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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Feeding Wheat to Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 7

In part of the American wheat belt this season, owing to the prolonged summer rains, growers were able to thrash very little of the wheat from the stook, as is done usually…

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Argentine Wheat Crop

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 6

BUENOS AYRES, Sunday.--An official estimate of the wheat crop is 5,012,000 tons…

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Butter Export

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Another interview, has taken place between the butter exporters and. the Minister for Customs on the question of the embargo, but without, any result…

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Australian Butter Markets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 11

Prescott, Ltd., write under date Saturday [?] the butter markets of the Com[?]wealth as follows:— Sydney.—The price fixed by the Necessary…

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Notes. Inter-state Butter Markets

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 8

The Sydney butter market last week was well supplied. Satisfactory clearances were effected in the earlier part of the week, but towards the latter end stock accumulated. Prescotts,…

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Wheat Scheme. Tonnage for January

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 4

The Control Wheat Committee has decided upon its allotment of shipping space for January. For the present Now South Wales' share…

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New Zealand Wool. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 11

Fairly large shipments of wool [?] been made recently from New Zealand to America, but the Prime Ministger (Mr. Massey) indicates that it will probably have to stop very soon…

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Wheat Sacks. Serious Shortage. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 10

Scarcity of wheat sacks is causing much anxiety in the Wagga district. Farmers advices, received from Sydney and Melbourne, show that orders for bags have been pouring…

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The Wheat Scheme. Statement by Government Agent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 7

ALBURY.—In regard to the published statements concerning the difficulty experienced by farmers in obtaining certificates for their wheat, a representative of the "Herald"…

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Christchurch Wool Sales Wellington (N. Z.)

The Sun · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 3

At the Christchurch wool sales 22,185 bales were offered, against 25,100 for the corresponding sale of 1915. American buyers held aloof on account of the Government refusing…

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Scarcity of Wheat Sacks. Why the Abnormal Risk?

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 3

YOUNG. Saturday.--In an interview to-day Mr. J. Lynch. M.H.R, referring to the abnormal advance in cornuacks, remarked:--"I have attempted to find if any legitimate reason existed…

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Wheat. Milled in Australia. Saving in Freight. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 10

It was announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) on Saturday that the British Government had agreed to take part of the 200,000 tons of wheat ordered by it and the French…

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Mixed Farming

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 7

The farmer, with only a limited area of land at his disposal, would be well advised to make a close study of the utility of mixed farming. The year we have just experienced furnishes…

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The Bathurst District. Year of Rural Prosperity. Dairying Suffers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 7

BATHURST.—Counled with that of 1914, the past season completes a period of rural prosperity of which the Bathurst district was sadly in need. The 1915 season was…

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Homebush Sales Sheep Prices Firm the Cattle Market a Little Weaker

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 5

The total number of sheep on offer at Homebush yesterday (Monday) including lambs, was 17.916 head. The yardings, as regards [?]uality, showed an…

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Sheep and Wool American Appreciation Australian Methods in the United States

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 6

New Zealand Rutoneys secured practically all the prizes in thier class at the Panama Exposition, writes the wool expert of the "Australasian." There were…

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Wool Freights

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 11

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, having received a communication from the Oversea Shipping Representatives' Association with regard to the increase in freight…

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Cattle From the Solomons

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 5

A shipment of twenty-two head of fat cattle, polled or with Red Poll blood in them, arrived in Sydney on Thursday from the Solomon Islands by the steamer…

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Victorian Wheat Yield

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 7

The Victorian wheat yield, in the opinion of the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hagelthorn), will be between 55,000,000-bush, and 60,000,000-bush., which is…

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