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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

7,946 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 250

Wheat-lumpers' Strike

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 5

The wheat-lumpers at Ardlethan (N.S.W.) stuck work on Saturday last…

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Treating Damaged Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 5

The serrious plague of mice which occured last season in New' South Wales, Victoria, and South' Australia resulted in considerable damage to the wheat stored at Inland centres…

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Deniliquin Wheat Plots

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 3

BERRIGAN.--The Government experimental wheat plots at Deniliquin were conductor on Mr. M. J. Carew's farm, and were under the direction of Mr. H. C. Stening, inspector of…

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Wheat or Stock?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 6

A conference called by the State Government to consider whether the time has not arrived for some modification of our national policy in regard to primary…

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World Wants Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 5

"Practical Observer" writes:—Australia generally should grow every bushel of wheat possible. For every pound it will take to keep the industry going it will take £3 to…

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Butter Pool Profits. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 7

The net profit on the winter butter pool, which Was controlled by the Commonwealth Government, was, accoidlng to the Auditor-General in his annual report, £1495. The…

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Site for Wheat Stack

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 5

LITHGOW. Monday.--The Railway Commissioners have approved of the provision of a site near Newbolds Brickworks, between Bowen- fels and Marranaganroo Railway Stations, for the…

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"John Bridge" Reports WOOL

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 3

New arrangements have been announced for the conduct of the appraisements up to and including February 15. This period has been divided into…

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Wheat Stacks Destroyed. "Sabotage" Suspected

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

Wilful damage has been caused to the wheat-stacks at Spotswood and Brooklyn (Vic.) recently. At Spotswood fifteen bags of wheat were deliberately, ripped…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 9

A much better average of sheep was in the Homebush saleyards yesterday than of late. The market, too, was firm. Out of 11,232 sheep and lambs listed there were 10,739 present…

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Field Orchard and Garden Crops. Weevily Wheat An Effective Treatment Prof. Maxwell Lefroy Quite Confident

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 7

Prof: H. Maxwell Lefroy, the scientific officer of the British Wheat Commission, who is at present in Australia ,to invistigate the weevil pest that is infesting…

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Wheat and Stock Central Board's Decision

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

The Central Wheat Board of Australia, at a conference at Melbourne, at which New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia aud West Australia were…

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Produce. Wheat, Flour, and By-products

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 7

The fixed legal maximum prices of wheat, bread, flour, bran, and pollard remained unchanged yesterday. There were 650 tons of wheat and 240 tons…

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Wheat or Meat? Shipping Board Suggested

Evening News · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 6

[?] writes While there is no [?] delegates meeting is discuss the question of raising move stock instead of growing wheat I [?]…

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Victorian Wheat Tests. Agricultural College Results

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 7

The stripping of the test crops at the Dookle (Vic.) Agricultural College has now been completed. The new wheat, Minister, will average 27-bush, per ace,…

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Wheat or Stock? Mr. Ashford's Proposal N.S.W. Wheat Board Opposes the Scheme

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 5

An important conference is being held at Parliament House Sydney, to-day (Tuesday), at the invitation of the Chief Secretary (Mr. Fuller) to consider…

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"Sheep Will Save the World." New York

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 5

A message from Salt Lake City states that Mr. Tanimura, Japanose Live Stock Commissioner, In a speech before the Convention of the Woolgrowers' Association,. said that the…

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N.S.W. Butter in London. a Protest Against pooling

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 6

The attention of the N.S.W. Premier (Mr. Holman) having drawn to a proposal for the pooling of Australian butter in the United Kingdom with other…

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Wheat Versus Meat. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 8

Sir,—There is more common sense and sage [?] packed into the short letter signed "[?] and Wool" in your issue of the 19th [?] at least have discovered in all the…

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Sheep-Fly Destruction Free Advice for Inquiring Pastoralists. a Visiting Scientist

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 6

Prol. Leffoy, who is an member of the British Wheat Commission, is now in Sydney, where he has made an Important Statement to the effect that the weevil in…

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