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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

8,968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 73 of 250

On the Land. Effects of Drought. Decreases in All Stock. Seven Million Sheep Less

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1920 · page 5

A summary of the returns furnished by the stock, inspectors showing the approximate number of live stock in the State, as well as in the various pastures protection districts,…

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The Bishop of Wagga's Pastoral Letter. The Many Ways of Honoring God. How the Wealthy Might Show Their Gratitude

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1920 · page 33

His Lordship Dr. J. W. Dwyer, Bishop of Wagga, has isued the following Pastoral Letter:— Dearly Beloved Brethren in Christ,—…

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Nationalists and the Farmers. Some Points Worthy of Consideration

The Australian Worker · Thursday 26 February 1920 · page 5

New South Wales Minister for Lands Ashford has been telling the farmers what the Nationalist Government has done for them. But he has serupulously refrained from telling them what it HASN'T DONE FOR THEM !…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1920 · page 8

Trade in dairy produce was quiet yesterday. Eggs sold at the previous day's advanced rates, and choice quality butter was not to be had under 200/8 per cwt, boxes and cartage…

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Farm Produce

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 26 February 1920 · page 2

Quotations for all varieties of farm produce were unchanged in Sussex street yesterday. SOUTH-AFRICAN MAIZE…

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Consumptive Soldiers. Red Cross Expansion. Sanatoria and Farms

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1920 · page 4

The Red Cross Society, acting under arrangement with the Defence Department and the Repatriation Department, has undertaken practically the whole care of returned soldiers in…

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Cattle

The Land · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 16

The number listed for yesterday wan 2660 head, from 134 consignors. Only one mob went into three figures. The yarding was a very mixed one, dairy sorts again being…

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Price of Butter Many Dairy-farmers in Serious Financial Position. Result of Bad Seasons

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 6

Referring to the proclamation authorising the increase in the price of butter as from Monday last the president of the Primary Producers' Union…

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Another Increase in Butter

The Land · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 15

The price of butter within the metropolitan area of New South Wales has been fixed as follows:—56lb boxes: First grade, 200/8 per ewt. wholesale, retail 2/ per lb; second…

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Wheat Board's Overdraft

The Land · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 15

The bank overdraft of the Australian Wheat Board stood at £862,000 on February 16. The amount a week previously was £422,000…

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State Wheat Pool

The Land · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 8

In consequence of an announcement made by Senator Russell, as chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, the Committee of the Sydney Stock…

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Wheat Held Up

The Land · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 9

The Premier has been advised that about 15,000 tons of wheat for New South Wales are at present held up in Melbourne, owing to the marine…

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Smut in Wheat

The Land · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 3

"Interested" (Finley) writes: Some two or three weeks ago, I noticed in the "Land" an account of a new method of pickling wheat, with a dry powder, instead of the…

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American "Visible" Wheat

The Land · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 15

The stocks of American wheat, and their equivalent in flour, east of the Rockies, are now 60,918,000 bushels, as compared with 64,810,000 bushels a…

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Queensland Pastoral Rents the Lean Years

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 7

At the annual meeting of the Scottish Australian Investment Company, held in London on December 5th, the chairman (Mr. F. W. Turner) said that…

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Wool Tops Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Recently a deputation in Melbourne, and another in Sydney, waited on the Prime Minister, and complained of certain alleged autocratic acts on the part…

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Stud Sheep for South Africa

The Land · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 12

A Natal correspondent of the "Sydney Morning Herald" writes that, in response to pressing requests by South African stud breeders for the services of the…

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Imported Sheep Dip. Embargo Lifted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 5

After refusing emphatically for months to release the stocks of Cooper's sheep dip which were held in bond at the various ports of Australia, the Federal Ministry has yielded,…

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Wheat Supplies from Victoria

The Land · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 15

The Minister for Agriculture has referred to a press statement that the quantity of wheat delivered over the border by the Victorian Railway…

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Grass on Its Jaw a Pastoral Curiosity

The Sun · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 4

Part of the jaw of a freshly-killed sheep on which a grass seed has germinated and sprouted, was brought into "The Sun" office this morning by…

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