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Farming & the land, 1925

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Sydney Wool Sales. 43d for Merino Fleece. Demand Strong and General

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 25th March: Brisk demand characterised our Sydney wool sale last Monday. We sold 92 per cent…

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Butter Export. Heavy Shipments

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 8

The Customs Department states that during the week ended March 21, 58,679 boxes of butter were exported from the Commonwealth. Of this…

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North-west Australia. Purely Pastoral Country

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 14

Giving the Federal Disabilities Commission his ideas on the North-West problem, Mr. Alexander Richardson, an old Parliamentarian and north-west…

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Jersey Cows. Heavy Butter Producers at Hawkesbury

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 4

Two more cows of the Jersey herd at Hawkesbury Agricultural College have joined the classic band of 1000lb butter producers…

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Spring Wheat. Heavy Sowing in America

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 7

Mr. C. H. Wickens commonwealth statistician has been notified by cable from the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome that the United…

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Live Stock. Stomach Worms in Sheep. Suggestions for Treatment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 9

If taken in time stomach worm (the commonest and probably the most destructive of the worms infesting sheep in this state) is easily dealt…

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Skin Wool Case a Verdict for Defendants

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 6

Judgment was delivered at Melbourne on Thursday in the First Civil Court, by Mr Justice Cussen, in the skin wool wise, in which more than,…

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Wool Industry. Sound Position of Merino Growers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 9

Senator Wilson, Minister for Markets has received a letter from the well-known Boston firm of Jeremiah Williams and Company, stating that…

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Skin and Wool Cases. Huge Sums Involved. Judgement for Commonwealth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 12

Mr. Justice Cussen gave judgement with costs. for the defendants namely the commonwealth Government the central wool Committee of the…

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Wool Trade. American Demand. Luxury Expenditure. New York, March 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 12

Mr. J. A. M. Elder, Commissioner for Australia, has returned from Boston, after making inquiry into the wool market. He desired to learn…

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Wool Prices World Trend. Merinos and Crossbreds LONDON, March 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 12

Discussing the position of the wool market a leading importer says there are many hopeful indications of the downward movement of…

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Poultry Maize As Poultry Food. Valuable in Conjunction with Wheat. (Issued by the Department of Agriculture.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 1

Owing to the difference in price of wheat and maize at the present time many inquiries have been made recently as to the merits of the two cereals as…

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Farmers Markets. Alexandria Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 3

Another fairly short yarding was offered at the Alexandria market yesterday Prime forage especially wheaten chaff was eagerly sought Lucerne…

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Outback Women. Better Farming Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 10

Nine times out of ten when the Better Farming Train is mentioned in the course of General conversation in Melbourne someone says…

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Cotton Crop. the Queensland Estimate

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 6

The estimate at the Queensland cotton crop in 1925 is 15,000 bales, valued at £500,000. Offers for purchase ore being invited from Australian…

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The Ford Racer. How the Question of Ignition and Flywheel Weight Crops Up

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 14

In altering and tuning the standard model Ford to achieve high speeds, the enthusiast must not overlook the ignition and the…

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Phonographs and Records at Farmer's

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 5

In "Brunswick" Phonographs and Records, Farmer and Co, Limited, Sydney, put forward a line which, according to their announcement in…

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Youth's Death. Farmer Charged with Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 9

John Thomas Martin, a middle-aged dairy farmer, of Pemeroke road, Strat[?] (N.Z.), married, with a large family, was arrested on a charge of the…

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The Farmers. What the Government Has Done. Premier's Statement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 9

Sir George Fuller (Premier) made a statement showing what the present National Administration had done for the farmers and country…

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