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Farming & the land, 1924

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Sugar Crop Prospects Senator Crawford's Review

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 6

The sugar crops to be harvested next season are somewhat backward, said Senator Crawford, president of the Australian Sugar Producers'…

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No "Cure-All" for Wheat Crisis Price-Fixing and Surplus Buying Rejected America's Problem.-Two Remedies Suggested Adjusted Production and Co-operative Marketing Are Urged Upon the President Special to "The New York Times."

The Land · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 2

Washington, November 4. Government price-fixing for wheat, Government purchase of the so-called "surplus" wheat supply,…

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Butter Export

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 17

During the week ended January 5, the Commonwealth graders examined, for export, the following butter:- At Sydney: Salted, 4077 boxes; unsalted, 63…

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Week in Wheat

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 3

European markets for Australian wheat are now most active. A large number of parcels, Dec.-Jan. shipment, have…

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The Year's Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 7

The official estimate of the season's wheat crop in New South Wales is 33,327,000 bushels from 2,806,100 acres…

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DOWN 3d. Price of Butter

The Sun · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 3

On Monday next the price of locally manufactured butter will be reduced by 3d a lb. That is a big reduction to make at one…

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First Coast Show Albion Park Strong in Dairy Cattle Albion Park

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 5

The most striking feature to-day of Albion Park Show the first of the season on the South Coast was the magnificent display of dairy cattle, both as regards numbers and…

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Wheat Markets Trade Active

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 9

Farmers were reported yesterday to be selling wheat freely at country stations, and trade on the Sydney market was fairly active. Millers' limits ranged from 47 to 47½ a bushel,…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Advances Abroad

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 17

Wheat was again a firm market yesterday, and considerable business passed on a basis of 4/ to 4/0½ to growers, equal to 4/7 and 4/7½ in Sydney, in some places town and country…

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Tasmanian Wool Sales Hobart

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 12

Nearly 15,000 bales of wool were offered for sale to-day. As compared with the closing prices on the mainland before Christmas, sales were as…

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Wheat Harvest. Better Than Expected. Official Estimate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 15

The Government Statistician's estimate of this season's wheat yield, issued yesterday, places the total at 33,327,000 bushels from 2,806,100 acres, or an…

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Record Prices Tasmanian Wool Sales HOBART

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 1

The Hobart wool sale, which opened yesterday, saw animated bidding and record price. as high as 44d was received for flue merino. Most…

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Improved Wheat Yield. Statistician's Estimate. Total of 33,327,000 Bushels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 13

The Government Statistician (Mr. H. A. Smith) yesterday issued a preliminary estimate of the wheat harvest of the current season, based upon returns received from…

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On the Land. the Wool Trade. Demand Animated and General. Prices Most Buoyant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 13

Experiences at Sydney wool sales of the past week continued the cheeriest expectations Competition proved exceptionally brink, and value for all merinos and choice comebacks…

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Cocky's Biggest Industrial Concern North Cowsters and their Huge Butter Factory £20,000,000 Turnover in Thirty Years

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 10

The North Coast Co-operative Co. Ltd., of New South Wales, was formed in 1894, in the days when the dairy farmer of the Northern Rivers was keeping the land…

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Toongabbie. Dairymen Busy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 5

The rain of a week ago induced dairymen to sow seed for winter fodder. Sacaline is coming greatly into favor as a winter fodder, and large areas have been…

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Boy of 14 Takes Poison Describes His Own Suicide. Dairy Entries When Dying

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 7

Remarkable entries in a diary were read at an inquest at Leichester on Benjamin Samuel Bourne, 14, who was found poisoned in the shop of his employer,…

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When Pasture Is Short Treatment of Dry Food for Dairy Stock

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 2

During the height of the 1914 Riverina drought, when every vestige of pasture had disappeared and foodstuffs were at a prohibitive price, a large…

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Nepean Dairy Company a Sound Position a Rumor Denied

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 4

The chairman of directors of the Nepean Co-operative Dairy Company (Mr. E. L. R. Keech) issues the following address to shareholders:—…

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Dairying What Are Your Cows Worth? Milk Records Supply the Best Answer

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 2

Although the value of testing dairy cows for both milk and butter-fat results has been proved over and over again, the majority of those engaged…

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