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Farming & the land, 1915

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Protest or Farmers. Yerong Creek

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 12

At a meeting of the Yerong Creek branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, which was held on Saturday afternoon, it was decided to open a list for donation[?]…

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Warwick Farm Races. Backers Win. Cool Air Unlucky. Pink and Blue a Good 'Un. Quisita in Form Again. Sanguine Catches the Mile. Starting Price of Winners

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 8

2 to 1 v. Sanguine. Evens — Pink and Blue. 3½ to 1 — Lingard. 10 to 1 — Coeur de Moineau…

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Crops and Pastures

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 14

DELEGATE, Tuesday.--A very heavy hail and rain storm passed over a portion of this district on Thursday, causing severe damage to a number of vegetable gardens. Recent rains…

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How a Farm Was Taken. 0

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 16

An interesting story comes from Paris of the capture of a farm held by 40 Germans at an important point near St. Georges. The farm was almost surrounded by floods,…

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Stock and Crops. Conditions in N. S. W.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 6

The following lo a summary of the [?] of stock, crops, pastures, etc., for December, gleaned from the reports furnished by meteorological observers throughout New South Wales…

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Price of Meat. To-day's Sales at Homebush Cattle Cheaper; Sheep Firm

Evening News · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 5

Owing chiefly to the fact that the yarding of cattle at Homebush this afternoon (2994) was the heaviest recorded since the phenomenal [?] in beef in December, the makes cased…

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Wool

The Catholic Press · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 30

Messrs. John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report: The attention of the trade is now centred upon Brisbane, from which market may come an indication of the values which we may…

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Gift of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--A consignment of 365 boxes of butter, presented by Victorian manufacturers, has been distributed to London hospitals where wounded are being…

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1000 Tons of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 5

BYRON BAY, Wednesday.--The North Const Co-operative Company's turnover for December was £119,800, which is by many thousand pounds a record pay, the previous highest pay…

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Sheep on the Tweed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 5

MURWILLUMBAH.—An unusual sight for Murwillumbah was witnessed on Tuesday, when a bullock waggon laden with 16 bales of wool arrived from Hopping, Dicki Creek. The…

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Mudgee Wheat Exhibit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 5

The Mudgee Wheatgrowers' Association's fine exhibit of local wheat at Challis House Includes a sample of wheat grown on Wallinga farm where on one padock Federation this…

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The Wheat Grab

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 5

E.J.W., Bankstown, writes:— "The Necessary Commodities Control Commission do not in any measure realise the hardships of us poor poultry farmers in relation to the price…

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Wheat-growing Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 9

Mr. Ashford is going to the country to make personal investigation with regard to the scrub clearing in some of the country districts…

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Sydney Wheat Manifests

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 10

There were 770 tons of wheat and 170 tons of flour manifested to arrive at Darling Harbor and Sydney sub-stations yesterday, as compared with 3696 tons and 250 tons…

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The Wheat Board

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 9

"I am getting tired of correcting the misstatements in the press regarding the Wheat Acquisition Board and its workings," said Mr. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, last night…

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Chicago Wheat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 8

CHICAGO, Wednesday.--The latest wheat quotations are:--May, 136 to [?] cents; July, [?] cents to [?] cents…

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Police Seize Seed Wheat

Evening News · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 4

A correspondent writes from Harden:—The owner of an estate about 12 miles from Murrumburrah last year went extensively into wheat cultivation on the share system…

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Priests and the Pastoral. Amsterdam, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 9

Roman Catholic organs state that many priests in the Malines diocese have refused to obey the German interdiction of Cardinal Mercicr's pastoral, declaring that they will…

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Butter Shipped From N. S. W.

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 4

H. M. Customs has issued the appended return showing the quantity of butter exported from this State during the week ended the 9th January, 1915:—…

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