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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

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Wool Sales. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 4

The seventh series of the Sydney wool sales closed to-day, when 9960 bales were offered at auction and 8559 were sold. Private sales totalled 1050…

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Items of News. Wagga Wheat Price

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 2

Yesterday Wagga agents were offering six shillings a bushel for wheat…

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Tasmainian Sheep Stud A Big Purchase CAPETOWN

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 1

Sir Abe Bailey's purchase of Zara, the shep stud of Tasmania', is regarded by stock-owners as of great importance to the South African wool…

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Wool Decline at London Sales LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 1

The wool sales opened at London with a decline of about 71/2 per cent, in merinos…

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Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 6

There was an average selection at the Sydney wool sales to-day when the eighth series were opend and 40,662 bales were submitted and 8235 sold at…

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Excellent Wheat Yield

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 1

The following excellent wheat yields were secured by Mr. E. Field, at his well known Wave Hill farm, Marrar this season:…

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Remarkable Wool Hauling

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 1

Over country roads, a Thornyeroft 5-ton lorry, laden with 38 bales of wool and drawing a trailer carrying another 38 bales, made a trip of 100…

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Northern Territory Letting Cattle Die LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 1

Mr. Vestey, giving evidence before the Food Commission, stated that the Union Cold Storage Company had a large number, of cattle in the…

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The Silos Ariah Park's Big Wheat Yield

Ariah Park News · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 3

A greater quantity of wheat has been placed in the Ariah Park silos than in any other silos in the southern group, while Finley is the…

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Wheat at Henry. Bumper Chop in Silos

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 1

Until January 20 64,025 bags of wheat had been received in the silos at Henty. Most of the grain is of good quality, averaging 52½ lbs to the bushel…

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Australian Sheep Purchased for Africa Tasmanian Stud to Go Capetown

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 2

Sir Abe Bailey's purchase of the Zara stud, Tasmania, is regarded by stock fanners here as of great importance to the South African wool…

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Moquet Farm. A Grim War Record Australian Skeletons Found

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 4

Captain C. E. Bean, the Australian Official War Correspondent and author of the Official History of the A.I.F., who is…

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Wheat Crops Average 17.4 Bushels

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 7

The Government Statistician has completed his returns for the season 1924-5. From information supplied by wheat-growers throughout the State…

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Mercy “Tightness.” Wheat a Wool Will Increase the Stringency. the Monetary Position

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 5

The old your closed with the financial [?] for anything except commercial purposes which would quickly return the [?]…

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Wheat Ready Reck[?]

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 4

Very often wheat growers are con[?] with the difficulty of determining the number of bu[?]bels of wheat contained in a given load. Beto[?] will…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. wired us yesterday:—We offered 6032 bales of wool on Wednesday. The competition was somewhat restricted. Japan…

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Wool Demand Stronger

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Bidding at our Sydney wool sale on Monday showed considerably more life than evident at previous auctions of…

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Reduction in Price of Butter

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 2

As expected, the Advisory Committee has decided upon a further reduction in the wholesale price off butter, in consequence of the…

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“Wave Hill,” Marrar. the Highly Developed Wheat Farm of Mr. E. FIELD

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 6

Proceeding by road from Wagga through to Marrar, the [?] some of the [?] wheat [?] in N.N.W. Not only is this locality [?][?]…

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Wheat Prices. Influence of Speculation

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 6

Mr [?] the [?] the [?] Prices [?] missing in [?] last week…

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