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Farming & the land, 1920

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Next Season's Sugar Crop

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The Prime Minister has arranged to meet Mr. Theodore, Premier of Queensland, in Sydney on Monday week, in order to discuss with him and representatives…

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The Soil. Dairy Produce. Export Marketing. Imperial Contract Favored

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 13

The conditions under which next season's exportable surplus of dairy produce should be disposed of were considered yesterday by a conference of representatives of the butter and…

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The Wool Cup Growers Versus Brokers Government Control Favored BATHURST

The Sun · Sunday 7 March 1920 · page 2

The proposal for the control of the Australian wool clip by a Joint committee of growers and brokers after the removal of Government control in…

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Farmer's Peace Picnic

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 March 1920 · page 1

About 1800 employees of Farmer and Co. were tendered an entertainment yesterday afternoon at Clifton Gardens by the directors. The objects of the picnic…

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Farmers' Shop Staff

The Sun · Sunday 7 March 1920 · page 4

Three crowded ferry-boats carried the staff of Farmer and Company yesterday afternoon to a picnic at Clifton Gardens, in celebration of peace…

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Peculiar Cattle Poisoning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 3

GRAFTON.--Some peculiar cases of mortality amongst cattle at Deervale have been reported by the Grafton district stock Inspector. A number of bullocks, a cow, and several woanere…

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Wool Control?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 6

The wool-growers of Australia will decide by the end of the present month whether, when the control of wool [?] the Government terminutes at the end of June, a…

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Produce. Australian Butter Markets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 9

Adelaide and Melbourne buyers, according to Prescott, Ltd., have been on the Sydney market, and have purchased a few hundred boxes…

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International Wheat Position

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 5

Dealing with the international wheat position, British authorities confirm earlier predictions to the effect that the total available…

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Brisbane Wool Appraisements

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 3

The quantity of wool for the fifth series of appraisements in Brisbane for this season was greatly affected by the recent shipping strike, which prevented the transit of wool coastwise…

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Serving Butter Now Done by Machine

The Sun · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 3

To replace the untidy restaurant butter bowl there is in some American establishments now made a small porcelain-finished ice-box,in which the butter…

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Wheat Inquiry Another Conspiracy Charge

Evening News · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 3

Another charge of conspiracy arising out of the inquiry by Mr. Justice Pring into the administration of the State Wheat Office came before Mr. Burton…

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Big Surplus of Butter Supplies Still Increasing

The Sun · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 5

New South Wales has a big surplus of butter, and the output from tho coastal factories continues to increase rapidly…

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Butter Conference in Melbourne Sussex-street Trade

Evening News · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 3

Ad important conference begins to-day in Melbourne of the committee appointed in September to deal with matters relating to the sale (or otherwise)…

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Butter Shortage in Victoria. New South Walks Criticised

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The marked short-age of butter in Victoria and steadily increasing prices are causing the grocers of this state serious concern. The grocers feel that…

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Wool Control Scheme. Reasons for Support

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 4

"During the next few days the wool producers of Australia will be asked to record their votes for or against the proposed scheme of wool control, which has been framed by…

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Wheat Tangle Another Charge Five Men Remanded

The Sun · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day another charge of conspiracy arising out of the wheat inquiry by Mr. Justice Pring was preferred against…

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Mr. Storey and Wheat. Housing Minister's Reply

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 5

Mr. C. W. Oakes, Minister for Housing, declares that the Opposition header's criticism of the Government's wheat policy shows an amazing lack of knowledge of the position…

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Australian Wool Profits for Growers DUBBO

Evening News · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 6

At a meeting of the Dubbo Branch of the Grazier's Association the secretary was instructed to write to the executive acting if the statements alleged by…

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Wool Control. Referendum Submitted to Growers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 7

Sir,—During the next few days the wool producers of Australia will be asked to record their votes for or against the proposed scheme of wool control which has been framed…

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