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Farming & the land, 1916

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Wheat for Abroad to Be Milled in Australia Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 5

Mr. Hughes, Prime Minister, announced today that portion of the Australian wheat sold to the British and French Governments would be milled locally…

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Crops and Stock

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 13

BYRON BAY, Friday.--The district average rainfall last month was 260 points. This was only about a third of what was required after the drought of the two previous months…

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Price of Milk. Dairymen Dissatisfied. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 21

The question of the ruling price of milk in this district is just now a very vexed one. The price of 9d a gallon is considered to be altogether too little to recoup the farmer for…

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Farms for Soldiers. South African Scheme Explained. Solution of Problem

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 18

At the conclusion of the Boer war special efforts were made in South Africa to settle ex-soldiers on the land. These soldiers included Australians, Canadians, South…

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The Fruit Crop. Good Prospects at Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 15

BATHURST.—The fruit crops throughout the district promise satisfactory results this season. The crops could not, perhaps, be classed as heavy, but the quality is excellent. The…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Altered Bush

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 15

It may be said that modern inventions, more than the spread and increase of settlement have altered the aspect of life in the bush within the last quarter of a century. Among…

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Butter Export Barked

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 8

Butter exporters of Victoria have waited on Mr. Tudor and asked him to allow them to send 100 tons of butter to Port Said, in addition to 700 tons allowed to go by the Osterley…

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Wheat Payments

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. W. C. Grahame, has received complaints from the wheat farmers in the Riverina that they have, been unable to obtain payment for wheat…

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Men in Sheep's Clothing

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 28

Our troops were not withdrawn from Gallipoli before they needed the warmth of the sheepskin vests which for nearly twelve months thousands of people here have been working…

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After the Drought Sheep Shortage in Riverina

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 4

Our travelling correspondent writes of the changed conditions in the Riverina country, where, last year, there was serious stock loss through the drought, and where, as a…

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Butter Exports Limited Minute to Buttermen Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 10

Commenting to-day on a published statement that the exporters complained of the restriction of the export of butter because they could get 140s a cwt. for butter for Port…

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Wheat Firm in London London, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 2

The wheat market is firm. Fifteen thousand tons of February shipment sold at 62/6, and 13,000 tons expected in March or early in April at 61/6…

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Anglo-french Wheat Order Partly Milled Here Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 7

Australia is to have me advantage of milling portion of the 200,000 tons of wheat recently sold by the Federal Government to the British and French Governments…

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Some Wheat Yields Up to Sixty Bushels Per Acre

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 4

In the Western Riverina the wheat yields are above the most sanguine expectations on most farms east of Berrigan. On the west side towards Finley they are not turning out so…

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Wheat for Abroad to Be Milled in Australia Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 5

Mr. Hughes, Prime Minister, announced to-day that portion of the Australian wheat sold to the British and French Governments would be milled locally…

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With Sun-tanned Stoics at Anzac Buffet Australasian Woman Volunteers at Westminster Bring Joy to Countrymen Farmer (Lieut.) Throssel, V.C, Pays Tribute to Dead Mates

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 21

This is the story of what our Australasian womenfolk in London, proud of the men as the men are proud of them, are doing and have done at the Anzac Buffet…

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French's Forest Farms

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 2

Dr. Arthur is disappointed at the falling-off in enthusiasm in connection with the volunteer work of clearing and preparing land at French's Forest for occupation by a few of…

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Land Settlement of Soldiers Great Britain Awakening to Need of More Men and Smaller Farm Holdings By Charles Bathurst in "Nineteenth Century"

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 3

The question whether opportunities should be afforded after the war to many of our present-day sailors and soldiers to make their livelihood out of, and perhaps ultimately to own…

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Busy at French's Forest Farms for Soldiers Clearing the Land

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 4

It spoke volumes for the energy and enthusiasm of the 25 willing workers who joined Dr. Arthur's Volunteer Farm Laborers' Contingent at French's Forest yesterday that…

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