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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

11,717 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Produce. Dairy. Prime Cheese, 6½d

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 11

With one exception every Sussex-street house yesterday advanced the price of prime loaf cheese to at least 6½d per lb. In a few instances 6[?]d and 7d was asked. For…

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Pilliga Scrub Farms. Land-seekers Poor Response

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 5

COONABARABBAN, Wednesday.--Only 36 applications have been received for 46 homestead farm blocks on [?] Scrub, within four miles of Baradine. It is considered that the areas…

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Warwick Farm. Winners, S.P., Riders

Co-operator · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 3

Sanguine, 2 to 1 (Bracken). Pink and Blue, evens (Reynolds). Lingard, 3 t.o 1 (Wood). Coeur de Moineau, 10 to 1…

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A Sheep and Wool Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 9

"Woolly Head" writes:- Sir,—(1) I purchased 2000 sheep last May at 16s; shore them last September. Is this wool all income, seeing it reduces value of sheep by 1s 3d. (2)…

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Cattle

The Land · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 11

The number of cattle listed for yesterday was 2927 head, from 139 consignors. The quality was not quite as good all round as…

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Cattle

The Land · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 11
Also in The Sydney Stock and Station Journal

A fair supply came forward, 2149 being yarded, from 89 consignors. The yardings comprised all descriptions, and included a capital…

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Flemington Sales Sheep Market Weaker Cattle Advance 10/- in Melbourne

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 5

In the Melbourne live stock market on Tuesday 36,000 sheep were penned, increasing a fair proportion of good to price quality. There was a full attend…

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Japanese Markets. Wool and Wheat. "Can Manufacture Anything."

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 14

A Japanese commercial delegation has come to Australia with a view to I developing trade between the two countries. A reception was tendered the…

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Sheep and Wool the Bradford Market. Crossbreds Wanted for Army

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 8

"W. Weddel and Co. Ltd., of London, write of the English wool trade, under date November 20, as follows : " The sixth series of sales which was…

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Wheat

The Land · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 10

There is very little of importance to quote. Pending the decision of the Inter-State Commission as to whether the State Government has…

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Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 10

In the absence of sales the market continues quiet, and only a few enquiries are met with. Reports from the sales in the Brisbane…

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Wheat Board

The Land · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

"The Wheat Acquisition Act is working well," said Mr. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture. "I understand that the Farmers and Settlers'…

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The Wheat Grab. a Farmer Favorable

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 7

Mr. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, has received the following letter from a New South Wales farmer: -- "I noticed a letter in "The Telegraph of the 6th inst., the writer signing…

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Produce. Dairy. Advance in Butter. Cheese Market Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 9

The wholesale quotation for butter was yesterday advanced 4/ per cwt, thus making the price of choicest brands 118/ per cwt delivered in boxes. The increased rates…

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Wool Market

The Sun · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 3

Tho wool trade locally during the past week has been very quiet. Reports from Brisbane, where sales have been held during the week, announce the market as showing…

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Sheep As Soil Improvers

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 11

A notable point is the value of sheep in keeping the farm trim and in good order, ami in eating food which would otherwise be wasted. The value of a flock in these…

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The Wheat Entries

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 3

Entries for wheat at the last Sydney Royal show numbered about 100, and weree very representative of the best wheatgrowing districts in New South Wales…

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Wheat Acquisition Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 9

The Chamber of Commerce has been requested by several of its members to call a meeting of persons and firms interested in the grain trade to consider some aspects of the…

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Grabbing the Wheat

The Land · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

On Saturday a very good example of the absurd lengths to which the "wheat grab" is being carried, occurred in Murrumburrah. Mr. J. W…

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