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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

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Can't Get Wheat in Farmers Without Carts Forbes

The Sun · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 5

In some of the paddocks, at a distance from Forbes, the wheat is lying in enormous stacks waiting to be carted to the railway. There are some farmers who have not yet…

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Wheat Ships Held Up Farmers to the Rescue Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 5

A conference between the wheat lumpers, the Harbor Trust, and others concerned in the dispute over the handling of wheat at wharves has been fixed for this afternoon…

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Wheat Stacked at Station

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 5

Statement showing the number of bags of wheat stacked at stations on the N.S.W. H[?] during the week ended the 8th instant:—Junee district [?]…

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The Future of Wool

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 10

A correspondent writing to the "Wool Record" says:— We are living in strange times. Everything seems to be seething in the melting…

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The Soil Wheat Crop Estimate. 62,050,000 Bushels. Previous Records Eclipsed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4

The compilation, of the returns by the State Staitistician of the estimated wheat harvest in this State is advanced sufficiently to admit of the publication of particulars. Since the issue of…

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Right to Have Wheat Gristed

The Land · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 2

Subscriber asks:—Can a farmer have wheat gristed at a mill owned by an authorised Government agent for his own (the farmer's) personal use?…

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Coolest District for Wheat Growing

The Land · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 2

F.W.L. asks:—Could you tell me which are the coolest districts where wheat and sheep are grown up this way, if possible, or any other way, if not possible…

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Wheat. a Wonderful Crop. Official Estimate Sixty-two Million Bushels. Record for State

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 6

The Government Statistician has prepared a further estimate of the yield of this seasons wheat crop. It is a magnificent record. From an area of 5,166,500 acres, of[?]…

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Margarine Competition.. Fatal to Second-[?]sc Butter

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 6

Two important meetings, attended by representatives of the various Australian Governments, and practically all the leading butter people with colonial…

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Monday's Fat Stock Sales Sheep and Lambs

The Land · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 15

The supply on Monday was a light one, only 17,016 head of grown sheep and lambs, from 72 consignors, being penned, while there was a smaller penning of lambs than…

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The Wheat Scheme. Wheat Traffic. What the Railway Is Doing. Larger Country Depots

The Land · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 8

The Railway Department has made elaborate arrangements for dealing with the wheat traffic, but owing to the limited amount of shipping space available,…

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The Wheat Pool Darling Island Overwhelmed Wheat Must Be Stored in the Country

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 7

The N.S.W. Railway Department had made elaborate arrangements for dealing with the wheat traffic, but owing to the limited amount of shipping space…

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Bulk Wheat Handling. Government's Big Scheme

The Land · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 11

Provided that the report of the Public Works Committee is favourable, it is probable that a start will be made with the Government's bulk wheat handling…

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Sheep on the Coast. a Question of Breed

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 8

A correspondent on the Macleay River asked the Department of Agriculture for some advice on the following problem: He had purchased 425…

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Wool Trade Review. Embargo on Grossbreds

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4

For some time past attention has been drawn to the probability, of an embargo upon the export of crossbred wools being reimposed. This has now become an accomplished fact in so far…

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The Man with the Plough Load the Wheat! Appeal to the Farmers. By Victorian Minister. the Lumpers Trouble

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 7

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture has appealed to the farmers of Victoria to come and load the wheat on to the ships—if the lumpers persist in…

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Wheat Hold-up. Work Not Resumed Yet

The Land · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 8

Melbourne, Wednesday.—The strike of wheat lumpers at Williamstown continues. All efforts to decide the matter to-day proved abortive so far as the…

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Aged Mariners' Offer. the Wheat Hold-up

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. Hagelthorn, Minister for Agriculture, to-day made the following statement, bearing on the strike of wheat-stackers at Williamstown:--…

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Wool Wmbarge. No Official Notification. the Position

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 13

The Federal Government has not made any announcement as to an embargo on the export of wool. The embargo at most would probably…

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Wheat and Flour. Control of Inter-State Transfer

The Land · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 8

The Collector of Customs has been advised by the Comptroller-General that no wheat, or flour is to be permitted to be transferred from New South Wales…

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