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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

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Monday's Fat Stock Sales Sheep and Lambs

The Land · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 15

The penning of grown sheep and lambs, 19,718 head from 84 consignors, was rather a moderate supply for a Monday, but the high prices ruling of late has slackened the…

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Geelong Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 8

The opening sale of the second series of wool sales was held at Geelong today, when 10,000 bales were submitted. The highest price realised was 24[?]d…

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Wheat Strike Loss to the Railways

The Sun · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 3

Some information which should be of considerable public intercut has been prepared as to the effect on the railway traffic of the strike of wheat loaders at Darling Island in…

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Sheep Maggot Fly. Methods of Applying the Dip

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 8

In the course of some notes on dipping for the sheep maggot fly, in the current Agricultural Gazette, Mr. J. L. Froggatt,, who is in charge of the…

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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 21 January 1916 · page 6

The second half of the 1915-16 wool selling season has opened most auspiciously, and those wool growers whose clips have been held over are to be congratulated upon the…

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Wheat Harvest. Railway Facilities. Test with Elevators

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 6

A test was made yesterday by the raliway authorities with two of the six grain elevators which have just been crected at Glebe Island. The elevators have a capacity of 60…

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Government Wheat Scheme. Sales at Higher Prices

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 7

Further sales of wheat cargoes have been effected by the Australian Wheat Commission, for delivery in the United Kingdom. One lot is of 6000 tons, and…

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Wheat and Flour Export. Must Get Permit

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 7

Farmers and merchants are particularly requested by the Agricultural Department to note that all export of wheat and flour from this State, by rail…

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Wool Trade Review. the Sales Re-open

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 5

What may be regarded as the second half of the 1915-16 wool season opened this week in Sydney. The market showed remarkable vigor, and practically all descriptions of wool ruled at…

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The Market Mirror. Wool. a Satisfactory Resumption

The Land · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 15

Auctions were resumed in the Sydney market on Monday, but after the end of this week's sales, business will be transferred to Brisbane for one week, and resume again in…

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London Markets. the Wool Sales. London, Thursday Night

Evening News · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 1

At the wool sales there was vary seen competition, and the prices obtained were harder all round. Quotations:— Evesham, highest 39[?]d, average 27[?]d;…

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WHEAT PESTs at Wagga. Take all. Bunt, and Smut

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 7

In his report upon the Waff if a crops entered in the Murrurabidgee F, and A. Society's cereal growing competition, the judge makes the following comment upon…

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A Home for Wounded Soldiers. the Wool Buyers' Effort

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 14

The sequel to the Australia Day effort of the Sydney wool buyers in July last, when a social evening was held at the Wentworth Hotel, and the sum of £7,713 4s 1ld. was…

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Schmidt's No. 1 Wheat. a Good Yield at Walla Walla

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 7

Mr. J. H. Schmidt, of Walla Walla, has completed harvesting lili private experi­ment wheat plots. A few months back he was not sanguine of a good yield from…

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Enoggera Sales a Very Dull Market Cattle Selling 10/- To 20/- LOWER

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 5

At the Knoggcra (Brisbane) markets on Wcdnesduy there wan a small yarding of sheep, only 4000 being penned, though the supply was quite sufficient for the…

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Flemington Sales Mutton up Half-a-Crown the Cattle Market Weak and Lifeless

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 5

In the Flemington(Melbourne) live stuck market on Tuesday, 19,300 fat sheep were penned. The quality of the yarding was not up to the usual…

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The Wool Market Record Sydney Sales Scoured Merino Highest Since 1899

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 5

At the Sydney wool sales on Monday, 6513 bales were catalogued and sales including private transactions, amounted tu 10,871 bales. The market generally…

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The Man with the Plough. Wheat Sales. More Good Prices. What About Second Dividend?

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 7

Word from Melbourne this week tells in that "further sales of wheat cargoes have been effected by the Australian Wheat Commission, for delivery in the…

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Commercial. Sussex-street Trade. To-day's Business. N.s.w. Wheat Harvest. the F.a.q. Standard

Evening News · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 5

[?] of New South Wales, as [?] is the Government, the shippers, and [?] much interested with [?] standard to be [?] for the cereal…

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£300,989 Distributed to Farmers

The Land · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Gra hame, announced on Wednesday that the amount advanced up to Monday Inst by the banks under the wheat scheme was…

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