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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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Wheat Can Be Saved. Weevil Problem Overcome. Professor Lefroy Emphatic

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 8

An announcement of vital importance to the wheatgrowing industry of Australia was made last evening to a representative of "The Daily Telegraph" by Professor H. Maxwell Lefroy,…

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Maize Crops Will Benefit. [?]

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 5

Ste[?] has [?] during the past five days [?] heavy showers, Altogether 158 points have been registered. The rain till do a great [?] good, especially to maise…

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Grasshopper Plague. Hunter District Infested. Serious Effect on Dairying

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 4

Immense damage is being done in the Hunter River dairying area by clouds of grasshoppers. So serious is this devastation that it is understood the Government has decided to…

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Produce. Dairy. Eggs Dearer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 12

New-laid eggs were dearer in Sussex-street yesterday. A strong inquiry prevailed, and as supplies were limited owing to the recent wet weather, agents advanced prices…

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Crops and the Harvest

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 7

CANOWINDRA.--The wheat crops are turning out fairly well, some averaging up to eight bags to the acre. The grain is a fine some lots weighing 63lb to the bushel…

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Dairy Factory Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 7

BLACK MOUNTAIN.--For December the Black Mountain Co-operative Dairy Company paid suppliers at the rate of is 2[?]d per lb. net for choicest butter, the total turnover…

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The Soil. Soldiers' Settlements. Group Poultry Farm Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 7

An opportunity of seeing what is being done in the way of providing for returned soldiers on group poultry- farming settlements was yesterday afforded the viaiting delegates to the…

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Weeds on the Farm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 9

In a paper dealing with weeds read before the Kingston-on-Murray branch of the South Australian Agricultural Bureau, Mr. H. F. Holmes said the prevalence of weeds on some…

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Wild Oats. Their Occurrence in Crops

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 9

The control or eradication of wild oats from certain wheat lands in the United States is the subject of a bulletin lately issues by the Department of Agriculture, Washington. The…

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Graziers and Farmers. What They Are Considering. One Big Organisation

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 10

Travelling south recently, I came in touch with men on the land from various parts of the State. It was not at a meeting or anything like that -- just individual conversation,…

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Wheat or Wool. Conference Arranged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 6

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Fuller) stated yesterday that although a number of invitatior had been issued to various bodies and perso[?] interested in the proposal put forward by the…

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Wool

The Catholic Press · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 30

Messrs. John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report: The New Year's arrangements for wool appraisements in this State have been extended by the addition of three further…

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Big Butter Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 5

BYRON BAY.—The second largest turnover for the North Coast Co-operative Company has been recorded. The company manufactured 882 tons of butter, and paid…

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Faulty Wheat Sale

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Arrangements are being made by the Victorian Wheat Commission for the sale of increased quantities of faulty wheat for pig and poultry feed, at prices…

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Wheat or Meat?

The Sun · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 3

In regard to the proposal of the State Cabinet to encourage growers to substitute to some extent stock-raising for wheat production, a conference is to be held at the…

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Wheat and Wages

The Australian Worker · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 19

Dear Worker,— Is it not time the Wheat Question was settled? The Government has been given a free hand, but farmers are left…

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The Markets. WOOL

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 35

Wiuchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report:—The first of the Now Year wool appraisements commenced last week; 55,000 bales are being dealt with. We are glad to bo able to…

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Special Wool Report

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 30

The New Year's arrangements for wool appraisements in this State have been extended by the addition of three further series, ach of 55,000 bales, lasting from February…

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Melbourne Cattle Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 8

In the live stock market to-day 2245 fat cattle were entered. The yarding was a good one, the bulk of the supply of bullocks being suitable to the sale, with a good proportion of prime quality, though the cow…

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To Reduce Wheat Production

The Australian Worker · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 8

The Victorian Government has approved of a proposal by ex-Minister for Agriculture Hagelthorn to substitute the raising of live stock for much of the existing…

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