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Farming & the land, 1914

12,048 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250

Wheat for the Royal Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 8

Gilgandra will be well represented in wheat at the Royal Agricultural Society's show at Easter. Mr. W. H. Scholz, who captured the champion and…

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Wheat. Quality SPEAKS—641b. STANDARD

The Land · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 10

Naturally the leading feature of the local wheat market during, the week was the annual gathering of the Grain Trades section of the Sydney Chamber…

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Wheat Transport. Victorian Commissioner's Report

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 8

In the report presented by the Victorian Royal Commission which inquired into the transportation of marketing of wheat, the members pointed…

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Homebush Stock Market. Sheep. Generally Weaker Values

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 11

With 40,532 sheep (including lambs) listed from 158 consignors for yesterday's sales, and 38,8l6 head penned a total of 74,394 head for the week,…

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The Queensland Shearing. a Million Sheep by Contract

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 6

Shearing by contract continues to make great headway in Queensland. In the Barealdine district it is estimated that over a million sheep will be…

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Sydney Wool and Stock Journal. A Review of the Wool, Fat Stock, and Station Produce Trades. Published Every Friday. the Wool Trade

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 6

Although the exceptionally favourable selling conditions of the earlier auctions of last week suffered a dampening effect by season of the disappointing opening of the…

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The Live Cattle Export. a Link with the Past

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 9

Do you remember how we tried to export live cattle to England? Do you remember the 2000 pound black polies that "Dick" Keys shipped to England,…

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Sheep-scab in England. Australia's Clean Bill at Health

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England Mr. J. Egerton Quested, the noted Romney Marsh breeder, in moving the…

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The Amount of Wool Sold to Date

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 12

The quality of wool sold at public section and by private treaty in Sydney since July 1 of last year to January 20. totals 627,777 bales as against 551, 623…

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The Market Mirror Wool Prices Continue Favourable

The Land · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 10

The chief feature of the Sydney wool market during the week has been its continued firmness, prices all along the line having been consistently…

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Wheat Steady. an Improved Demand. Bondon, Friday Morning

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 9

The English wheat markets were steady yesterday at unchanged quotations, The demand was slow, bat it showed signs of Improving…

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Rival Wheat Crowers. Exhibits for the Royal Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 7

There is keen, if friendly, rivalry between Gilgandra wheatgrowers, as is to be expected in a district where the champion hard and soft wheats…

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Wheat for Japan. Inabo Maru Takes Full Cargo

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 12

Japan continues to draw upon the Sydney market for supplies of wheat. Several large parcels have already gone forward, and yesterday the Japanese steamer Inabo Maru cleared…

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Free Wool. American Woolcrowers' Angry. President Wilson Assailed

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 12

This interesting—almost expected—cable comes from Salt Lake City (U.S.A.):—"The National Woolgrowers'…

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The Wool Sales. Active Competition. London, Thursday, Evening

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 1

[?] the wool sales to-day, both in [?] the [?] there was active [?] for all descrip[?] being tully [?]…

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Rural Strike. a Wages' Board. Jurisdiction Over Wheat-loaders

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 10

The assistant-secretary of the Storemen's Union (Mr. Pemberton) said yesterday that a wages board covering the workers concerned in the wheat trouble in the country had been…

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Railway Delays. 100,000 Bags of Wheat Held Up

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 10

A deputation representing the farming pa[?]orai, and business interests of the Stockin[?] to Oakvale section of the forbes-Stockin bingal line,…

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Crainless Heads of Wheat. Has a New Pest Appeared?

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 7

Farmers in the Eastern Riverina are much puzzled by the absence of grain from a great number of the heads of wheat this season, hut are strongly…

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Cowra Wheat Experiments. Fallows and Green Manure. Striking Results

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 12

A good deal of interest was taken in the publication, soma months ago, of the results of the continuous wheat experiment (as it is called) at the Cowra Experiment Farm, that…

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Trade in Sussex-street. Wheat Strengthening. Short Sellers Covering

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 5

Quotations for, wheat in Sydney today remained practically at yesterday's level. There appears, to be an undercurrent of strength in the forward position, due largely to the…

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