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Farming & the land, 1920

8,968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

Sheep Fly Control the Jetting Method Described. an Arisencal Spray

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 6

The committee that is investigating methods of maintaining the effect of the sheep fly pest, under the suspire of the Queensland Government and the…

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Thirsty Sheep Drover's Responsibility with Stock. Animals Rush a Dam

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 6

A drover named John Wright was fined £10, with £3/5/ costs, at the young (N.S.W) police court last week on a charge of having travelled sheep…

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Packet Butter Law of Averages What Causes Short Weight' Vigilant Officials

The Sun · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 5

Short weight in butter done up in prints has been occasioning trouble in Melbourne, where the Weights and Measures Act is not very stringent,…

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Land Settlement and Railways Atherton Lands Great Possibilities for Successful General Farming. Good Dairying Districts

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 3

With the opening of the railway line to Tarzali (Q.) and the prospect of its continuation to Milla Milla, ten miles further out, thousands of acres of the…

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Wheat-for N.s.w. 50 Trucks Sent Away

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

Fifty trucks of wheat left Melbourne yesterday for New South Wales, being the first of the 8000 tons weekly which are to be supplied to keep the…

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The Cost of Growing Wheat. Optimistic Estimates at Gulgong

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 7

Two prominent wheat-growers in the Gulgong (N.S.W) district, Messrs. F. and A. Anderson, have expressed the optimistic opinion that during the next…

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Wheat Price. Probable Increase to 8- a Bushel. Matter Under. Review

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The question of the local price of wheat, together with the price to be charged to New South Wales for wheat to make up the shortage in that State,…

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Wheat for N.S.W. Five Thousand Tons Weekly. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 6

To supply New South WaleB with wheat [?] has been necessary, owing to the marine engineers' stike, for the Raliway Department to make arrangements for the transport of…

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Bloat in Sheep New Pastures a Serious Danger to Hungry Stock. a General Treatment

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 6

With the breaking of the drought and the consequent new shoot in the lucerne, clover, or rape paddocks, there is danger in allowing hungry sheep to…

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Wool Prices Demand for Fine Cloth News From U.S.A.

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 12

We have before us several lettrs from Mr. R. M. Pitt, Jur., of Boston, who is with a leading American wool firm, and he gives us the wool news…

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The Sydney Wool Trade. Special Weekly Review. The Appraisement Season Attractive Catalogues. Record Prices

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 18

In the absence of appraisements in Sydney this week attention has been concentrated upon the preparation of catalogues for the third [?] of the…

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The Wool Trade (Continued from page 19.) Brokers Reports (Continued) Hill, Clark and Co., Ltd

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 20

An appraisement is taking place in Brisbane this week, consequently none in Sydney, but a start will be mad here again on Monday next, the se…

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Who Gets the Profits? Millions From Australian Wool Prices Could Not Be Restrained Committee Ignorant of Contract London, January 25

The Sun · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 1

The official report of the sub-committee dealing with wool profits states that Australasian supplies were continually by far the most important…

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Crop and Stock Reports

The Land · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 3

Armidale.—A wonderful transformation has been effected throughout the district since the drought broke. Ample rain has fallen, and vegetation of every…

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Advance to Necessitous Farmers

The Land · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 6

"Hardum: writers:—I got just about enough seed wheat this season to put in my crop for the coming season, but am in want of the money to carry on whith. Can I…

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Victoria's Tobacco Crop. An Increased Area Sown

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 7

A message from Melbourne states that mainly as a result of the prices guaranteed for tobacco leaf, there has been an increase of about 100 per cent…

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Grubs in Tobacco Their Habits and How to Treat Them. N.S.W. Crops Suffering

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 7

The prevalence of grubs in the tobacco crops all over New South Wales has caused great losses in the seed beds, and has necessitated the…

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Season Reports. Crop Results and Prospects

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 7

The most beneficial rains recorded during the past nine months have fallen in the Manning River (N.S.W) district, and the outlook is good. On the Lower Manning…

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