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Farming & the land, 1921

10,465 stories in Sydney's papers · page 85 of 250

Renmark Crop Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--A telegram from Renmark states that, owing to continuous rains since Wednesday, and plagues of grasshoppers and black spot, half the vine crop will be [?]…

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London Dairy Show

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 5

The Acting-Premier has received from the Acting-Agent-General the schedule of awards and entry forms for the colonial section of the London Royal Agricultural Society's Dairy…

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Farmers' Politics. Federal Conference in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 5

A conference of the Australian Farmers' Federal Organisation has been arranged to take place in Sydney on the 22nd and 23rd inst. The whole six States will send…

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Wool

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 27

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report:— Included in our catalogue were several well-conditioned merino lines, but a large number of…

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Stock Losses. 3,500,000 Less Sheep Last Year. Slight Increase in Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 8

According to a summary compiled from the returns furnished by the stock inspectors of the various pastures protection boards there was a decrease of 3,563,833 in the number of…

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Points About the Butter Reduction

The Australian Worker · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 11

There are one or two points in connection with the decision of the Profiteering Prevention Court to reduce the price of butter from 2/9 1/2 to 2/2 per pound that deserve mention. Judge Beeby has ruled that the decrease in price is not to take…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 11

The wool sales were continued in this market yesterday, 4515 bales being submitted. With the exception of a few super to good lines the offerings were of the average sort,…

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Bulk Handling of Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 4

Already large sums of money have been spent in New South Wales in connection with the scheme for the bulk handling of wheat. It is admitted that the question of handling is one of much importance to the primary producer, but the matter of marketing…

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Wheat Crop State Guarantee Payment Assured Cash or Bonds GULGONG

The Sun · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 8

Mr. Dunn (Minister for Agriculture) made important statements here yesterday regarding the wheat position. Referring to the question of…

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Wheat Transport Good Railway Work

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 3

The State Wheat Board endorses the appreciation of the work of the Railway Department expressed by the Farmers and Settlers' Association, in the efficient manner in which…

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Butter Pool. Marketing Future Supplies. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 10

The conference of members of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool Committee has ended. In view of the termination of the Imperial butter contract at the end of the month,…

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Australian Wheat Surplus. Three-fourths Sold

The Australian Worker · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 16

The New South Wales Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) stated last week that already three-fourths of the Australian exportable surplus of wheat had been sold…

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Wheat Handling. Mr. Dunn at Gulgong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 7

GULGONG—Mr. Dunn, Minister for Agriculture, made an important statement here to-day regarding the wheat position Referring to the question of handling wheat in silos, he said he had been cen[?]…

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Milk for Butter Increased Production Heavy Coastal Arrivals

The Sun · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 7

Sussex-street merchants to-day reported a further increase in the butter arrivals, particularly from the South Coast. The Byron Bay district…

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Home of the Good Shepherd. Reclaiming Lost Sheep

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 3

A couple of weeks ago, Mr. M'Tiernan, the Alttorney-General, at a fete in arid of the Ashfield Home of the Good Shepherd, said that if some…

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The Milk Hold-up. Dairy Farmers Still Obdurate

The Australian Worker · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 7

The country dairy termers are still preventing milk supplies from reaching the people of Sydney. At the present time there is almost a complete cessation of…

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Work of the Dairy Farm. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 9

Sir,—I wish to supplement the statement of "Dalryman's Wife," published in the "Herald" to-day, by mentioning a concrete case in which the wife of a dairy farmer in, the…

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The Distributors Who Are the Shareholders? Many Dairy Farmers

The Sun · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 7

An investigation as to the personnel of the big milk distributing companies has been made by the Attorney-General, Mr. McTiernan…

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Mortgaged Cattle Charge Against Settler Sum of Over £2000 Involved ARMIDALE

The Sun · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 9

John Valentine Fletcher was charged at the Armidale Police Court yesterday, on the information of Normal Charles Bucknell, of Newstead…

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On the Land. Stock in 1920. Official Figures. Sheep Losses Less Than Anticipated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 7

The returns furnished by the stock inspectors show the approximate number of live stock in the State, as well as in the various pastures protection districts, on December 31,…

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