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Farming & the land, 1926

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The Wool Market General Conservative Optimism

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: On recent basis of values, wool sales are proceeding satisfactorily. Queensland and New South Wales…

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Empire Trade Australian-canadian Preference Treaty Large Butter Shipment Causes Surprise Renewed Opposition to the Treaty Is Expressed in Canada Owing to Competition (Reuter Service) VANCOUVER, February 5

The Daily Express · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 1

Simultaneously with the arrival by the Niagara of 15.000 cases of the first Australian treaty butter and 5,000 cases of New Zealand top…

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AGRICULTURAL Botany in Relationship to Farming

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 4

"It has been said by some that New South Wales is climbing to rosperity on the sheep's back; others think it is climbing there on the cow'…

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German Migrants Eager for Australia. Farmers and Domestics London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 2

It is stated in German official circles that thousands of Germans are anxious to migrate to Australia. They are only waiting to ascertain…

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Wool

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 3

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., writes:—Of late the wool market has sufferred a quite unexpected setback. In…

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Wool

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 5
Also in The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under dat February 4:—Values in Brisbane have been maintained at about the levels ruling at the last…

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Wheat Freights Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 1

Wheat chartering rates, fell again during the week-end. A consignment at 32/0 is announced which represents a drop of 4/. on…

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Commercial Wool Sydney Sales Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 2

The wool sales were resumed today when 10,258 bales were offered, and including private sales, 10.7[?]3 were sold…

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Gerogery Fire Homestead Destroyed Two Thousand Sheep Missing Holbrook

The Daily Express · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 1

To-day’s fresh fire, believed to have been started by sparks from a railway engine started from Gerogery and travelled 16 miles…

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Sydney Wool Sales Demand for Good Quality SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 4

The sixteenth series of the wool sales commenced in Sydney to-day, when 10,259 bales were offered. Of this number 9198 were sold at…

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Sydney Wool Sales Demand for Good Quality. Inferior Classes Slacker Than January. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 3

Thee sixteenth series of the wool sales commenced in Sydney to-day, when 10,259 bales were offered. Of this number, 9198 were sold at auction, and 1,545…

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Wheat Market Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 1

Shippers have reduced their country buying Limits for whest MI the local market and are operating on the…

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Commercial Wool London Sales London. February 8

The Daily Express · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 2

At the wool sales to-day only 7748 bales were offered and about 6,000 were sold. There was steady def[?] for…

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Sniafil Not Synthetic Wool. Statement by Representative. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 3

The Italian Co., which is manufacturing sniafil, does not claim it to be synthetic wool. This statement was made by Signor Vaccari, Melbourne…

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Sydney Wool Sales Superfine Keenly Competed For. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 4

The buying of the French and American sections was again a feature of the wool auctions to-day. All the best descriptions of fleece and skirtings were…

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Heavy Stock Losses Thousands of Sheep Killed by Gerogery Fire Serious Damage in Murraguldrie Plantation Monday’s High Winds Sweep Fires Before Them at Great Speed

The Daily Express · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 1

The loss of between 2,000 and 3,000 sheep, a homestead and a b area of grass in the fire which started at Gerogery on the [?]…

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Wool

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 3

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers, Co-op. Co. writes :— Of late the wool market has suffered a quite unexpected…

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Canadian Wheat Varieties

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 2

Recently Mr. A. E. Hocking, of the Rosewood Public School, sought some information from the Department of Agriculture, through Mr. V. W. E…

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Wheat Market Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 4

A fail 5f 1d. a bushel occurred today in the price of wheat in the local market. Shippers now are offering at the…

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