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Farming & the land, 1919

8,991 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250

Wheat Badly Damaged Fire-Fighters From Sydney

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 4

Advice has been received by the Railway Commissioner that yesterday afternoon, when the wheat stack near Mount Victoria was found to be…

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Mountains Ablaze Volunteers' Hard Fight Wheat Stack Damaged Katoomba

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 4

Bushfires are blazing on every hill and in every dale of the Blue Mountains. From Glenbrook to Bell the bush is…

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Wheat Stack Destroyed Damage Estimated at £17,000 BLACKHEATH

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 6

The wheat fire is still smouldering. The damage is estimated at £17,000. It is a serious loss as the stack was composed entirely of new season's wheat…

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Fire Fiend Works Widespread Devastation Settler Loses His Life Great Wheat Stack Consumed

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 6

Is many places in New South Wales settlers are fiercely sighting to save home and townships from the ruin threatened by the immense bush fires that are raging through vast tracts of drought withered country…

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Five Shillings a Bushel Price of Local Wheat Bran and Pollard To Go Up

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 8

Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, returned to Sydney from Melbourne this morning, where he had attended a meeting of the Wheat Board…

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Help for Farmers Advances to Be Made Making Ready the Machinery

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 7

The following circular, dealing with the advances in necessitous farmers, had been issued by Mr. Hare, Under-Secretary for Lands, to the presidents of shire…

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N.Z. FARMERS. Indignant at Government's Action WELLINGTON

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 8

At a meeting of the North Canterbury Farmers' Union, indignation was expressed at the action of the Government in breaking its promise to pay 6s 4d per…

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Sugar Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 8

Useful rains have fallen in the sugar growing districts of Queensland, and the crop prospects have considerably improved. Good falls have been recorded in the Mossman,…

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Help for Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 6

Questioned yesterday as to the number of farmers who were likely to require fre[?] the Government in consequence of losses by drought, Mr. Fuller, Acting Premier, said that…

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Bush Fires. on the Illawarra Ranges. Farmers Battle with Flames

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 7

On the South Coast serious conditions prevail as a result of the unprecedented dry spell. There has been no rain of any value for over five months, and the succession of heat waves…

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The Indian Jute Crop

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 3

The preliminary forecast of the Indian jute crop for 1918 has recently been published. The consolidated statement for Bengal Bihar and Orissa…

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Farm Produce

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 3

Potatoes.—Local Manhattans and Satisfactions £15 to £17/15/, Tasmanian Brownells £20, Victorian Pinkeyes £14 to £16, locals £13 to…

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Cattle

The Land · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 16
Also in The Sydney Stock and Station Journal

The number of cattle listed was 2075 head, from 106 consignor. The yarding, like that of sheep, was a very mixed one, and all degrees of quality were represented,…

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Sheep

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 14

Heavy supply. Quality only medium. Market irregular and generally weaker. Although a glance through the sales detailed below will show that some…

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Butter Pool

The Land · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 3

Mr. Hugh Sinclair, M.P., deputy chairman of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool Committee, was in Sydney this week, and met the local members of…

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Australian Pastoral Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 8

The report of the Australian Pastoral Company for the year ended June 30 shows a credit to profit and loss of £133,045. In addition to the interim dividend of 3 per cent., a final…

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Seed Wheat for Farmers

The Land · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 12

The Minister for Agriculture announces that the department is still prepared to receive samples of the following varieties of seed wheat for purchase in connection with…

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Muswellbrook Butter Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 5

MUSWELLBROOK.—The newly-erected butter factory for Muswellbrook Co-operative Dairy Company. Ltd., was officially opened yesterday in the presence of a large…

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