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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

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Voluntary Wheat Pool

The Land · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 1

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co. up to yesterday had received for the Pool 4,500,000 bushels of wheat. Receivals during the past…

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Flocks and Herds Farmers'sheep Parasitic Diseases Infested Pasture Lands

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 10

Professor Wilson of the Harper Adam's College, in the course of a lecture on "parasitic diseases of sheep," said that he was sorry to have to pay…

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English Wool Trade

The Land · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 15

Writing from Bradford on November 15, the "Sydney Morning Herald" says that the news from Sydney that fleece wools are making a…

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Wool Growers' Victory

The Land · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 2

Thank God, the wool tariff question is settled, says the "American Sheep Breeder." Never in the history of tariff legislation was there…

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The Wool Position

The Land · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 2

The First National Bank of Boston in a recent circular on the wool position says:—The effect of the new tariff on the market seems to…

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Sheep and Lambs in Argentina

The Land · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 14

More sheep and lambs were killed in Argentine last year than ever before. The Argentine packers, outside of Patagonia, delivered…

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Breadstuffs. Pool Wheat Reduced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 11

The New South Wales Voluntary Wheat Pool authorities yesterday reduced their quotation for supplies from 6/ to 5/9½ per bushel, Darling Harbour basis. The pools quotation…

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Voluntary Wheat Pool Director

The Land · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 12

At a meeting of the board of the New South Wales Voluntary Wheat Pool on the 29th ulto., at which Messrs. E. A. Buttenshaw, M.L.A.,…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Market Lower

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 11

With about 49,000 sheep in the pens, and a promise of fair supplies for Monday's market, buyers were not keen at Homebush yesterday. The quality of the offering, generally, was good, and a good many of…

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Grain Corps and Pastures Seed Wheat Help for Needy Farmers Distributing Centres

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 12

The N.S.W. Wheat Pool Committee having refused permission to the Liquidation Walker Co-operative Wheat Company to select and distribute seed wheat…

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Where Seed Wheat Is Obtainable

The Land · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 12

The General Secretary of the F. and S.A. has received letters from the following farmers informing him that they have seed wheat available…

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Slump in Poultry Heavy Supplies Butter Outlook

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 7

Poultry values declined yesterday 1.6 to 3/ a pair. The London butter market is about 14[?] firmer, with good…

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Thursday's Homebush Stock Sales Sheep and Lambs

The Land · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 1

Owing to there being only one sale day this week, a fairly large number was expected. The listing was within a few of 49,000 grown…

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The Wool World Private Buying

The Land · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 15

The keen demand for wool is emphasised by the many private transactions already reported since the recess started, and it is quite…

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The Wheat World Local and Overseas

The Land · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 12

No developments have occurred in connection with the local wheat trade. The Voluntary Pool authorities ask 6/ per bushel on rail…

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Prickly Pear for Sheep. a Drought Time Food

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

Experiments at Grootfoutelu (Transvaal) on a Government farm have proved that sheep are able to exist for 80 days solely on a diet of the prickly…

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Wool Sales. Re-opening Next

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

The eighth series of wool sales will re-open at 3 p.m. next Monday, when Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., will submit 8517 bales of wool for sale at auction…

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Wheat Pool Receivals. Hampered by Silo Approaches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 7

It was reported yesterday that the Voluntary Wheat Pool had received a total of 5,705,403 bushels, of which 2,463,768 had been stored in the country silos…

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Wheat Lumpers. Dispute Settled. New Rates Awarded

The Land · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 8

A settlement of the rates of pay for wheat lumping for the current season has been arrived at. The Australian Workers' Union…

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Wheat Market Pool Quotes 59 12 Bushel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 9

The Voluntary Pool quotation for wheat for local consumption was reduced yesterday to 5914 bushel, Darling Island basis. Otherwise the Sydney market…

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