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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

8,968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 82 of 250

Wheat Guarantee

The Land · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 9

The Corowa District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, which met at Oaklands, entered a protest against the increase of freights on the…

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Victorian Wheat Yield. The Current Year's Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 7

The Victorian Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Oman) stated last week that up to February 16th, 11,800,000-bush, of wheat had been received into the…

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Payment for Wheat

The Land · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 15

W.J. asks: Could you give me the exact price paid for wheat of the 1915-16 harvest? Answer.—If you look at the Answers to Questions in our issue of the 20th ultimo…

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Victoria's Wheat Yield

The Land · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 7

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Oman, states that up to February 16, 11,800,000 bushels of wheat had been received into the pool on account…

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Sydney Wool-Selling Brokers' Association Wool Reports

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 15

Although no wool app[?] have been held in Sydney this week brokers have been actively engaged in preparing next week's catalogues which will…

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Control of Wool

The Land · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 16

A cable has been received in Sydney stating that at a meeting in London of all the principal land and finance companies it was decided to send the following message:—…

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Bega's Record Display of Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 5

The forty-seventh annual show was opened in beautiful weather. There was a record exhibit of Shorthorn and Jersey cattle, farm produce, vegetables, and fruit. The season was the finest ever experienced,…

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Thursday's Fat Stock Sales. SHEEP

The Land · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 16

The listing for yesterday (Thursday) was a heavy one, equal to that seen before the last rains relieved a good stretch of the pastoral country. Since then, however,…

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Wheat Cases. Conspiracy Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 5

The hearing of the wheat conspiracy charges was continued at the Central Police Court yesterday before Mr. Gale, S.M. The defendants are William Alexander Robinson,…

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Purchase of Sheep Selection of Stock for Soldiers' Farms. Only Female Stock Bought

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 3

Recently, the Gulgong (N.S.W.) repatriation executive was informed by the Returned Soldiers' Settlement branch of the Lands Department that…

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Butter for Melbourne Sussex-street Trade

Evening News · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 5

Heavy shipments of N.S.W. butter are leaving Sydney for Melbourne but the quality of choicest grade which N.S.W. has to spare for Victoria is exceedingly…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Market Irregular

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 8

The number of sheep and lambs in the pens at the Homebush stock sales yesterday totalled 47,000. They came from different centres of the State, and the owners represented at the…

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Leyland Liner to Load Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 4

The Leyland liner Parisian, which left Barry recently for Australia, is under orders to load wheat either at Fremantle or a South Australian port…

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Mediterranean Sheep. The Original Type of Morino

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 6

In presenting some samples of wool ot the wool-sorting department of the Gordon College, Geelong (Vic.), Colonel Delancoy said that the sheep from…

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Wheat Prices Fixed in Great Britain

The Land · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 6

Cable advices state that the Imperial Government hopes that there will be a free market in wheat before the autumn of 1921. And meantime it has been…

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Poisoned by Thistles. Heavy Cattle Mortality at Morriwa

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 6

A Merriva (N.S.W.) farmer named Mr. John Mead, after having his cattle for many months on agreement land on the North Coast, had them returned to…

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Red Poll Cattle. Compilation of the Hord-Book

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 6

The president of the Red Poll Cattle-breeders' Association of Australasian (Dr. S. S. Cameron, Director of Agriculture, Vic.), has issued a circular to…

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Wheat Inquiry Conspiracy Charges Four Men Committed

Evening News · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 1

The hearing of the conspiracy charges arising out of the inquiry of Mr. Justice Pring into the administration of the State Wheat Office was concluded before Mr…

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"No Strike" Clause Butter Factories' Award Agreement Arrived At

The Sun · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 5

In No. 1 Industrial Court today, before Mr. Justice Edmunds, Mr. Henwood announced that an agreement had been arrived at regarding the…

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Field, Orchard and Garden Crops Price of Wheat the Prospects of a Free Market in Britain. the Government's Decision

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 7

Cable advices state that the British government hopes that there will be a free market in wheat before the autumn of 1921, and meanwhile it has…

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