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Farming & the land, 1921

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Decisions of Wheat Board

The Land · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 6

A statement was made on Monday by the Chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, Senator Russell, on the questions discussed at…

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The Voluntary Wool Scheme

The Land · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 10

IT will be noted from a report published elsewhere in this issue that Mr. Edmund Jowett, M.P. (who had actively interested himself in this matter) had announced that the voluntary scheme for handling crossbred and lowgrade wools has been abandoned owing to insuperable difficulties having…

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The Crossbred Wool Pool

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 19

It is understood that the scheme for the pooling of the present season's crossbred wool, with a view to securing some measure of stability in the…

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Wool Tops at Bradford

The Land · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 17

The Bradford wool tops market is quiet, and topmakers are inclined to make concessions. Quotations are: Sixty-fours, 48d; fifty-sixes, 30d;…

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Crossbred Wool Pool Scheme

The Land · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 17

Proposals that have been made for the crossbred wool pool are not to be put into operation to deal with the current clip…

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Monday's Homebush Market Sheep and Lambs

The Land · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 18

There was not any quotable change in sheep values at Homebush on Monday, excepting for ewes. These were not in such…

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Grain Crops and Pasturage Wheat Pools Shipping the Grain the Second Advance

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 8

At a meeting of the Australian Wheat Board in Melbourne last week, a number of matters of importance to wheatgrowers were decided. In an official…

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Us. Wheat Tariff Washington

Evening News · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 1

After a conference between members of the Senate and House of Representative the wheat tariff was used at 35 cents, a [?]…

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Wheat Board's Visit to Young

The Land · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 15

Mr. E. S Twigg writes: Sir,—Re dockages and Mr. Murray's startling statement at Young. It appears to me that every member…

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Wheat Trials in the South

The Land · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 6

Federation proved its ability to withstand stormy weather in a wheat variety trial at Cunningar, near Harden, this season, in which…

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Cattle Embargo Canada and England Stores Barred

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 6

It is probably not known to many people in Australia, that there is an embargo against the admission of Canadian store cattle into England. There…

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Butter Down Reduced to 22 Judge Beeby's Order

The Sun · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 2

Judge Beeby made an order in the Profiteering Prevention Court this afternoon for the reduction of the retail price…

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Butter Prices a Scheme for Stabilising the Industry

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 1

The scheme suggested by the President of the Primary Producers [?] (Mr. C. J. Mc[?] for stat[?] the butter industry, and providing [?]…

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Butter-fat Tests Two Series North Coast Yields

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 7

In connection with the annual show of the Alstonville (N.S.W.) Agricultural society, prices were offered for the best yield of butter fat, over a full lactation…

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Oversea Markets Butter Cheaper Next Month LONDON

Evening News · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 1

Butter is selling well, and it is now practically certain that the Government pase will be [?] at [?] March…

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Fiji Strikers. Demands Ridiculous. Free Lands and Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 4

SUVA (FIJI). Thursday.--The Indian labor strike has Extended to Lautoka and Madl. No demands have been made to the employers, but the strikers, at a meeting, resolved to ask…

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London Wool Sales. London, Feb, 17

The Land · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 17

A catalogue of 18,832 bales, of Government wool was submitted at the Hull sales. Competition was irregular, and only a quarter of the…

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American Wool Duty. Protection Against Imports

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 6

A message received by the American Trade Commissioner in Melbourne last week stated that the Emergency Ta[?] Bill had passed the Senate…

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F.a.q. Wheat for W.a

The Land · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 6

The wheat committee of the Perth and Fremantle (W.A.) chambers of commerce have fixed at 62lb, the standard f.a.q. bushel for 1920-21…

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Wheat Varieties Victorian Experiments. The Seven Best

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 8

In the experiment plots conducted by Mr. M. J. Da[?] of Dandaraga, in the [?] (N.S.W.) district, the wheats from the Do[?] (Vic.) Agricultural…

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