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Farming & the land, 1919

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Dairy Factory Reports. Canowindra

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 6

The Canowindra butter-factory manufactured [?] of first-grade butter during December, for which supplier, were paid 1s. 4fd, per 1b. and 744 1b, of seconds, at 1s. 3fd, per 1b. The…

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Molong Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 5

MOLONG.—Notwithstanding the lack of rain the wheat crops, which are now being carted to the railside, disclose fairly good yields. Upwards of 10 bags to the acre have been…

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Tasmanian Blue Pea Crop. Shipment to England. Improved Outlook

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 5

A short time ago the Tasmanian Premier (Hon. W. H. Lee) communicated with the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Watt), pointing out that there…

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£118,330 to Dairymen

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 6

BYRON BAY.--The North Coast Co-operative Company last month manufactured 633 tons of butter, and paid cream suppliers at the rate of 1s 4[?]ld. The bacon department treated 1944…

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Farmers' Sheep. Valuable for Wool and Meat. A Good Cross

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 10

At a recent meeting of the Bucharoo branch of the Agricultural Bureau of N.S.W., Mr. W. Walsh, read an interesting paper on sheep, the following…

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Dairy Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 6

Owing to the parched state of most of the pastures, the demand for dairy cattle is slack, and prices are weak. Milkers, ordinary £7 to £13, good £14 to £24,…

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Sheep Destroy Crops

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 2

A case of interest to share farmers was recently decided by a Victorian Court. The plaintiff entered into an agreement to plant 220 acres of wheat…

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Butter Shortage

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 6

The condition of the dairy grasses may be easily inferred from the arrival of the Orara with only 3600 boxes of Byron Bay butter, which was less than last…

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Wheat Championship

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 9

The "Canadian Grain Growers' Guide" of October 30 last reports that "Mr. Seager Wheeler, of Rosthern, Saskatchewan, the world's most famous grain-growor, has won…

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Wheat From Deniliquin

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 30

A sample of white Lammas wheat, grown near Denlliquin, was forwarded to our office during the week. It is as plump and of as good quality as any…

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Outdoor Australia. a Cattle-draft

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 13

OUR hostess returned from the telephone to say that there was to be a cattle-draft on Noloona, and if we cared to go Jack Robertson would send a man to the river to meet us. "What time will you be along?"…

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How to Join Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 26

K. G. (Sunnyside): A good way to join wool is to thread a round-pointed needle with one piece and carefully insert the needle into the end of the other piece…

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Financial Cables. Australian Pastoral Company. London, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 14

The report of Australian Pastoral Company [?] the year ended June 30, 1918, shows a credit to profit and loss of £135,892. To reserve a sum of £50,000 is carried, to stock reserve…

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Wheat Steamers Bound to Melbourne

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 4

The following steamers under charter to load wheat, are due at Melbourne:—The Westhope, from Perim via Fremantle, on Thursday; the Lord…

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Wheat Lumpers Cease Work GOULBURN

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 5

About 200 wheat-lumpers, employed at Cook's Cutting, ceased work this morning on arrival at the wheat stacks, following the dismissal of a…

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Dairy Farming

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 11

On this page we give pictures of one of the foremost primary industries of the State, to wit, dairy farming, which we firmly believe will derive great bene[?]…

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The Failure Of Share-Farming "Share-Farming is a rank failure in N. S. W., and until some better means are devised for placing men on the land wheat-growing cannot progress as it should."

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 14

IN the above words a thoroughly practical and successful farmer and landowner some years ago emphatically expressed his opinion of the system that by many was regarded as a stepping-stone to something better…

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