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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

8,991 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

On the Land. Wheat-growing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

While the wheatgrower may have good cause to complain of the general conditions pertaining to his industry during the past four years, it is neither in the interests of…

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Mixed Farming Wheat by Itself Will Not Return a Profit. Mr. Robert Cibson's Figures

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

At a meeting of the Harden (N.S.W.) branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association last week, the secretary (Mr. Robert Gibson) quoted the…

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New Season's Wheat West Wyalong

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

At the West Wyalong station 73,600 bugs of wheat have been received. This wheat is all a splendid sample. It is not expected that the total will exceed…

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Felid, Orchard and Garden Crops Canberra's Claims the Best Early-maturing Grain Wheat for Riverina. Entirely Eclipses Bunyip

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

Canberra wheat, which has been tested during the past five years by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture on farmers' plots, has proved its…

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Wheat and Flour for Europe. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

The Victorian Wheat Commission has received advice that the steamer Hunsbrook will load flour at Melbourne to-morrow. The Hunsbrook will lift 6[?]00 "long" tons (22401b to the…

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High Prices for Calves. Stud Cattle in Great Britain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 6

There is an extraordinary boom in stud cattle in the United Kingdom, and each week new records are being established, despite the embargo on…

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The Market Mirror. Wool. Further British Acquisition

The Land · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 15

A London cable of last week stated that the Imperial authorities had a proposal under consideration for a further extension of the wool scheme. Although no information has…

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The Soil. Seed Wheat Advances. Conditions of Assistance

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

The conditions under which seed wheat will be advanced this season to necessitous farmers, or purchased by the Department of Agriculture for distribution, have been finalised…

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The New South Sales Wheat Crop the Government. Statistician's Preliminary Forecast for the Hay and Grain Harvest of 1918-19. the Lowest Return for a Decade

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

The N.S.W. Government Statistician (Mr. J. B. Trivett) has issued a preliminary forecast of the current season's wheat-harvest. The continued…

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The Sheep-master Great Difficulty in Treating Nasal Bot. Licks Are Preventives

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

Temora (N.S.W.) after killing a sheep recently found a number of grubs in the nasal cavities, and he wants to know what they are; also,…

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The Imperial Raw Wool Advisory Committee. Effect of War Demands

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

The 13th meeting of the Raw Wool Advisory Committee was held on October 3, at Caxton House, under the chairmanship of Sir Arthur Goldfinch…

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The Sydney Wool Trade. Special Weekly Review. Preparations for Resuming Appraisements

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 14

The Christmas and New Year recess has necessarily been a brief one, owing to the general anxiety to complete the appraisement of the season's clip, but…

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The Best Sheaf of Wheat. Victorian R.A.S.'s New Departure

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria is making a departure that will add to the educational value and also to the spectacular effect of the…

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Economy in Fodder the Value of Straw for the Hand-feeding of Cattle. in a Mixed Ration

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 6

The N.S.W. Department of Agriculture has issued a small bulletin in reference to the utility of straw in the hand-feeding of stock, in which…

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Resumptions of Estates First-class Wheat Land in the Young District. Only in Small Areas

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 3

During December, the Young (N.S.W.) Land Board sat for eleven days inquiring into proposals for the resumption of land for returned…

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Weevils in Grain an Old Bush Method of Treating Maize in Bulk. Applicable to Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

Baradine (N.S.W.) writes inquiring whether anything can be done by the farmer to destroy weevils in wheat and maize…

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The Australasian Wool Trade Dalgety & Co.'s Annual Review. the Record of a Remarkable Year

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 4

The twentieth issue of Dalgety's Annual Wood Review, which has just been released for publication by the Central Wool Committee, is one which…

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Flocks and Herds—breeding and Feeding Live-stock Future Need for Conservation of Our Breeding Animals. Soaring Cattle Prices

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 6

In view of the shortage of stock in Australia and the serious losses by drought, the views of one of the leading cattle men in the United States, Mr. J…

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Snowy River Wheat Trials the Behaviour of Foreign Pedigree Varieties in a Drought Year on the Monaro Tableland. Sir Joseph Carruthers Reports Procress

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

In sending a report of his wheat experiment crops on his Snowy River properly (a summary of which was given in the "Farmer and Settler,"…

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Dairying

The Land · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 6

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