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Farming & the land, 1919

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Conference on Share-farming

The Land · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 12

The Minister for Lands is arranging for a conference to be held about the middle of February to consider the question of share-farming. Mr. Ashford has…

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Crop and Stock Reports

The Land · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 13

The results of the season's farmers' experiment wheat, crops in Riverina are of special interest as coming from the portion of the State that is giving the…

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The Dairy Industry of United States

The Land · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 6

The daily industry of the [?] States is sand of [?] [?] of [?] The [?] of daily sows in given as 22,000,000 [?] [?]…

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The Farmer's House How to Build, How to Preserve and Repair. Cleaning House Walls

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

Casino (N.S.W.) desires to know what can be done to clean down the walls and ceilings of his home, which were painted some ten years ago and…

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

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 1

LLOYD GEORGE'S CABINET.—It is stated that the new Cabinet will probably not exceed ten in number, and it will work side by side with the Imperial War Cabinet, which has now become an established part of the governing system. Probable appointments are:—Lord Finlay as Lord Chancellor; .Mr. Austen Chamberlain as Chancellor of the Exchequer (if Mr. Bonar Law retires); Mr. Winston Churchill as Secretary for War; Mr…

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Major Goldenstedt a Journalist From the "Farmer and Settler" Makes Good. a Pine Career

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

Major Paul Goldenstedt (formerly of the "Farmer and Settler" and later of the Sydney "Daily Telegraph"), who is the son of principals in the…

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Queensland Farmers' Union. Proposed Amalgamation with P.P.U.

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

The Junabee branch of the Queensland Farmers' Union held its monthly meeting on Saturday, December 21st last, Mr. T. Brewer, Junior, presided. The chief item of business…

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Dairy Problems Insanitary Conditions the Prime Cause of Ropiness. Have a General Clean-up

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

Taree (N.S.W.) inquires concerning the cause of ropiness in milk. Answer: Ropiness in milk is attributable to various causes. It has…

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Land Settlement Repatriation Work the Montayella Soldier Settlement at Bathurst. Farms Now Self-supporting

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

The whole of the settlers at present on the Montavella soldiers' orchards near Bathurst (N.S.W.) have decided to "confirm*' from the beginning of the…

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Beautifying the Farm Setting Up Everlasting Metal Gates and Fences. a Defence Against Fire

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

A very beautiful booklet, issued by Buzacott and Co., Ltd., and illustrated by photographs, will help to solve the problem of the fence for the farm…

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Ensilage Feeding a Striking Experiment with Sunflower Silage. a Useful Dairy Fodder

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

In the opinion of Mr. J. W. Audas, F.L.S., F.R.M.S. of the National Herbarium, Melbourne, many parts of Australia are suitable for the…

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The Farm Work Larger Teams Needed to Offset the Man Shortage. American Advice

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

The Chicago "Breeders' Gazette" suggests horses as farmers' substitutes for men—use more horses and carry bigger loads:—…

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A Bad Harvest. Ill-luck Dogs the Farmer What Next?

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 11

The Government Statistician's preliminary estimate of the N.S.W. wheat harvest is 18,048,000 bushels of grain yielding 8.74—say 8¾—bushels per acre…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 8

Trade was resumed in earnest in Sussexstreet yesterday, and big sales were booked. The arrivals of eggs were exceedingly heavy, accumulations of almost a week being…

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The World's Estimated Crops in 1918

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

The Imperial Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have received the following information from the International Agricultural Institute:—…

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Poultry Farmers Organise

The Propeller · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

By invitation Messrs. Thacker Phillips, Tye, Burton, Richardson Fletcher and Luxton members of the Miranda Agricultural Bureau,…

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Dundas. Cattle Straying

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 8

Dundas Council had another batch of owners of persons in charge of straying cattle up before Ryde Police Court on Thursday, when the following defendants…

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The Wool Teade. Appraisements Next Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 11

The second half of the current statistical year's appraisements commence on Monday next in both Sydney and Melbourne. Large stocks of wool have accumulated and…

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Financing Wheat Pool. Acting Prime Minister's Visit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 12

A long conference took place yesterday at the Commonwealth Bank between Mr. W. A. Watt, Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Denison Miller (Governor of the Commonwealth Bank),…

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