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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

8,531 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 250

Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Market Weaker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 11

There was another penning at the Homebush stock sales yesterday of nearly 60,000 sheep and lambs. The quality wits a good average one, but many of the pens contained plain to medium sorts, all showing the…

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Wheat Silos. Ministers' Inquiries Completed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 8

Some time ago the Cabinet appointed the Treasurer (Mr. Cocks) and the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Chaffey) as a sub-committee to inquire into the construction of the State…

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No Reduction In Wool Freights

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 7

A deputation from the graziers [?] Council and Sydney wool[?] brokers waited on the Overseas shipping [?] including…

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Bradford Wool Market London, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 4

At the Bradford wool tops market to-day very little business was done. Quotations were irregular, and slightly easier…

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Keen Competition But Lower Prices Wool Market Weakens

The Sun · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 7

Two broker's [?]s-- the Country Producers Selling Co., Ltd., the first sellers, and [?]tt, [?] and Badgery, Ltd.--again occupied the restr[?] at the Royal Exchange…

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Let London Do It ! Wool Rates Question Graziers' Request

The Sun · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 6

London offices of shipping lines trading to Australia are considering whether it will be possible to reduce wool freights by a farthing a pound…

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Seventy-One Farms Crown Lands Available

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 3

The first extensive batch of Crown land blocks to be set aside for some time will be made available for selection on April 9…

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Young British Farmers for Australia of Interest to Land-holders

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 4

Below we publish a letter from Mr. F. E. Vigars (of Messrs. Vigars and Sky), Sydney, saying he is about to leave for the Old Country, and whilst…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 11

Business was quiet in the dairy produce market yesterday, and prices generally were without change. Some houses reported that supplies of eggs had fallen off, whilst…

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Warwick Farm Prospects

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 2

The A.J.C. will bring off its second meeting at Warwick Farm on Saturday next, and although tho crowd will not be as excessive as the previous meeting,…

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REGISTRATION Of STALLIONS Relief Sought by Farmers M.S.W. Horses in Wimmera

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 5

Claiming that the act dealing with the registration of stallions bore harshly upon farmers in the Malice, a deputation from the Victorian Farmers' Union…

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Fought the Turks Greek Consul Returns Farmers for Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 4

Mr. Christy Freeleagus, Consul-General for Greece in Australia, who returned by the R.M.S. Ormonde last week, spent part of his…

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Rural New South Wales Settlement and Production Tick Menace Worse Than Ever Farmers Alarmed a Matter of Urgency

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 2

The news published yesterday of the large increase in fresh tick infestations in the Northern Rivers quarantine areas, as reported by…

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Farmhouses Destroyed. Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 5

Bush fires, which raged in many parts of the State during the week-end, are beginning to subside. A…

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Queensland Pastoral Co

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 11

For the second year in succession the Queensland National Pastoral Co., Ltd., was unable, in 1922, to make ends meet, the accounts disclosing a loss of £2628…

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Butter Factories

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 5

ULMARRA. -- The Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Company paid to cream suppliers this month £16,000, against £14,000 last month. Although drought conditions…

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In the Far Western Sheep Country : Where the Fine Wool Grows

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 18

The pastoral outlook at the moment is not over-bright because of the excessively dry period being experienced oVer the greater portion of Australia. But the meteorologists tell us that a break cannot be long delayed; indeed, there Were, indications at the time we went to press that at least a partial break was imminent…

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Wheat in Japan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 15

A correspondent from Osaka, Japan, writing on January 20, states that the lower value of rice had cooled the enthusiasm of the people for substituted foods. Later reports,…

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Oversea Wheat Position

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 4

The Lindley Walker Co-op. Wheat Company, in a special report, advise that their latest London cable reads:— "America shipping little Continent…

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Outdoor Australia Tree-climbing Sheep

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 12

DURING the recent drought out west 1 found myself up against a very curious problem. Whilst riding through the bush near Nyngan (N.S.W) I came across the skeleton of a sheep hanging by its left forefoot…

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