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Farming & the land, 1918

7,946 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

South Australian Wheat Standard. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 9

The corn trade sectional committee at the Adclaid[?] Chamber of Commerce yesterday fixed the wheat standard for South Australia at 60½b to the Imperial bushel. This is 1[?]b…

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HOMEBUSH. Thursday's Fat Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs

The Land · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 16

The number of grown sheep and lambs listed for yesterday was 16,619 head from 79 owners. The biggest consignment was 900. All classes were represented, and, as…

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HOMEBUSH. Monday's Fat Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs

The Land · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 15

There were 58 consignments, representing a supply of 11,226 sheep listed for sale, but only about 9400 were penned. Although the supply was the lightest for some time, the…

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Wheat Pool Audit. the 1915-16 Accounts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 3

In a further report, dated 4th Inst., on the New South Wales 1915-16, or first wheat pool accounts, Mr. Albert Barton, auditor appointed by the Farmers and Sottlers' Association…

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Field, Orchard and Garden Crops. the N.S.W. WHEAT The 1916-17 Crop Purchase the Imperial Government Contract

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 7

The N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) referred on Monday last to the statement recently made that the representative of the Imperial Food…

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Trust "On The Hoof" Livestock and Wheat Humorosity

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 10

For the most humorous contribution to the wheat-livestock controversy, Sydney "Worker" takes the bun. In a full-dress display article, it tells us…

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Let the Wheat Walk Per Pig to Market

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 10

Here in New South Wales damaged wheat is being turned into pigs and poultry, and thus reaching a satisfactory market. Victoria must have heard…

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Grading Butter for Export Commonwealth Government Function. Inaugurating the Change

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 6

In December last the Commonwealth Government, after having appointed a chief commercial Officer, notified the various State Government concerned that…

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Wheat for Britain. None Below F. A. Q.

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--His attention having been directed to-day to a statement from Sydney that it was probable that the British Government would refuse to accept certain…

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Wool Trade Review. Control of Imports and Exports

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 3

Reference has already been made to the bill introduced by the president of the Board of Trade in the British House of Commons. The object of this measure was to extend…

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Livestock and Wheat the Good Sense of the Landholder

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 17

Interviewed regarding Australia's future in agriculture and the relative merits of wheat and meat, Mr. J. M. Niall, managing director of…

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Wool Appraisements. Prime Touches 25 1/2[?] ALB[?]

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 3

[?] the third wool appr[?] for the season. [?] thousand [?] a large parcel from [?]…

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Misdemeanors Robbing Wheat-stacks at Wagga. a Mid-day Haul

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 4

At the Wagga (N.S.W.) police court on Monday two men named Francis Cusack and William John Fitzgerald were each fined £20, or in default three…

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Flemington Sheep Sales a Preponderance of Ewes on Offer. Graziers Buying Lambs

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 5

At the Flemington (Melbourne) livestock market on Tuesday, 24,100 fat sheep were yarded. The quality,' generally, showed an improvement upon that of…

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WOOL. Brokers' Reports. Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Ltd

The Land · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 16

Our first appraisement under the new conditions whereby the size of the various brokers' catalogues are regulated according to the quantity of wool received, was…

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Weevil in Wheat Preventive. Measures Mr. Froccatt an Advocate of Drying

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 7

Considerable surprise has been expressed, in commercial circles at the sudden awakening of the state wheat authorities to the importance of dealing, with the…

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Flocks and Herds Dentition in Sheep How to Tell-the Ages by the Teeth

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 6

A most important branch of knowledge in the keeping of sheep is the ability to judge the age of the animals. Recognising that there are many farmers whose…

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Sydney Wool Market Supporters Side-Tracked! Emphatic Protest From "John Bridge."

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 5

"We have never failed, when the true Interest of woolgrowers have bren assailed, to utter timely warning and to assert our active opposition…

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The High Feeding of Cows Does'not Help the Butter. Fat Test. Increases the Quality

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 6

It is believed by many dairymen that the richness of a cow's milk depends upon the quality of her pasture; but this is not so except very temporarily, as…

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The Sydney Wool Trade. Special Weekly Review. Appraisement Prices the Trade at High Pressure Satisfactory Progress

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 18

The seventh series of appraisements in Sydney under the present scheme, officially known as No. 27, was concluded on Tuesday last, and the…

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