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Farming & the land, 1919

8,991 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Cattle-killing Aboriginees

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 6

The annual report of the West Australia Aborigines' Department estimates the increase in native population within touch of civilisation at 1200. The total…

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The Farmers' Cattle-trough. True Story of Luck

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 6

Thin is the true story of the Australian farmer and his new cattle-trough. He was walking along the sea coast, on which his farm abutted, when he found on the bench a curious…

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Wool Reports

The Land · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 15

Australian, Mercantile, Land & Finance Co. Ltd. report: This Company brought forward its first catalogue of the New Year last week, when 3289 bales were catalogued…

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The Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 19

The work of appraising the clip continues without interruption, and with the increase in quantities in each series since the beginning of the year…

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Cattle in the Territory

The Land · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 4

Information as to the suitability of portions of the coastal district of the Northern Territory for cattle raising is given in an official report of the results…

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Wheat-Lumpers' Strike

The Land · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 12

The men employed at Cook's Cutting (Goulburn) wheat stacks have been in an unsettled state for some time. On Tuesday a man was discharged for smoking too close…

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Advance in Wheat

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

Mr. Grahame, the Minister for Agriculture, returned yesterday from Melbourne, where he attended a meeting of the Federal Wheat Board…

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Sydney Wool-Selling Brokers' Association Wool Reports

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 19

The trade is working at high pressure, and appraisements are proceeding satisfactorily. The following reports of members of the Sydney Wool…

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Pooling Wheat Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 7

At the conference of the Farmers' Federal Organisation to-day it was agreed to make representations to the Federal Government for the pooling…

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Strike of Wheat-lumpers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 8

When the wheat lumpers arrived at the Government wheat stacks at Cook's Cutting on Tuesday morning last J. Dunn, represented to be an organiser for the A.W.U., called the…

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Big Load of Wheat

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 17

Mr. W. Manglesdort, a district car conveyed from Messrs. M'Leod and Kirkwood's farms, a distance of six miles from Ganmain. 305 bags of wheat…

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Strike at Wheat Stacks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 7

We have been furnished with the following statement:—When the wheat lumpers arrived at Cook's Cutting on Tuesday morning, 22nd inst., J. Dunn; represented to be…

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Wheat in South Africa

The Land · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 12

At an important conference of agricultural officials at Pretoria the Under-Secretary for Agriculture stated that it would be necessary to classify the different kinds of wheat…

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Sheep Given Away. Narromino Crawlers' Losses

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 6

So serious has the drought become in the Narromine (N.S.W.) district that sheep have practically been given away. It is stated that one land-…

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Closed Down. Colonial Wool Combing Works. Dispute with Wool Committee

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 4

The works of the Colonial Wool Combing Company at Botany closed down yesterday owing to a dispute between the Central Wool Committee and the company. Nearly 250 men…

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Stacking the Wheat. Transport Difficulties

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 7

Room is being made for the new season's wheat at the stacks in the western districts by the removal of big quantities of the earlier grain to…

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Thursday's Fat Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs

The Land · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 16

Although the number listed for yesterday (Thursday), 42,466 grown sheep and lambs, from 213 consignors, has been often exceeded, we doubt very much if the number…

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The Sheep Fly. Value of Some Dressings

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 20

The Government Entomologist (Mr. W W. Froggatt) reports:— "Most sheep-owners have their own particular dressing for blown sheep…

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Shearers Prosecuted. Remarkable Case. Treating Wet Sheep

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 5

PERTH, Monday—A remarkable shearing case has been decided at Carnarvon. Thirteen shearers, under contract, at Butcher's Booiathana Station…

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