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Farming & the land, 1919

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Butter Short Authorities Act Supplies to be Commandeered

The Sun · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 5

Supplies of butter held in stock in the State are to be commandeered. The Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool Committee has been devoting…

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Sale of State Cattle. Average Price, 57 Guineas

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 3

LISMORE, Wednesday.--At to-day's sale of purebred Guernsey cattle at the Wollonghar State Farm over £1000 worth were sold. Females averaged 60½ guineas, and the whole of the…

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Cattle

The Land · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 16

The cattle supply was lighter than for some time past. There were 1468 listed for sale, from 74 owners, and about 1615 were forward. These comprised all descriptions…

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Cattle

The Land · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 16
Also in The Sydney Stock and Station Journal

About 1640. head of cattle, from 82 consignors, were listed for yesterday (Thursday). with the exception of one lot of 138 head, the balance ranged from 80 (calves)…

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Sheep

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 14

Light supply. Quality fairly good. Market generally dearer. As generally expected, to-day's supply or sheep was the lightest penning for a…

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Butter Prices

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 20

An amended order fixing the maximum prices of butter in New South Wales was issued on Saturday, and will come into operation on Monday within…

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Butter Storage

The Land · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 15

Factory managers and others will be interested to learn that not only was the quality of the butter stored in the 1918 pool eminently satisfactory, but…

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Sheep Sold

The Land · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 12

Messrs. Perry and Sons, of Belaringar, have just sold 500 sheep in one lot, which were trucked to Coolah, the purchasers being Messrs. S. Mawhinney and D. S…

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Premier Cattle District

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 16

Tweed-Lismore Pastures Protection District claims to be the premier cattle district of the State. For one thing, cattle are practically the only stock the…

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Wheat Scrip

The Land · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

Messrs. Joseph Palmer and Sons write in regard to wheat scrip:—When last we wrote the price of the "C" 1917-18 scrip was about 1s 0[?] shortly…

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The Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 19

As the result of the arrangements noted in our last report for the conduct of appraisements in Brisbane, the offerings of wool in our catalogue, which…

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The Wheat Pool. Parkes Farmers Ask for [?]

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 7

At a meeting of farmers held at me shire chambers at Parkes (N.S.W.) last week, a motion was adopted urging that the Commonwealth…

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Butter. to Be Commandeered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 7

On the advice of the Butter Pool Committee supplies of butter in New South Wales are to be commandeered. By this means traders will be prevented…

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Prickly Pear Saves Cattle

The Land · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 12

A few weeks ago 20 head of cattle in low condition were turned on to one of the prickly pear leases adjacent to Collie. The cattle were from Berida Station,…

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Rhodes Grass for Sheep

The Land · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 12

An interesting experiment in the maintainance of sheep on ensilage from Rhodes grass has been made by Mr. F. W. Lee, of Baking Board, Chinchilla…

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Wheat Stacks Destroyed

The Land · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

The coroner of Temora held an inquest at Mirrool last week concerning the fire which destroyed two wheat stacks at that place recently. It was stated that 78,000…

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Sydney Wool Offerings. Blocking German Wool Trade

The Land · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 15

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write: Wool appralsements continue without Interruption in Sydney. We offered a catalogue of 7200 bales last week. Arrangements have…

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Bradford Wool Industry

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

At a conference in Bradford towards the end of last year the Director of Wool Textile Production asked traders to remember that national credit had…

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Droughts and Wool

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 20

Word comes from Molong that Mr. J. R. Hughes, a prominent sheepbreeder of the Baldry district, contends that periodical droughts are very…

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