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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

8,991 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

N.s.w. 1916-1917 Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 5

A correspondent writes, under date February 18th:—"Re your leader, New South Wales 1916-17 wheat— One day lost week you had the same…

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HOMEBUSH. Thursday's Fat Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs

The Land · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 16

Although good rains have been reported from many parts of the country, it has been a patchy fall. But there is no doubt that it has saved the situation in many districts,…

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HOMEBUSH. Monday's Fat Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs

The Land · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 15

One hundred and forty-four owners advised consignmenta representing a supply of 33,020 sheep, and about 34,800 were forward. These comprised all descriptions, with ewes more…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Another Rise in Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 8

The sheep market yesterday was dearer, and the rise was more pronounced in sheep fit for restocking purposes. Restockers operated freely. The change in the weather…

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Wool Reports. the State's Choicest Clips

The Land · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 15

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write: Some particularly attractive wools have been appraised in recent Sydney catalogues. offerings have included some of the choicest…

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The Market Mirror. Wool. Steady Operations

The Land · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 15

There is little fresh report anent wool appraisements. They have been arranged for up to the 25th of this month, and as soon as fresh arrangements are made the Wool…

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Field, Orchard and Garden Crops the Wheat Pool the Suggested Change in the Method of Control. Co-operative Management

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 7

There is much discussion among farmers respecting the advisability of continuing of wheat pool, and even more upon the best system under…

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Manufacturing Our Own Wool. New Company in Victoria

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 4

A big enterprise in the manufacture of wool has been started in Melbourne by the formation of the Yarra Falls Spinning Company, Ltd. It has been…

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A Heavy Crop of Potatoes. a Farmer's Success with Manhattans

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 7

A crop of Manhattan potatoes, grown by Mr. R. Richardson on the Lower Manning near Tarce (N.S.W.). returned 101/2tons per acre. They were sown…

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Wheat Stacks Destroyed. Loss of £40,000. the Smoking Practice

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 4

TEMORA, Thursday.--Mr. J. A. Bradley, coroner of Temora, held an inquest at Mirrool on Wednesday concerning the fire which destroyed two wheat stacks at that place on…

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Jeir Flock Dispersed Fifteen Thousand High-class Sheep Sell Well. Despite Drought Conditions

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 6

An old-establishment New South Wales flock was dispersed it Jeir station, Yass, last week, when the trustees of the Johnstone Estate offered by public…

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Political Jobbery Grave Charges Against a South Australian Minister. Wheat and "Boodle."

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 4

Political "boodling" of the most [?] nature in connection with the South Australian wheat scheme was alleged by Mr. Nicholls,…

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Flocks and Herds—-breeding and Feeding Pastoral Work Clean Water-storages for Stock During Drought. a Conservation Method

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 6

The following plan is recommended by a writer in a Victorian paper as a means to conserve the water, in farm and station tanks and dams, and at…

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Wheat Sold 11,600 Tons to Britain PRICE 62 Per Bushel Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 5

Senator Russell announced to-day that two cargoes of wheat, amounting to 11,600 tons, had been sold to the British Royal Commissioner on Wheat…

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A Case of Trespass Damages Awarded to Sheep-owner at Glen Innes. a Matter of Fencing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 6

A case of unusual interest to sheep-owners was heard in the District Court, at Glen Innes last week, before judge Cohen, when Joseph Parker, of Rocky…

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A Generous Land-owner Handsome Treatment of Two Returned Soldiers. Plant and Seed Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 3

Messrs. F. and P. Cooley two returned soldiers, are [?] Mr. T. Collins's farm at Tallewang of 1,007-acres (mostly cleared), for £4/18/- per…

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Dairying on the Hunter

The Land · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 12

At the annual meeting of the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., the report stated that, notwithstanding the extremely anxious and abnormal time…

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Dairying Prolificness and Profit

The Land · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 15

The pig has been a great moneymaker of late years. A record of productiveness and money-earning by a Berkshire and Poland China sow that…

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"More Farmers' Friends."

The Land · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 9

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The Grey Curse Manilla Farmers Ask for Government Netting. Country Dadly Infested

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 6

The rabbit invasion of the northeastern district of South Wales is causing alarm to the farmer? and graziers in the menaced area, and…

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