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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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Sydney Wool Sales. Strong Competition. Market Up From 5 to 10 Per Cent

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 5

The Sydney wool auctions were resumed this afternoon, in the Royal Exchange Sale Rooms, Bridge-street, City. The offerings totalling [?] bales, come from three arms—…

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Dairying

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 11

CASINO, Saturday.--For the four weeks ending December 26. Casino Co-operatlve Co. manufactured 112 tons of butter, representing a recovering turnover of £12,105. Suppliers were…

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Sugar Crop in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--It is admitted by the Minister for Agriculture that the prospects of the boot sugar crop in the Maffra district are vary favorable, and that the probability is that…

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Cattle Supplies

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 6

BYRON BAY. Monday.--Pasture is abundant and this largely, accounts for the high prices realised for cattle of late. The local meat canning and freezing works have not resumed…

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State Wheat Farming. Week at Trangie

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture. Mr. W. G. Ashford, inspected the Government wheat growing area on the Mullah scrub lease at Trangie at the week-end. He stated yesterday…

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Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

Good prices ruled at the Invercargill wool sales, the top rate being 14d for a choice line of hogget wool. The demand for strong crossbred was very keen, ranging up to 13d…

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Heavy Losses in Sheep

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 7

Almost daily thousands of sheep j pass through Bathurst from the drought-strleken far west, en route for more favored districts. In his report…

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The Wheat Seizure

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Mr. [?] Harne[?] writes.— say a farmer at Coo[?] forwards by [?] five [?] wheat. Tracklead No. 1 to Sydney to purchaser…

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Wheat Acquisition Inquiry. Farmers As Plaintiffs. Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

The Inter-State Commission, sitting to-day in connection with the inquiry into the Wheat Acquisition Act of New South Wales, ruled that it had power to join as plaintiffs the…

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Government Wheat-growing

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 7

Mr. Ashford. N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture is going to the country to make personal investigation with regard to the scrub clearing in some of the country…

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Police Wheat Seizure. Experience of a Harden Farmer

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 7

A correspondent writes from Harden;—The owner of an estate about twelve miles from Murrumburrah went extensively into wheat cultivation on the share…

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Sale of Wheat

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2

A few days ago we received a letter from the proprietor of a country newspaper reading as follows:--"In reply to your letter of 4th inst., regarding request for cancellation or…

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The Wheat Grab. Farmers Dissatisfied. Many Meetings of Protest

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 12

News of farmers protesting against the Government wheat grab continues to come from the country. North and south and west tho farmers are…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 6086 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…

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S.a. Wheat Standard

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 7

The corn trade sectional committee of the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce last week fixed the average quality standard of this year's crop at 61lb. per Imperial…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Shows. Dates Foe Forthcoming Events

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

(The Editor will feel obliged if secretaries of Agricultural and other Shows will, forward dates, which we publish free of charge We are particularly anxious to…

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Wheat Market. London, Monday Night

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

Wheat is quiet, and price are steady…

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Width of Tyres. Wheat Loads

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 12

Representatives of the Shires' Association, led" by the president, Mr. A. K Trethowan, on Friday, waited upon the Minister for Works, Mr. Griffith,…

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Persistent Scouring. a Trouble with Young Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 6

Paterson desires to know what is the cause of scouring in his young cattle, which are about eight months old. His stock are getting all the dry feed that…

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