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Farming & the land, 1919

8,991 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Sale of Wheat 50,000 Tons to Norway

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 13

Fifty thousand tons of Australian wheat have been sold to Norway at a price equivalent to 5'S per bushel. In making this announcement…

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The Soil. Looking Ahead. Co-operative Wheat Pool

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 7

A preliminary step in formulating concrete proposals for a perpetuation of the wheat pool after the special circumstances that called it into existence shall have ceased to operate…

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Stabilising Wheat Growing. a Scheme to Arrest the Decline

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 7

Mr. W. Flanagan, Hayfield, Delungra (N.S.W.), writing upon the subject of the decline in wheat-growing, says that this has been brought about by…

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Wheat for Starving Stock. More About It. Matter of Cost

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 12

The articles published in our last Tuesday's issue on wheat for starving stock have created a great deal of interest, and will prove helpful, we trust,…

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The Market Mirror. Wool. Opening of Second Half of Session

The Land · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 15

The second half of the 1918-19 session opened on Monday, both in Sydney and Melbourne. The stores are fairly full of wool, but arrangements made point to the whole…

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What of our Wool? Possible Extension of Pool Talk Going on

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 12

A message from Melbourne, dated Wednesday, reads:— "The question of an extension of the period of the Government…

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Flemington Sales Good to Prime Cattle in Brisk Demand at High Rates. Lamb Prices Harden

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 5

At the Flemington (Melbourne) live stock market on Tuesday 44,000 fat sheep were penned. Quotations:—Prime crossbred wethers 25/ to 29/, extra…

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Butter-Fat and Over-Run the Equivalent of Value in Milk and Cream. Result of Experiments

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 6

It is estimated that 100-lb, of fat in cream is equivalent to 103-lb, of fat in milk. This is accounted for by the fact that the loss of fat in the…

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Control of Trade Government Determined to Handle the Wool. Do the Growers Approve?

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 5

It was staled in Melbourne on Wednesday that the proposal fur the extension, of the period of the government control of Australian wool had…

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The Profit in Fallowing Official Estimate of the Cost of Growing Wheat. a Detailed Criticism

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 7

Mr. Gordon C. Batcman, of Turramurra (N.S.W.), writing in reference to the official estimate of the cost per acre of producing wheat, as quoted by…

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For Peace the French Delegates The Pacific Problem. Our Wheat Will Be Sold London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 1

The Peace, delegations, are gathering in great numbers in Paris. Mr. Hughes may confidently be expected to secure the Pacific…

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The Dairying Herds of Europe

The Land · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 13

Mr. F. R. Cammock, of the University of Idaho, in a circular which he has sent out to the public press, says: "The dairy herds of the old world are…

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Dairying

The Land · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 13

The directors' report submitted at the annual meeting of the Mudgee Dairy Company showed that during the year 405,000lb of butter were made, and the…

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Crop and Stock Reports

The Land · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 3

The official figures of the area under crop in the police patrol districts of Culcairn and Henty are given as 76,038 acre, 38,594 for Culcairn, and 37,444 for…

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Farm and Stock Pests

The Land · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 7

The Glen Innes Graziers' Association and P.P. Board have arranged to make a definite move at the beginning of the new year to stamp out the rabbit pest…

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Cross-bred Lambs on Government Farms

The Land · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 5

A draft of 185 crossbred lambs from the Cowra Experiment Farm was sold at Homebush by Messrs. Badgery Bros. These lambs were not a picked lot, but…

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Warwick Farm To-morrow Those With Chances Reviewed

Arrow · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 1

After a spell of two months, racegoers will renew acquaintance with Warwick Farm to-morrow. The rain of the last few days has benefited the course…

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The Farm Stakes

Arrow · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 1

Some of those in the Farm Stakes are engaged in other races, and it is difficult to tell just now which race their owners will decide to take on…

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Badly Needed Rain for Western Potato Crops ORANGE

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 6

Unless heavy rain tails within the next fortnight the potato crop in the Orange district will be a negligible quantity. The main crops, which was [?] in…

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Dairy Supervision Fatal Overlapping of Administration in N.S.W. Work of the Inspectors

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 6

In the annual report by the N.S.W. Department of Public Health reference is made to possible overlapping in the administration of the Dairies…

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