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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,347 stories in Riverina's papers · page 53 of 118

Commercial. Wool

The Daily Express · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Go, Ltd., report under date 17th July ;— A cheek in the downward Irend of prices seems to have occurred at the…

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Wheat Experiments for Hay Yanco Experiment Farm 1919 (E. Furby, Experimentalist.)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 2

Experiments carried out with wheat at this farm during 1919 were confined to early, mid-season, and late plantings of several varieties, the…

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Sydney Sheep Show Review by Mr. W. Glasscock

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 2

MR. W. GLASSCOCK, of "Grendale," Coolac, who has been a regular visitor—as well as a successful exhibitor—to the annual Sheep Show…

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Stud Sheep for Africa. Buyers Study Irrigation. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 1

Two former members of the South African Dominion Parliament, Messrs. A. M. Convoy and J. P. Coetzee, who are visiting Australia to purchase stud…

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London Wool Sales. Careful Buyers. Decline in Values. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 2

The London wool sales have closed 91,000 bales were catalogued, of which 50,000 were withdrawn and 7000 were exported. Capes were not…

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Stock-expert C. T. Weaver. Secured by Farmers & Graziers' Co. Country Branches to Be Opened

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 1

The Farmsrs and Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance and Agency Co, Ltd, writes:— "The services of Mr. G. T. Weaver,…

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Expert Handling of Live Stock. Farmers and Graziers Co. Moving with the Times. Establishment of Branch Offices

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 2

THE Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Grin, Insurance and Agency Co., Ltd., writes:—"The services of Mr. G.T…

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Butter Shortage Limit of Half a Pound. Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 21 July 1920 · page 1

Many Sydney shops are without butter today. Several of the large shops have a limit of half a pound for assual customers…

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Premiers’ Conference Ends. Prime Minister’s Summary Taxation Commission to Be Appointed Ministers of Agriculture to Confer on Wheat Pool. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 21 July 1920 · page 1

Nearly the whole of the morning’s sitting of the Premiers’ Conference was devoted [?] finance in connection with the soldlers’ settlements and the…

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The Grain Crops. This Season's Prospects. Henty and the Rock. Districts

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 July 1920 · page 3

The change in the appearance of the country in the Henty and The Rock districts since the breaking of toe drought last month can only be…

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Principles at Stake. Farmers and Settlers Concerned

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 July 1920 · page 2

A telegram was received yesterday by M. Angus Gunn, secretary of Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, from Mr. A. E…

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Wheat Pools

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture has expressed the view that the wheat growing States can set up pools themselves, if they should…

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Export of Sheep Skins Free Export Demanded Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 1

Mr. W. M. Hughes, in that house of Representatives this afternoon, in replying to Mr. Jowett, said the skins and resultant wool of all sheep…

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Next Year's Wheat. States Have to Finance. Farmers' Fortunes in Hands of Combine. Fight to a Finish Promised. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 2

The Prime Minister threw a bombshell into the Premiers' Conference at its final sitting. He definitely declined to prolong the Federal Wheat…

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End of Federal Wheat Pool. Dramatic Announcement by Mr. Hughes Farmers’ Fortunes in Hands of Shipping Combine. Fight to a Finish with the Federal Line. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 1

Mr. Hughes created a sensation at the Premiers’ Conference at the end of the the proceedings, when he definitely declined to prolong the Federal…

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Coming Season 'S Wheat

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 2

At the Premiers' Conference in Melbourne on Wednesday, Prime Minister Hughes stated that the Commonwealth Government had definitely declined…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool. (To the Editor.)

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 6

Sir,—I have read Mr. A. J. Newson's reply to my letter on the above subject with interest and disappointment. Coming from such an Authority on the…

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Pastoral. Have Your Stook Adequate Shelter? Exposure Often Meana Economic Loss

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 3

There is one point in the hygiene of domestic animals which is very seriously and widely neglected—that is the provision of shelter. It is not…

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The Wool Profits. and the Moratorium. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 2

In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. Hughes told Mr. Gregory that he was still negotiating with the British Government about the wool…

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Wheat Position. What Will State Do? Opinion in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 2

The general opinion in Sydney to-day was that the Slate Government should be compelled to establish a wheat pool this season…

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