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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

9,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 76 of 250

Poultry Grains. Maize and Damaged Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 6

In consideration of the fact that only the poorest quality of wheat will be available this year for poultry, those that have big plants should be making…

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Britain's Wheat Yield. Recouping the Shortage

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--It is believed that, despite efforts to increase food production the wheat grown in 1917 will be less than in 1916. This is partly due to the severe winter frosts…

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The War and Wool. Army and Navy Demands

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 5

BRADFORD, December 28.--When the history of the great European conflict comes to be written it will be impossible, it justice is done to the equipment of the armies, to leave out the…

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A New Wool Appraiser. Mr. John L. Bridge Appointed

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 5

Mr. John Leo Bridge has been appointed an appraiser under the war precau-tions wool regulations for the State of New South Wales…

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Agricultural Exhibitions Wheat for the Sydney Ester Show. Satisfactory Entries

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 3

The wheat entries for the Royal Show, to be held in Sydney in April, are extremely satisfactory. There is a total of ninety entries sent in by thirty-eight…

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A Wheat Strike Condemned. "A Crime Against our Fighting Man."

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 7

Speaking at the unveiling of an honor roll to seventeen soldiers' from the Malice Plains, the president of the Wyalong District Farmers and Settlers'…

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The Wool Trade London Sales Disorganised Government Withdraws All Scoured Wools

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 5

At the London wool sales on Thursday and Friday last the catalogues were composed of second-class wools. There was a poor selection. The Government…

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Flocks and Herds-breeding and Feeding. the Blow-fly Pest Pastoral Committee's Work Largely Engaged in Proving Negatives

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 6

The pastoral committee, which was appointed about three years ago by the N.S.W. Government and the Pastoralists' Union,, to investigate the blow-fly…

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The Wheat Crisis Four Shillings Essential. To Save The Situation. Why Not Sell to British Government?

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 4

Many well-known wheatgrowers in New South Wales express the opinion that the position of the wheat industry here is critical…

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The Elections. Mr.durack Resigns Labor Leadership. Choice of His Successor. Farmers and Settlers En

Evening News · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 1

There are activity in both political comps this morning. Mr.[?] resignation last night of the leadership of the Opposition was the…

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The N.S.W. Nationalists' Election Bombshell the Gundagai Platform and Its Appeal to All Classes of the Electors. How Mr. Holman Can Win the Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 1

Uncle Wiseman's only serious criticism of the political bargain by which the Holman and the Wade parties came together to form the Nationalists was that…

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Farm Requirements Uncle Wiseman's Review of Prices Galvanised Iron Scarce

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 6

All hardware goods for the man on the land are in "short supply," to use the accepted commercial term, and in regard to some lines, goods are absolutely…

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Putting on the Screw. Business Firms Pressing the Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 7

At a meeting of the Carwarp branch of the Victorian Farmers' Union, it was reported that many business" firms were unduly pressing the holders of wheat…

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Farms at Furraoabad. On Very Easy Terms

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 3

In the Furracabad Estate, about six miles from Glen Innes, in the famous New England district, there are three farms for sale that should prove…

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Tullamore Farms. The Question of a Living Area

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 3

Mr. J. Harrison, "Fairview," via Lans[?]le, writes:— "I see by your paper that Woodlands is in be thrown open to [?] and that the…

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A Ricord Onion Crop. Eighteen Tons From Two Acres

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 7

A remarkable crop of onion has been harvested on Binjour Plateau (Q.) by one of the settlers (Mr. N. E. winthorpe). From two acres of ground he…

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Farming at Yanco a Story of Big Profits Criticism by the Farmers' Union

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 3

The Chairman and the secretary of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Farmers' Union (Messers. C. A. Anscombe and O. R. Blackford) write taking exception to…

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The Dairy Industry Pepsin a Complete Success Best Used Half and Half with Rennet

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 6

To afford the dairy Industry of New Zealand some assistance in the matter of the shrotage of "starter" experiments have been carried out recently in…

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Dairy Factory Reports. Armidale

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of the Armidale Butter Factory the manger reported that the company manufactured [?] of butter during January. The pay to supplies totalled [?]…

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"Appalling Shortage." What Farmers Say

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 4

At a representative meeting of the Coradgery (Parkes) branch of the Agricultural Bureau (which has a roll of 54 members, all wheat-growers) the…

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