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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

7,946 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

A Share-farmer's Agreement. Need Not be Registered Nor Stamp[?]

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 3

Glen Innes (N.S.W.) wishes to be informed whether a sha[?]e-farmer's agreement would have to be registered before it would hold good in a court of low…

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The Latest War Cables "Farmer and Settler" office, Friday, noon

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

GREAT BRITAIN—The British hospital ship Rows was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol channel at midnight on Friday on the voyage from Gibr[?]tar. All the wounded were saved. There Las[?] belonging to the crew are missing. The Rewa was displaying all lights and markings required by the hague Convention, She was…

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Rural Workers' Claims Illawarra Farmers' Strong Protest. the Claims Unreasonable

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 5

Evidence is being collected throughout the illawarra (N.S.W.) district on behalf of the Primary Producers Union for the purpose of opposing the claims of the…

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The Vet. on the Dairy Castration of the Young Calves. Cleanliness Important

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

If bull calves are to he kept to make prime steer beef by and bye, they should be castrated when young. The best way to proceed is wash the purse after…

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Dairy Supervision Multiplicity of Controlling Departments. the Harrassed Dairyman

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

In A letter commending the N.S.W. Primary Producers Union for its efforts to reduce the number of government departments that exe[?] control over the…

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Dairy Factory Reports. Bathurst

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

Daring December the Bathurst co-operative Dairying Co., Ltd., manufactured [?] of [?] Suppliers were paid [?] per [?] per cent, bonus to shareholder suppliers…

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Season Reports. Crop Conditions and presents

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 7

With seasonable weather to take the crops off, the general average of the wheat yield in the north-western district of New South Wales will be about [?] of fairly good quality. Fully…

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Queensland Sugar Crop Bright Prospects for Next Harvest. a Bountiful Yield

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 7

The general superintendent of the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Queensland (Mr. Easterby), States that the prospects for next season are…

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Farmers Hampered Wagga

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

With fine weather the farmers have been able to push on with their harvesting operations. In a few cases those have been completed, but there is still a good deal of…

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Dairy Produce Export. Commonwealth Control

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 8

Mr. O'Callaghan, Commonwealth Dairy Expert, had a conference on Monday with representatives of the N.S.W. Butter Shippers' Association. The purpose of the conference was to…

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Genuine Neighbors. Help for Farmer's Widow

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

MUDGEE, Thursday.--Last week when the wheat crops on Mrs. A. Sheridan's farm, about 3 miles from Dunedoo, were ready to strip, two brothers of Mrs. Sheridan's late husband, who…

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Wheat Crops. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 14

The question of the responsibility or guaranteeing 4s per bushel f.o.b. respecting the 1917-18 and 1918-19 wheat crops was considered by the Australian Wheat Board recently, and…

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Wool Distribution

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 13

A distribution was held in London, of Australian wool at prices fixed under the new schedule for civilian uses. There were 8944 bales catalogued, of which 5730 were from…

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Wheat From America

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 13

America proposes to export 90,000,000 bushels of wheat to meet the shortage of the Allies, and is most rigidly limiting home consumption…

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Patriotic Wheat-growing

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 13

CULCAIRN.--Harvesting is completed in connection with the Goombargana patriotic wheat effort. Early last year Mrs. J.E. Shipard andher son, Mr. E.W. Shipard, offered to…

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Wheat From America Vancouver

The Sun · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 1

The United States Government is planning to release 90,000,000 bushels of wheat for export to the Allies. The Food Administrator, Mr. Hoover, asks Americans to cut…

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Stripped Wheat Damaged Grenfell

The Sun · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 5

Rain set in on Thursday evening, continued throughout the night, and on Friday a tremendous downpour fell over pretty well the whole district. The change followed some…

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Much Cry But Little Wool

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. H. Court, the energetic hon, secretary of Auburn branch of the Voluntary Workers' Association, has been putting forth, strenuous efforts for some weeks…

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Produce. Wheat, Flour, and By-products

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 11

The fixed legal maximum prices of wheat, bread, flour, bran, and pollard remained un- changed yesterday. There were 600 tons of wheat and 467 tons…

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Oversea Market Cables. Butter and Cheese. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 14

The butter and margarine which waa recently distributed has been rapidly absorbed. The Food Controller intends to distribute 60 per cent, of the January applications for…

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