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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

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Wheat Growing Many Valuable Experiments N.S.W. Wheat Crop Exceeds Sixty Million Bushels

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 7

The returns of the estimated wheat harvest in New South Wales, prepared by the Government Statistician, show that an area of 5,105,400 acres has been placed…

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No Export of Butter

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 5

The Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) contradict the report that the embarge on the export of butter has been lifted. "The embrage remains," he said, to an…

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Cattle From Solomon Islands

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 7

The chairman of the Meat Industry and Abattoirs Board has furnished the following particulars in regard to a shipment of stuck into New South…

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Butcher Cattle. Marketing Earlier

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 7

Cattle in this country come much earlier to the butcher than they used to. Aged bullocks were the rule ten or fifteen and twenty years ago. Now…

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Big Wheat Crops Success of Federation Temora

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 3

The harvest, it is expected will be cut out in about a fortnight's time. This year's crop has been very satisfactory, and as the area under crop (estimated by the Government…

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Firm Wool Market

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

The Sydney wool sales were resumed yester day after the Christmas vacation, and buyers were found to be in an eager mood. Prices realised compared favourably with…

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Launceston Wool Sales

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 5

The wool sales at Launceston on Friday were largely attended by buyers, representing England, America, the Continent, and Tasmania, and bidding,…

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Invercargill Wool Sales

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 5

The start of the Invercargill wool sales was delayed owing to the attitude of the buyers, who made a request to the brokers that the time for payment should be…

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Monkbarns to Load Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 11

The British ship Monkbarns, now on her way to Adelaide from New York, with cargo shipped on behalf of the American and Australian line, has been…

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Wheat Scheme. Railway Transport

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 10

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Grahame, who is administering the wheat scheme for the State Government, said yesterday that it was now working smoothly…

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Wheat Lumpers. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 10

The trouble caused by the wheat-lumpers at Williamstown concerning overtime rates, has been definitely settled. Work was resumed to-day…

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Feeding Lames on Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 6

In part of the American wheat belt was season, owing to summer was being been polonged, growers were able in that very little of the wheat from the…

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Wheat Harvest. Government Assistance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 7

The Minister for Lands. Mr. Ashford, yesterday referred to the record wheat harvest that is expected in the State. "I have," said Mr. Ashford, "been absent…

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Produce. Wheat and Flour. Sydney. (Wheat, Standard, old, 60 12lb.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 8

Wheat, throughout the Commonwealth:--26 per bushel (per warrant) at railway station, or siding; London parity and millers' price on rails or f.o.b. at port of outturn, 33 12 per bushel…

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Dairying Industry The Increase of Butter Fat the Influence of Feed on Milk Quality

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 6

Special feeding experiments, with a view of increasing the propotion of butter fat in cows' milk, have been carried out by dairy experts in America, and…

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New Zealand Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 6

WELLINGTON, Monday.--Owing to the shortage of freight find space for wool, buyers held up the Invercargill sales for some hours pending the vendors conceding an extension of time…

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London Colonial Wool Sales

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 8

The first series of London-colonial wool sales for the current year open on Tuesday next, the 18th inst. The second series will start on Feb. 29. and are limited to 80,000…

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Wheat Harvest. Government Claims Credit

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 9

The State Government claims credit for having contributed to the present bountiful wheat harvest, the Premier urging the Government's railway policy aa one factor and the…

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General Notes. Trundle Wheat Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 9

The Trundle district wheat yield average of "about nine bags to the acre," as reported by our local correspondent, is challenged by Mr. Henry Lambert, of Nulgarra. His own average…

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Area Under Wheat. Interesting Figures

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

In the course of his estimate of the wheat harvest for New South Wales this season, the State Statistician (Mr. Trivett) says:—…

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