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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

10,465 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

Wheat Dockages Mr. Dunn at Gulgong Farmers May Expect 7s 6d GULGONG

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 4

Mr Dunn, Minister for Agriculture, while in Gulgong, has been gathering information as to how the wheat receiving depots are being managed…

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Heavy Cattle Losses. Weed Causes Speedy Deaths

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 3

LITHGOW.--Reports from the Lowther and Ga[?]bang districts stale that heavy losses in cattle are being experienced. The cause is a poisonous weed, which proves fatal within 10…

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Butter Abundant Winter Supply Assured Sussex-street Trade

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 3

The "make" of butter last week in New South Wales was 41,300 boxes, each box holding 56lb. The inland dairy pasture have benefited from occasional…

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Butter Output. Decline in Values. London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 9

A further steep decline in butter prices is anticipated after decontrol by the Food Ministry. Stocks are mounting rapidly. It is generally estimated that stock at the end…

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Australia's Wheat Foreign Offers Rejected YOUNG

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 4

Addressing a mass meeting of farmers here. Mr. H. Main, M.L.A. condemned the methods employed by the Central Wheat Board in Melbourne…

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Butter Prices. a Serious Decline. Britain's Heavy Stocks. London, January 28

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 5

A further steep decline in butter prices is anticipated after the decontrol of butter by the Food Ministry. Stocks are mounting rapidly. It is generally estimated that the…

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On the Land. Government Wheat Guarantee. May Be Paid in May

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 7

Our Inverell correspondent sent a telegram or. Saturday respecting the guarantee by the Government of this State that it would pay the growers of wheat 2/6 per bushel for f.a.q…

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Decline of Dobbin Farms of the Future What Motor Power Will Do

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 3

This is an age of the decline of Dobbin as an agricultural worker and rural [?]about Hayseed to-day [?]ks more in bolts…

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Dairymen Must Register CASINO

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 4

A number of dairymen were proceeded against at Casino Police Court on charges of falling to register their dairies. The magistrate, Mr. Parkes, said he wished…

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American Cotton Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 11

In view of the steadily declining market for raw cotton, it is interesting to note that Mr. W. B. Thompson, ex-president of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, in an address to…

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Fruit Gluts Saving 'the Crops

The Sun · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 3

With a view of combating future fruit gluts the fruitgrowers of the Inverell district arranged with Mr. Ralph Randall to deliver a lecture and…

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Curlwaa Fruit Crops. Heavy, Clean, and Good

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 3

What with a uniformly good season and satisfactory irrigation, there is a very fine showing of good quality fruit of all kinds throughout the Curlwaa (Wentworth)…

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"Cutter Cattle."

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 2

The Committee on Packing House Practice of the Institute of American Meat Packers has suggested that the term "cutter cattle" should be used in…

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Wheat Vessels

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 5

The various wheat vessels now loading at Sydney are being given quick despatch, which is most satisfactory, as the quicker the vessels can…

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Wheat Trials

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 3

Interesting wheat trials have been carried out at Canowindra, under the supervision of the Department of Agriculture. The land, which is red loom, was treated with 421b…

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The Wheat Crop Shipping Arrangements GRENFELL

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 6

At a meeting of local farmers, it was decided to send 60,000 bags of wheat to the mill above the amount already promised, making the total 120,000 bags. This…

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The Wheat Pools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 9

The Australian wheat pools on January 24 Were in debit £381,000. New South Wales was in credit £502,000, and Western Australia £1000. The debits were: Victoria, £327,000,…

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Wheat Pool for 1922 Farmers Want Referendum HARDEN

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 6

At a well-attended meeting of local wheat-growers. It was unshimously agreed: "That we object to any continuance of…

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Wheat Dockages. Growers' Protest

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 3

A crowded meeting of wheat-giowers carried a resolution at Young unanimously protesting against the secret manner in which the wheat dockages…

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Sheep Nasal Fly North Wants Information

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 4

A constant reader of this Journal writes (rom the North:— "Many sheep men in the nor-west and Liverpool Plains have noticed recently…

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