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Farming & the land, 1921

10,465 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Field, Orchard and Garden Crops Fruit for Export Standard Grading Growers Confer

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 9

A conference of representative fruit-growers and departmental exports from all the fruit-growing states met in Melbourne last week-end for the…

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The Farm Garden Swede Turnips a Useful Vegetable

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 9

January is a good month in which to sow a big bed of swode turnips, as this most useful vegetable gets a start in the warmer months, and keeps on…

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Winter Dairying. Menaced by Price-fixing. Government Expert's Testimony

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 15

Price-fixing has gone a long way towards knocking winter-dairying on the head! And the problem now is to secure enough butter for winter…

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The First Farmers How Did Agriculture Begin

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 4

The usual explanation of the origin of agriculture is that tribes in all parts of the world learnt the art of gathering the seeds of wild grasses…

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Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Crain, Insurance & Agency Co., Ltd

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 17

The movement on the part of buyers to purchase wools by private treaty has continued during the past week, and fairly satisfactory clearances have been…

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The Boy and the Farm. the Two Drifts

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 8

At the meeting of the agricultural section of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science in Melbourne Professor Perkins, of South…

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Dairy Produce Steady

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 3

Quotations for dairy produce were Without alteration yesterday. The North Coast sent along 7000 boxes of butter, and all orders were…

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Blackberry Crop. Expected to Exceed 200 Tons Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 10

The blackberry crop on the South Coast in beginning to ripen, and the next few weeks should see picking operations in full swing. Preparations have been made for receiving…

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Pineapple Crop. Federal Guarantee. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 10

The Minister for State Enterprises stated that representatives of the North Coast Fruit Growers' Association interviewed him on the subject of the proposed guarantee by the…

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Fire in Crop Sixty Acres Destroyed ORANGE

The Sun · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 7

At noon yesterday, while the men engaged in stripping, 120 acres of crop at Nandillyan Ponds, on the Molong road, were away at dinner a fire…

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Shipping the Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

The manner in which this year's New South Wales wheat is being shipped is worthy of the highest commendation, and reflects great credit on all concerned. Certainly there have been only a few shipments gone forward, hut the vessels concerned have been…

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Price of Butter Melbourne

Evening News · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 1

Mr E. O'Connell, manager of the Geelong and Barrabool Butter Factory, save that the decision of the British [?] Ministry not to purchase all Australian…

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Wheat Freight Hughes v. COMBINE

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 3

Daily papers in Australia have not sought to describe the duel between Prime Minister Hughes and the Oversea Shipping Combine, in relation to…

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Wool Prices. Fixing Selling Limits

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

A conference of the Wool Federation and directors of the Realisation Association held a long: and cordial discussion at London on Thursday…

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Butter Industry. North Coast Company. Story of Remarkable Progress

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 13

There was a large gathering of Sydney business men at a luncheon on board the steamer Orara yesterday in honour of Mr. J. M'Gregor, chairman of directors of the North…

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The Wool Trade. Less Active for America

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 11

Buyers on American account having secured the bulk of the passed-in wools suitable for U.S.A. requirements, have not been so active during the week as previously. Another…

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Bush Gamble Speculation in Sheep Large Sums Lost Rockhampton

The Sun · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

In the last few months, when wool was at a high price, with seemingly every prospect of it keeping up, there was a perfect fever in Central…

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Wool Prices. Government Sales. Crossbred Problem. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 13

At a conference between representatives of the Wool [?]ation and the directors of the Realisation Association, after a long and cordial discussion it was agreed that, unless…

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Rot in Wool Values Association's Efforts LONDON, January 20

The Sun · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 1

It was announced at a meeting of the British Wool Federation at Bradford to-day that the directors of the newly-formed British-Australian Wool…

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Wool Problem. Meeting the Market. Important Conference. London, January 20

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 11

A conference between representatives of the Wool Federation and the directors of the Realisation Association was held to-day. There was a long and cordial discussion, and it was…

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