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Farming & the land, 1922

9,122 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Workless Soldiers Means of Relief The Million Farms Proposals (By G. C. Thompson, Secretary Unemployed Soldiers' Association, 103 Cathedral-street, Sydney.)

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 9

As a farmer's son roared on the land and a British soldier, I can speak in the interests of the unemployed soldiers in our midst who are suffering…

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Rural Interests Settlement and Production Mouse Plague Minister Advises Farmers What Precautions to Take

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn), having received advice that mice are very prevalent in cultivation, grass, and fallow paddocks in one part of the Riverina, and…

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Crops and Stock

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 3

MARENGO.--The broken weather has hampered harvesting operations very materially, and a good deal of the wheat crops are bleached and lightened, though otherwise they…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 11

Sir,—I endorse Mr. Arthur MacArthur's letter in your issue of to-day. To complicate matters, the so-called electoral council for Cootamundra that met a week…

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Commercial. the Sugar Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 11

The Queensland rains towards the end of December had a beneficial effect on the sugar crops. Coming at the close of the season it could not interfere with crushing, but…

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Tick Eradication. Farmers Undertake the Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 7

MURWILLUMBAH.—A meeting of farmers at Tygalgah, in view of the dismissals of the tick staff resolved to carry on the work of tick cradication, and decided to apply to…

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Million Farms. Committee's Visit to Wingham. Wingham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 8

At the invitation of the Wingham Municipal Council the following gentelmen associated with the Million Forms Movement visted Wingham this mornig:—Senatore Cox,…

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Butter Unchanged

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 2

The opinion was expressed yesterday that the N.S.W. wholesale price of butter would not be reduced this season Supplies, however, were still…

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Farm and Dairy Foot-rot of Wheat. Precautions for Farmers

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 7

The disease that has probably caused more loss in wheat crops in New South Wales this season than any other except rust, is what the investigators…

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Wheat Experiments

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 7

Results are now available of the yields of the wheat experiment plots on Mr. E. J. Allen's Farm at Gregra, Molong, carried out under the direction…

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Pastoral' Finance to Wind Up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 11

A meeting of shareholders of the Pastoral Finance Association held yesterday decided to wind-up the company voluntarily. Mr. W. F. Jaques, chairman of directors, presided…

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Butter Production Only Choicest Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 9

ALBION PARK,--The [?]lawarra Central Dairy Company's suppliers for December were paid at the rate of is per lb. for 66,709lb. of choicest butter. Included also in the pay was 578lb…

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Wheat Shipments. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 10

Great activity is being shown in loading wheat for overseas, and arrangements have been made for the shipment of nearly 48,000 tons before the end of next month from…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Market Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 11

About 15,500 sheep were in the pens yesterday, comprising all discriptions of merinos and crossbreds, from 62 owners, representing all the sheep districts. The offerings ranged from full-woolled to late shorn…

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Wheat Pools. Cause of Delay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 8

The responsibility for the delay in winding up the accounts in connection with the wheat pools is placed by Mr. Dunn on the Australian Wheat Board…

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Butter Prices Lowest Since 1913 MURWILLUMBAH

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 2

The Northern Rivers butter factories have decided to pay 9½d a lb. for December, a reduction of 2½d a lb. This is due to the poor realisations on…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 6

Tho January wool sales series opened in Melbourne to-day, when the, Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company offered a good catalogue of 4840 bales. Northern…

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Wool Sales. All-round Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Syd-ney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 8782 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 10

The January wool sales series opened in Melbourne to-day, when the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company offered a good catalogue of 4810 bales. Northern Victoria and New South Wales were largely…

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The 1921-22 Wheat Estimated Yield

Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 7

The Government Statistician (Mr. H. A. Smith) has issued a preliminary forecast of the N.S.W. wheat harvest of the current cereal year…

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