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Farming & the land, 1921

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 4

At the Sydney wool sales 1349 bales were offered. There was spirited bidding for consignments from Mudgee, seven bales being disposed of at 23d,…

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Commercial Wool Sydney Sales Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 3

The seventh series of the wool sales [?] concluded this afternoon, when [?]4,404 bales were offered. There was [?]pirited bidding for the W.C.W. clip…

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City Views of the Farmer

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 4

At a meeting of farmers held at Young last week Mr Hugh Main, M.L.A., had something to say on poverty of thought of some…

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The Farmer's Case. Put by Mr. Onslow. M.l.a

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 3

"I have recently met many of these dairy farmers, and have been deeply impressed by the resentment they are showing at what they consider unjust…

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Position Serious What Farmers Pay. Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 2

Representatives of the distributing companies held a meeting to-day and It was subsequently officially announced that the meeting land reviewed the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 2

These 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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Wheat Disposal Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 1

Mr. Dunn explains that when he stated at the Leeton Settlement the other day that three quarters of the wheat had been disposed of the meant…

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Price of Butter. Before Profiteering Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 4

Judge Beeby made an order in the Profiteering Prevention Court this afternoon for a reduction in the retail price of butter to 2/2 a pound. His…

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Closing Down Wagga Mills Will Stop Effect of Wheat Pool

The Daily Express · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 1

Employees of the Murrumbidgee Cooperative Milling Co. will, next week end, receive formal notice of dismissal…

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Wheat Payments. the Second Half-crown. Money From Previous Pools

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 4

A few weeks ago it was announced that a third advance on the 1918-19 and 1919-20 harvests would be made available at an early date. Yesterday…

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Good News for Housewives Profiteering Court Deals with Necessaries Prices for Butter, Bread and Jam Reduced Milk Famine Still Worries Sydney. Butter Much Reduced an Important Declaration. Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 1

Judge Beeby made an order in the Profiteering Court to-day for a reduction in the retail price of butter to 2/3 per pound…

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Milk Crisis. No Improvement Reported. Price of Butter. Reduced by Judge Beeby. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 4

There is no prospect of any improvement in the milk position. By to-morrow it is expected that supplies will cease altogether, and Sydney will be…

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Ten Bags to the Acre. From Tangled Crop. the Sunlight-taylor Header

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 1

During November of last year, Burke's Creek, running along The Rock-Mangoplah-road, was visited with a heavy storm. Mr. Gill's farm, about…

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Farming Experimental Plots. Increases Extraordinary. Farmers' Experiment Plots set Pace in Greater Production

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 2

Old stands of lucerne on the coast and tablelands have given increases of as much as 400 per cent following an application of superphosphate. These…

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Value of Fertiliser. Farm-made "Super." How to Turn Accumumlated Bones to Good Account

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 2

The following direct inns for making this invaluable fertiliser on a small scale may prove useful on farms where bones accumulate, and the question…

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Treatment of Fallen Crops

The Daily Express · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 2

A successful demonstration of the treatment of fallen crops was given on Mr. Gill's property, Mangoplah, The Rock, yesterday, when [?] acres…

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Under Quality Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 2

A Sydney message states that the State Wheat Board has interviewed the receiving agents regarding the large quantity of inferior wheat…

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Finding Him Out. the Wolf That Said It Was a Sheep. Same Wolf—another Garb

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 2

They are coming out into the open are the folk who waved flags when the war started, and told us that "the last man and the last…

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Government Control Probable. Dairymen Insist on Old Price. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 4

The Government is waiting to see what is going to the result of the decrease in the price of butter. Should the pronouncement of the court in this…

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