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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

9,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

The Wheat Pool

The Land · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

The quantity of wheat received on account of the pool up to December 31 totalled 53,794,000 bags. The stocks held by millers on storage totalled…

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Harvesting Damaged Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 5

Mr. T. W. Sands, Currabubula, writes:— Having travelled through a portion of the wheat area where crops have been damaged by the excessive rainfall this season, and,…

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Price of Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 8

The price of wheat for flour for shipment to New Zealand during January and February has been increased to [?]s 6d per bushel on trucks Sydney…

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Wheat Experiment Plots

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 7

The Government experimental wheat plots on the farm of Mr. J. Johnston, at Berrigan, have been harvested under the supervision of Mr. H. C. Stening…

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The Soil. the Wheat Position. Cropping and Finance

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

The farmers of the Tamworth district, whose very promising wheat crops were so hardly hit by the November and December weather conditions, are still capable of a sane outlook in…

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Life On A Sheep Farm. As Seen by Geography Book

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 8

The man who writes the education notes in the Sydney "Daily Telegraph" tells us that in a geography text book, dated London, 1916, the following…

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The Queensland Wool [?]

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 5

Operations in the Sydney wool market have been suspended as from to-day (Friday) the appraisers having gone to Brisbane to deal with the catalogues in…

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Special Cattle Sale at Tamworth

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 14

As will be seen in our advertising column, Garvin and Consults, Ltd., are holding a special cattle sale at Tamworth on Friday, 19th January, when…

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Wheat for New Zealand

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

The State Wheat Office advises that the price of wheat for flour for shipment to New Zealand during January and February has been increased to 5s 6d per bushel on trucks…

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Private Deal in Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

BERRIGAN, Thursday.--A large quantity of wheat is now being received at the local railway station, but inability to secure certificates is causing some anxiety among farmers who…

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Wheat-lumpers on Strike

The Land · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 12

The wheat lumpers at the old Junee railway station are on strike for seven shillings per hundred' bags of wheat handled. An increase of sixpence per…

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A Towri Wheat Yield

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 14

Wheatgrowing records of Towri Estate, Wellington, show that the proverty'a capabilities in this regard are fully proved. In 1911, on a 7½inch rainfall, a big…

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Old Wheat Being Removed. [?]

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

Last [?] Train [?] stacks are being [?] coming in Her [?]…

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Australian Exports of Wheat

The Land · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

E.H. asks:—Will you kindly inform me (1) In what year the export of wheat from Australia to London commenced? (2) What was the amount for that and each of the…

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The Dairy Industry Butter-Making Ideals How to Keep Cream Sweet and Good

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 6

In evidence given last week before the Commonwealth Prices Board in Sydney it was stated, and not contradicted, the Nestle's imported cream was thicker than…

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Butter Shipped From N. S. W

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

H. M. Customs has issued the following return showing the quantity of butter exported from this State during the week ended 23rd December, 1916:—…

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Wool and Skin Buying

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 8

Under present conditions buying wool and dates in country districts is considered unsatisfactory by the trade, and buyers are taking steps to place their grievances before the…

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Wheat Pool Problems Farmers Need Sympathetic Treatment. a Policy That Will Pay

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 1

The farmers have nothing for which to thank the politicians, and they have every reason to look upon Governments as being largely in the same class…

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The Farm Horse Engorgement with Wheat Several Ways of Relieving the Horse

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 6

One of the risks of harvest time is that the working horses will find access to the wheat in the paddock or in the sack, and, gorge themselves, with…

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Thursday's Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs

The Land · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 16

The number of sheep and lambs listed, 23,373, from 83 owners, was not a large supply. The quality was fairly good, but the hot weather during the voyage down made…

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