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Farming & the land, 1919

8,991 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250

Germany's Need. Cotton and Wool to Keep Mills Running. New York, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 February 1919 · page 1

The correspondent of the Chicago News at Bremen has interviewed members of the Bremen Cotton Exchange, who state that, next to foodstuffs,…

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The Garden. How to Manage the Strawberry Crop—Look After the Flower Beds Answers to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 February 1919 · page 22

CITRUS FRUITS DROPPING (in answer to Mandarin): (1) This is the result of the long spell of dry weather. Having "no water to spare for the trees,"…

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Food From Farmers Stolen by Employees Allowed to Eat All They Could There, But Should Not Carry it Away to Eat Afterwards

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 February 1919 · page 3

Allan Thomas Gearey ([?]), Edward George Marks (29), cooks; Herbert Williamson. (26), John Weston (42), Frederick Agnew (64), pantrymen; George…

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Seed Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 5

The Department of Agriculture is receiving numerous inquiries from persons desiring to purchase seed wheat. The department will put intending buyers in touch with sellers if…

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Wool Shipments From Hobart

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 5

The s.s. Hunnie (5260 tons) arrived at Hobart on Monday last from Melbourne, to load 8,000 bales of wool for the United Kingdom…

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On the Land. Sheep-fly Problem. Scientific Investigation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 5

For the last four years and a half the Government Sheep-fly Experiment Station, conducted by the Department of Agriculture, and subsidised by the Pastoral Committee for the…

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Wheat Prices in Capetown. Capetown, Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 7

The Department of Agriculture states that complaints have been received from farmers that the sale of wheat will be affected by importations from Australia; but the present…

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Wheat Board. Overdraft of £14,620,000

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.-- An increase of £3,880,000 in the aggregate amount of the debit of the Australian Wheat Board was registered during the week ended February 3…

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Co-operative Farming for Women

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 4

So much is being written about women "on the land" that no apology is needed for adding another suggestion on "Co-operative Farming."…

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Flax Crop

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 5

In view of the guarantee of the Commonwealth Government for unthrashed flux of specified standard having been increased from £5 to £6…

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Warwick Farm Races Awaiting Minister's Reply

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 2

The officials of the Warwick Farm Racing Club have communicated with the Minister for Health asking if there" is any likelihood of the racing…

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Cattle

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 6

Moderate supply. Quality fairly good, t irregular and generally weaker. There were 1618 cattle lifted for sale from 79 owners, and although several…

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Sheep

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 6

Fairly heavy supply. Quality better than [?] Market generally dearer for prince and firmer for others. The sheep marker opened buoyant for…

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Graziers' Association. Pastoral Interests

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 3

The executive of the Graziers' Association has instructed the secretary to communicate with the State Income Tax Commissioner urging that the actual cost of stations hands' keep…

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"Prophylactic" Is The Word. AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Shows a New Sheep Lick Dates for Forthcoming Events

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 8

So much depends on the health of the sheep! More than most of us used to imagine. We can all see that the growth of the wool and the meat…

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Dairymen Rejoice Rain on South Coast Butter Prospects Sussex-street Trade

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 8

Several important butter-producing localities along the South Coast report serviceable rains as having fallen last night and this morning. The parched pastures could do with a six-inch…

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Sheep Disappear. Police Guard Evaded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 6

CHARLEVILLE, Q., Monday.--A sensational sheep-stealing case has just been reported. About November last a grazier was arrested and charged with stealing 180 sheep from…

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Ady to Load Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 3

The Belgian auxiliary schooner Ady has been chartered by Messrs. Lane and Dawson to load wheat at Sydney for New Zealand. She took up a…

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Wheat Growing in America

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

Mail advices from Chicago received in London at the end of November state that the Food Commission in tho United States has begun a campaign…

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"John Bridge" Reports. WOOL

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 3

The Drought.—The recent rains in this Statu were confined to a very small area, and those, which fell in the far North-West were nullified by the…

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