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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

8,991 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Profiteering to Stop. Butter Muslin Necessary Commodity

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The maximum prices for phenol, vaseline, and butter muslin, or gauze, shall, according to a War Precautions order, be the prices generally prevailing on…

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Wheat Case. More About Alleged Frauds

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 9

Further evidence was heard by Mr. Macfarlane. C.S.M., in the Central Police Court yesterday. In the case in which ten men are charged with having, between January 1 and…

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Lack of Butter Grocers' Requirements Sussex-street Trade

Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 3

[?] leading grocer's shop in Sydney is to-day [?] butter as the maximum to a [?] One shop made [?] the [?] to a [?] customer up to 11 o'clock…

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Wheat-lumpers to Resume Work. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 8

A mass meeting of lumpers and day men at Cook's cutting was held in Goulburn this morning. The delegates who had attended the conference in Sydney recommended that the…

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Varieties of Wheat For Various Districts. Departmental Recommendations

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 9

The following list of wheats recommended by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture for the ensuing season in the various districts of the State is…

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No. 5—MR. W. A. Phillips, Hill Farm Dairy, Five Dock

Referee · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 8

It is no distance to speak of from Mr. Darragh's house to the Hill Farm Dairy, and thus within a few minutes I was at Mr. Phillips' homestead and being, as…

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Wheat Sale 12,000 Tons at 59 MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 7

A sale of wheat amounting to 12,000 tons has been made by the Federal Wheat Hoard to the Royal Swedish Commission at 5s 6d a bushel, f.o.b…

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The Soil. Mr. Hoover on Wheat. Prices and Production Cost

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 5

In Australia wheat is usually cheaper than anywhere else in the world, though in the open London market Australian wheat commands a higher price than grain from any other country…

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For the Man on the Land Hints to Producers. N.S.W. Wheat Standard

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 6

The f.a.q. standard for milling wheat in N.S.W. has been fixed at 62½-lb to the Imperial bushel by the grain sectional, committee of the Sydney Chamber of…

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Our English Wool Letter Towaeds Pre-war Conditions (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, Dec 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 7

Varions indications may be seen that the trade is slowly but surely making its way back to pre-war conditions. Reference has been made on previous occasions to the injury…

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On the Land. Science in Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 7

Scientific investigations into the manufacture of dairy products are being carried out in the Richmond River districts by the Department of Agriculture. The investigations…

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The Failure Of Share Farming

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 20

W. M. WEBB, Narrow Plains, Oakland's, N.S.W., writes:—I read with interest your able article on "Failure of Share-farming in New South Wales," and quite agree…

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£10,000,000. Loan to Assist Farmers Urged. Serious Effect of Drought

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 6

INVERELL, Tuesday.--A meeting of business men, grazlers, and farmers was held today for the purpose of urging the Govornnionl to help the farmers who have been severely…

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Farmers and Settlers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 5

MOLONG.--The report adopted at the annual meeting of the Molong branch of the F. and S. Association showed that substantial progress had been made during the past year. Mr. D…

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Fancy Prices for Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 5

BEGA.--The disastrous drought continues, and dairyfarmers are experiencing great hardship. As much as £20 per acre Is being refused for green maize crops around Bega for…

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Poultry Motes. Laying Out a Poultry Farm. Some Governing Factors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 6

At a time when many poultry farmers are contemplating the extension of their operations or removal to new and larger properties, some remarks by the N.S.W…

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A Dairymaid's Letter. "Eastholme," Comboyne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 23

Dear Dame,-- Here I am again, still alive and kicking, as the saying is. Well, Dame, I'm getting quite an old working woman, or kid, I don't know which. Just…

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Parkes. Dairy Company

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 12

Messrs. H. J. Senders, W. I. Nash, S. W. Howard, Jas. Franks, and R. T. Job have been re-elected directors of the Parkes Dairy Company…

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Bangalow. Visit of Dairy Experts

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 14

The Government party, Messrs. L. T. MacInnes (dairy expert), Ewan MacKin non (assistant biologist), A. A. Ramsay (principal assistant chemist), and J. G…

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Wool

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 32

Messrs. John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report: The drought.—So far, no tangible relief has been experienced. Scattered showers have fallen but have been mainly confined…

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