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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

8,968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 250

Farmers' Wheat

The Land · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 4

Mr. E. S. Twigg, Cowra, writes:— Sir,—State wheat managers have declared no inferior wheat for starving stock but "all for poultry feed."…

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Cattle

The Land · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 12

Close on 2800 head, from 139 owners, were' yarded yesterday (Thursday). All classes were represented, but the useful kind, up well as medium prime and prime, showed…

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Farmers' Control of Wheat

The Land · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 7

At the conference of wheatgrowers callcd by the Victorian Farmers' Union in Melbourne, last week, Mr. C. Hill, M.H.R., president of the Victorian…

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Pastoral Finance Association Ltd

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 19

We are living in remarkable times, so far as wool is concerned and fabulons and some of the prices paid for Government wool seem to be the…

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Stud Cattle Prices

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 7

A cable from London says: "World records were broken at the Perth sales of Aberdeen Angus cattle. As much as 1300 guineas was paid for a…

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Wool or Wheat? Land-owners Forsaking the Plough. Situation in Wagga

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 6

A correspondent in the Wagga (N.S.W.) district states that a rather grave situation has arisen for numbers of men, who for several years have…

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Fcdoratlon Wheat

The Land · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 11

H.E.S. junr. writes: I am sending you a sample of wheat, which I would like you to take to Home wheat expert ami let me know whether it is "Federation" or not. I had an…

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Wool Tops

The Land · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 11

Last week a deputation representing the unemployed workers in the wool top industry waited upon the Prime Minister, and urged that he should amend the policy of…

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British Sheep for Europe

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 12

W[?] the consignment of a number of Hampshire Down and Romney Marsh sheep the Agricultural Relief of Allies Committee in November brought their…

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World's Wheat Supplies

The Land · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 10

The important question of the future of wheat production, with special reference to the Empire, is dealt with at length in the current number of the…

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Sydney Wool-Selling Brokers' Association Wool Reports

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 19

A large instalment of appraisement results appears in this issue, and a glance through catalogues will show that the selection has been an…

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The Australian Farmers Federal Organisation: Wool Pool Scheme

The Land · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 5

A meeting of the Council of the Australian Farmers' Federal Organisation wan held at Melbourne on February 4th, 1920…

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London Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 11

The following cable has been received by the chairman of the Central Wool Committee, Sir John Higgina:—"Series one, London sales, closed January 24 with firm…

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The Wool Pooh

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 7

Mr. Fitz Ian Searight, Sydney, writes:- "My attention has been drawn to several letters appearing in the…

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Thursday's Fat Stock Sales. SHEEP

The Land · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 12

The listing yesterday, 33.389 grown, sheep and lambs, from 103 consignors, was a good deal less than for months past. With additional rains north-west we may expect…

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Export Parity of Wheat

The Land · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 6

Mr. H. Griffiths, whip of the W.A. Country Party, writes:—Dear Sir,—These wires sent to the Prime Minister and the Hon. H. P. Colebatch (who represented…

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Australian Butter. What English Parity Means

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 4

While Australian butter producers cannot take exception to meeting the contract entered into with the Imperial Government for the surplus…

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Mortality Among Cattle. Death Follows Good Fortune

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 3

Last week a number of cattle, part of a mob from a drought-stricken ar[?] of Queensland, died at Stonchange, near (Hen Innes (N.S.W.) under…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. a Firmer Tone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 8

There was a penning yesterday at the Homebush stock sales of 30,716 sheep and lambs from 163 owners. The quality of the offering was equal to that of late consignments. The…

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Victorian Government's Wheat Purchases. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 7

The Premier, Mr. Lawson, announced today that the State Ministry had purchased at 7/8 a bushel, through the Australian Wheat Board, 9,000,000 bushels of wheat, to…

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