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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Wheat Compensation. Only Farmers Benefit

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 3

It was recently stated by Mr. Ashford, Acting Minister for Agriculture, that the Government would take the responsibility for paying farmers for damage to wheat in the pools, where it…

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Damaged Wheat. Compensation for Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 5

A slight misunderstanding has arisen concerning the recent announcement of Mr. Ashford. (Acting Minister for Agriculture) that the Government would take the responsibility…

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Rabbits and Sheep

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 39

That the rabbits migrate with the changes of the season is shown clearly by the plague of rabbits at present in the hill country between Tarcutta and…

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Commercial. —WOOL

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 27

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd. report under date December 29:— A most significant statement is cabled as having been made in New York by the…

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Damaged Wheat State Compensation Only Farmers Benefit

The Sun · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 3

The Acting Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Ashford. was recently reported as having stated that the Government would take the…

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Seed Wheat for Necessitous Farmers. Government Advances Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 3

The Rural Industries Board has agreed to advance the price, for first-grade seed wheat from 6/6 to 7/6, and second-grade seed from 6/ to 7/ per bushel. The increased rates are…

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Wheat Position. Melbourne Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 4

Sir George Fuller announced last night that Mr. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, would represent New South Wales at the forthcoming conference in Melbourne to consider the wheat…

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To the Editor The Wheat Outlook

Evening News · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 4

The wheat position to-day is in Australia we can pull through till 1920-21 harvest if a close eye is kept on Australian stocks for home consumption…

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Price of Wheat Increased. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 5

The chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Senator Russell) to-night made the following statoment:—"The question of the price of wheat for local consumption was considered…

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Wheat Shortage. Shipping Dlfmculties. Dearer Bread Probable

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 5

The opinion was expressed yesterday in Sydney shipping circles that the probability of the Government securing sufficient tonnage to transport enough wheat from southern States…

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Dairy Employees

The Australian Worker · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 8

At a mass meeting of the dairymen's section of the Mills and Ice Carters and Dairymen's Employees' Union, held at the Trades Hall last week, it was decided to…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 7

There was only a small demand for dairy produce yesterday. Grocers had secured their holiday requirements earlier in the week. New-laid eggs again commanded to 1/8 a…

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Federal Session. Vacancies in Ministry Leaders of Labour and Farmers' Parties. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 5

Vacancies in the Federal Ministry will have to be filled shortly through the defeat of the Postmaster-General (Mr. Webster) and the Minister for Home and Territories (Mr. Glynn)…

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Cattle

The Land · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 12

There were 1847 cattle listed for sale, from 70 owners, but several consignments did not arrive, and only about 1050 were yarded. This was the smallest supply for a…

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Salting Butter

The Land · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 7

A small amount of salt is added to butter in order to improve the flavour, and it helps to preserve this dairy product to a certain extent, says "Fanner…

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The Butter Business

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 8

The Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool Committee is advising agents that, owing to the price of butter in New South Wales and Queensland having…

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Sheep Without Water

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 7

Mr. Alex. Wilson writes: "I once had between twenty and thirty wethers get into a waterless paddock in Riverina in December, and they were not noticed…

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Wheat Shortage

The Land · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 5

The position as regards the reported shortage of wheat is said to be unsatisfactory. Last season's harvest was an…

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Stock. Sheep on the Farm. How to Begin

The Land · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 3

At a confercnce of the South Australian Agricultural Bureau, Mr. J. L. Sutton (Nantawarra) recently gavo an address under the title, "Breeding and…

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London Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 11

The London wool sales closed with prices slightly below best rates of the series. Competition was rather less keen for good combing greasy merinos, with…

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