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Farming & the land, 1920

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AGRICULTURAL. The Compost Heap. How to Make a Valuable Farm Adjunct

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 4

The compost heap is a most valuable adjunct to the farm, and it is a very great pity that it is not more frequently to be found. Aheap or…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1920 · page 7

There notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based…

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Price of Butter

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1920 · page 4

A schedule has been issued by the Necessary Commodities Commission, setting forth the wholesale and retail prices chargeable for butter in the…

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Flock Sheep Dwindle. From 40,000 to 1300

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1920 · page 6

Mount Wood station near the Queensland border, was the first to suffer from the dry spell which has resulted in heavy losses, to stations…

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Agricultural. the Compost Heap. How to Make a Valuable Farm Adjunct

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1920 · page 7

The compost heap is a most valuable adjunct to the farm, and it is a very great pity that it is not more frequently to be found. A heap or…

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Butter Shortage

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 2

At the Illawarra Central Creamery, where, in normal times, huge quantities of butter are manufactured, a notice was posted this week that, owing…

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Australian Wool. a Decline in Prices. Germany Sells Tops. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 2

At the last wool sales in London the withdraw[?]s were heavy. Sydney greasy merinos sold at from 50d to 61d. The finest scoured…

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Conversions Into Home Stead Farms

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 4

The holder of any c.p. (including a non-residential c.p.) or c.l., homestead selection, home-lease or settlement purchase (not…

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Poultry Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 2

A proposal to extend the operations of the Rural Industries Board to embrace the needs of bona fide poultry farmers has been brought before the…

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Sheep Sales. Prices Firm

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 1

The Secretary of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. writes:— "Sheep continue to pour into Flemington, in spite of the heavy numbers…

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The Wheat Question

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 7

It is admitted by everyone that there must be increased production, and every effort must be made in that direction. In the writer's opinion all…

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Wheat and Flour Returns

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 2

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Mr. M'Tiernan, states that the returns required from holders of wheat and flour under the recent…

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Pastoral Loss by Disease at Lamb-marking How to Curtail It

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 6

Every season during the period in which lambs are subjected to marking reports reach the Department of Agriculture of deaths closely following…

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The World's Wheat Beunos Aires News Export Suspended LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 1

Beunos Aires news states that a decree was issued temporarily suspending the export of wheat…

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Wheat and Fodder. Position Still Serious. Shortage Grows Worse. High Prices Predicted. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 2

A large crowd attended to hear addresses oa the drought loan in Martin Place to-day by representatives of both political parties…

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Local and General Farmers' Affairs

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 2

At the quarterly meeting of the district council of the F.S.A. at Walla, 30 delegates being present, the following were amongst the resolutions…

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Wheat Production. Court's Dilemma

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 4

That wheat production in New South Wales was an increasingly proposition was indicated by a witness, it the Board of Trade…

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Wheat and Flour Returns

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 2

It was stated in yesterday's issue of the Wagga "Daily Advertiser" that the Attorney-General, Mr. M'Tiernan, had said forms' for the…

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Labor Conference. Imperial Wheat Contract. Women in Parliament. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 2

The Labor conference to-night carried a motion that the Imperial Government wheat contract should be suspended until the end of the year and…

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Wheat Famine. Big Shortage in Europe. Alarm in England. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 2

The press is alarmed at the wheat disclosures. The "Times" points out that a new epoch has been opened and unless…

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