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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

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Wool Prospects. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 6

The Yorkshire Observer" reviewing the wool prospects of Australia, New Zealand, the Cape, and South America anticipates that the enormous…

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Wheat Ships. Drop in Freight Charges. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 6

It is suggested that faced with a losing proposition on the outward voyages to Australia, shipowners are cutting rates considerably in the hope of…

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Crossbred Wool. Committee Appointed Appeal to Manufactures. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 8

A conference of Commonwealth growers of crossbred wool was yesterday held. It was representative of all the great woolgrowing centres…

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Must Go to Sydney. Poultry Wheat for Bathurst. Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 6

A peculiar position has arisen over the supply of poultry wheat. Local growers, whose wheat, was damaged by rain, desire to dispose of as much of…

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Wheat Board Methods Handling Poultry Feed Adding Up the Costs. Bathurst

The Daily Express · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 1

By insisting on poultry wheat being trucked to Sydney and then sent back to where it is grown the Wheat Board succeeds in doubling the price to…

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U.S.A. WOOL [?] Face Ruin [?] Tariff Asked For. [?]UVER. Jan. 6

The Daily Express · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 8

[?] report states that P. [?] President of the Nat[?] [?] Association, told [?] which is…

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Viticultural. to Safeguard the Grape Crop Importance of Spraying for Downy Mildew

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. W. F. Dunn, desires that the attention of vignerons be directed to the importance of taking precautions against…

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Advances to Farmers Making Repayments. Announcement by Mr. Dunn. Federal 5/ Not Affected. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 6

A question has cropped up with regard to the steps proposed to be taken, to obtain payment from farmers of advances made by the Rural Industries…

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The Wheat Problem

The Daily Express · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

Mr: Robert Gibson, Harden, writes: "That the Farmers and Settlers' Executive are unable to handle the wheat question is clearly shown by…

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Trading in Wheat Certificates

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

The Sydney Stock Exchange desires that the 1920-21 wheat certificates should be negotiable. It has appealed to the Farmers and Settlers'…

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London Wool Sales More Favorable Prospects. London, Jan,8

The Daily Express · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 1

The prospecls of the wool sales opening on Tuesday appear to be favorable. More confidence is apparent regarding raw materials as the top…

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Wheat for Italy Supplies Until Next Harvest Rome, Jan, 8

The Daily Express · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 4

It is reported that an agreement bas been reached by which Argentina and North American syndicates will supply Italy with wheat [?] the…

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Wheat Payments. the State's Half-crown Mr. Hughes's Comment Melbourne

The Daily Express · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

Commenting upon the failure the N.S.W. Government to find cash for its guarantee of 2/6 a bushed on the seamen's wheat, the Prime Minister…

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Wheat Guarantees. Payment by Commonwealth. Difficulty of the State. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 3

Commenting on the failure of the New South Wales Government to find the money to pay the wheat farmers an additional 2/6 a bushel, apart from…

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Warwick Farm Races. You[?] Wins Handicap SYDNEY

The Daily Express · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 4

A large crowd attended Warwick Farm Races on Saturday. The weather was fine in Sydney but at the first race, The rain [?] after the second…

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Hard Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 2

Early in the season it was announced that the Wheat Board had decided that farmers should be paid 6d per bushel extra for bard wheat. Towards the…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co, Ltd, report under date 8th January:— It would seem that the "Scheme" has been practically assented to by…

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Looks Like Cattle Duffing

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 2

Mr. J.Alexander, of the firm of Alexander and Black, missed three of his cows out of the paddock at his home on Tuesday last. He…

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London Wheat Market

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 2

Lindley, Walker and Co., report under date 5th January:— Our cable to-day reads:— Wheat prices United Kingdom…

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WHEAT (To the Editor)

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 8

I hope the farmers growing wheat are now alive to their present position. A Government wheat pool, in which they were never consulted, an attempt…

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