plant Breeder's plots at Cowra has been the success of South African varieties of wheat under test…

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Gunbar. Farmers and Settlers' Association. Some Criticisms of the Hay P.P. BOARD

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 3

A meeting of the above association was held at Gunbar on Saturday, 22nd February, Mr F. Fletcher (president) being in the chair…

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Necessitous Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 4

Mr. G. Lindon, president of the Mitchell Shire Council, has received an intimation from the Lands Department, stating the Minister had…

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Potato Crop and Electroculture

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 8

Striking experiments in electoculture were carried out by the South Wales Electrical Power Distribution Company during 1917 and 1918 on a…

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Experience with Farm Tractors. What Farmers Said

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 5

The extent to which mechanical power displaces horse power on farms where it is tried is a question that has aroused much discussion in America,…

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Farmers' Meeting at Harden

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 3

A Harden correspondent writes us: A meeting of the Harden branch of the F. and S. was held last Saturday. Mr. Newson in the chair. A good…

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Items of News. Harden Wheat Conference

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 2

A conference to discuss wheat matters will be held to-morrow (Tuesday) at Harden. Mr. Fleming, an officer from the Lands Department, Sydney,…

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South Australia's Butter Record Price Ruling. Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 2

An increase of a penny per pound has been sanctioned by the Prices Commissioner in the price of butter in South Australia. This brings the…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., reported under date March 8: Considerable relief has been afforded by the recent rains which have…

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Rabbit and Sheep Skins

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 4

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., reported under date March 8: Rabbit Skins: At this week's sale 46 tons were submitted. The demand…

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Commercial. Wool Appraisements

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 4

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers Association report under date March 8: The fourteenth round of appraisements in the Sydney market this…

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Agricultural. Better Farming and Better Business. The Effect of Farm Crop Competitions

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 3

The Influence of good methods and the measure in which healthy competition, will contribute in forcing them under the notice of farmers, are…

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Unregistered Brands. Two Dairymen Fined. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 2

William Baldwin, a dairyman of Mons Vale, pleaded guilty to having used in unregistered brand. The magistrate imposed a fine of £3, in default a mont[?]…

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Harden Wheat Conference. Share-farming Conditions. Mirrool Wheat Fire Incident. Harden

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 3

A conference of wheat-growers was opened in Harden to-day with the object of discussing the position of the Wheat industry and farming generally…

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Notes by a Young Farmer Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 2

350 odd miles south west of Sydney the very heart of the Riverina district, there, is being relentlessly waged a silent and deteamined war…

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Declining Yields. Wool, Wheat and Cold. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 4

'The estimated total yield of the Common wealth wheat harvest in 1918-19 is 40,000,000 bushels short of the yield for 1917-18. With the…

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Outbreak Among Sheep. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 2

County inspectors report an outbreak of influenza among several flocks of sheep in Westmoreland…

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