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Farming & the land, 1919

8,991 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Molong. New Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 14

The new season's wheat is now being carted to the railway yards in large quantities. Notwithstanding the dry weather the grain is uniformly good,…

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Price of Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 9

Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, returned to Sydney from Melbourne on Jan. 23, where he had attended a meeting of the Wheat Board…

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Wheat Stack Burnt

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 18

For several weeks past bush fires have been raging in the Blue Mountains, and have resulted in much damage at the various resorts. One of the most serious…

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Berrigan. Wheat Experiment

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 14

Following are the results of wheat experiments on Mr. W. Thornton's farm:--Federation, 24 bushels; Major, 23; Bomen, 22; Canberra, 21; Currawa, 21;…

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The Wheat Pool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 3

The serious crisis in the wheat-growing industry of Australia, caused by the shortage of shipping during the war, was met by the Federal…

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Wool Workers Idle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 9

Trouble has occurred at the Colonial Combing, Spinning, and Weaving Company's works, Botany, and a large number of men are affected. There is a…

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Country Chat Bathurst. Sheep Agistment

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 12

It is officially estimated that there are now about 50,000 sheep from western runs in a famished condition in the Bathurst district, having been hurried…

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Straying Cattle. Bullock Injures a Man

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 4

A bullock strayed on to the railway line between Ashfield and Summer Hill (Sydney) stations, on Thursday morning last, and an official, who went…

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A Growers' Co-operative Wheat Pool Main Features: Compulsory Membership National Finance, Negotiable Scrip and Farmers in Control. a Pool Owned by the Owners of the Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 7

At the present time Australia is faced by a condition of affairs in regard to one of its most important primary industries that is very grave…

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Payments from the Pool the Farmer Slaves While Speculators Thrive. the 1916-17 Wheat Pool

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 7

A correspondent, writing over the pen name "Fact," recently commended the government for withholding payment of a further dividend un account…

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Wool-combing Works. Botany Mills Closed

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 5

The works of the Colonial Wool Combing Company at Botany (Sydney) closed down last week owing to a dispute between the Central Wool…

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Belgium Wants Butter Seeks Australian Contracts LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 1

Reuter's correspondent at Brussels states that butter merchants are inviting contracts with large dairy producers in Australia and the Argentine…

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Dairy Factory Reports. Coastal Farmers Co-op. Co

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 6

The half-yearly meeting of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, Ltd., was held at West Maitland (N.S.W.) last week. The chairman stated that there was an increase in…

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Field, Orchard and Garden Crops Help for Farmers Grants for the Sufferers From the Drought in N.s.w. Application Necessary

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 7

The N.S.W. Government has decided to make the sum of £100,000 available as a fund from which advances can be made to necessitous…

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Australian Wool in London. Sales to be Resumed in April

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 5

It was announced in London on Friday last that the auction sale of Australian wool would commence in London early in April next…

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Sales of Pedigree Cattle a Yearling Jersey Bull Half-share Sold for £6000. an Aristocratic Animal

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 6

One half-interest in a yearling Jersey bull. Financial Sensation, was sold for £6000 by the Waterloo Jersey Farm, Iowa, to Greystone Jersey…

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Public Affairs From the Rural Standpoint Political Lawyers the Easiest Way to the Wool-sack

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 1

Before the public knew who were 10 fill the vacant judgeships in New South Wales, they were suspicious that these positions would not be the…

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The Present Wheat Pool, or Another? the Growers Want a Pool That They Control Themselves Through Their Own Elected Representatives

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 1

When the farmer in his home in the bush reads that the conference of the Farmers' Federal Organisation in Melbourne bus passed a resolution…

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The Wool Industry Messrs. F. S. Falkiner and Sons' Boonoke Stud. Mr. W. H. WEBB'S SERIES.(Continued from the Issue of Jan. 17)

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 6

The Boonoke stud was established in 1878, when the late Mr. F. S. Falkiner purchased part of the original Pippin Hock. The sheep have had…

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The Latest War Cables "Farmer and Settler" Office, Wednesday Noon

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 1

PORTUGAL.—A Royalist insurrection has occurred in Portugal, and the ex-King Manuel is reported to have entered the country, and has assumed the leadership of the insurgents. Several regiments quartered it Lisbon have given their adhesion to the Royalist movement, the leaders of which control the districts of Menbo and Montesb in the north of the country. The government has resigned, in order not to weaken the Republican…

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