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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Sydney Wool Sales Good Competition Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 2

At the Sydney wool sales to-day a good selection comprising 11,636 bales was offered at auction. Of this number 10,486 were sold…

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Wheat Pools Spending the Surplus Money, Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 2

There is an undistributed surplus amounting to thousands of pounds from the various wheat pools and this money is to be…

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Old Wheat Pool Surplus. For Agricultural Research. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 3

The Premier, Mr. Bavin, said to-day that between £120,000 and £80,000, available from the old wheat [?] would be devoted to agricultural…

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[?] Crop Competition

Leader · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 2

Owing to the continued dry weather, the potato crop competition is to be abandoned for this year. Mr. Smith, show secretary, has received a…

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Position at Isabella. Sheep and Property Destroyed

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 2

Several bush fires are raging in the district. At Sullivan's grazing property, at Rock Forest, 14 miles from the town…

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Sydney Wool Sales Strong Competition Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 3

A good selection comprising 11,568 bales was offered at the Sydney wool sales to-day. Auction sales totalled 10,125 bales, while a further…

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District Wool. Sales in Sydney. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson. Ltd., report: We sold seven thousand seven hundred bales of wool at our Sydney auction yesterday. Competition was…

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Sale of Oban Farm Coonoona Changes Hands

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 29

The sale is reported of Mr. D. Swadling's "Coonoona" farm on Oban, comprising an area of 409 acres, to Mr. A. F. Casey, at a…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Market Easier

Leader · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 1

The Secretary, Farmers and Gra[?]ers’ Co-operative Co., writes:— On the [?]th January we offered a catalogue of [?] bales, including…

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GRAZIERS’ [?] CONFERENCE. Four Days Affected. Most Important Pastoral Fixture

Leader · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

The annual conference of the Gra[?] Association of New South Wales will be held at the Wool Room, Royal Exchange, Pitt Street, Sydney, on…

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Wool Report. Stable Market. Distribution of Demand

Leader · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— A world-wide conviction appears to exist that wool values are likely to be maintained in the vicinity of recent…

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Sydney Wool Sales Firm Market Maintained SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 5

Tho Sydney wool sales were continued to-day when an average selection comprising 11,610 bales was offered at auction. Of the number…

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Notes and Notions. on the Growing of Foodstuffs. Grazier's Annual Conference. Four Days Allotted. Most Important Pastoral Fixture

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 7

The annual conference of the Graziers' Association of N.S.W. will be held at the Wool Room, Royal Exchange, Pitt-street, Sydney, on April…

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Wheat Yield Big Surplus in N.S.W. Average of 12.2 Bushels Per Acre SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 3

Mr. T. Waltes. the Government Statistician, in a return issued to-day estimates the current season's wheat harvest a 16,599,400 bags; equivalent…

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Wool Market

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report, January 24: The market was practically unchanged at our sale on the 22nd…

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Sheep Skin Sales Market Irregular

National Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 4

Messrs. Pitt Son and Badgery yesterday wired An irregular market ruled for sheep skins with prices at times selling in…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Market Easier

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 14

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., writes:—On the 28th January we offered a catalogue of 8,815 bales, including many…

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Staple Wool Market. Distribution of Demand

National Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: A world wide conviction appears to exist that wool values are likely to be maintained in the vicinity of…

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On the Land. Useful on the Farm

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 16

The question of the area of a certain paddock, or the volume of a haystack or a dam, often arises on the farm, and a knowledge of…

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Rabbit Farms

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 19

The keeping of rabbits of the fancy varieties for their furs—fur farming in short—is making progress under licenses issued by the…

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