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Farming & the land, 1924

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Guernsey Grade Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 17

LISMORE.--Tributes to the worth of Guernsey grade cattle were paid at the annual meeting of the Guernsey Grade Cattle Society of New South…

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Wheat Trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 4

For the best part of the week there has been an active market for Australian wheat in London, with sales of cargoes at up to 47/, and parcels to…

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Wheat Deliveries

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 17

BARELLAN.--The wheat deliveries to the Barellan railway yards for the past week totaalled 24,446 hags, of which about 13,000 bags went into the…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 19

The local wheat market was easier yesterday, millers apparently having satisfied their immediate requirements, and farmers not being disposed to sell extensively at 4/7½ to…

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Wheat Markets Quotations Easier

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 9

An easier tone prevailed on the Sydney wheat market yesterday. Quotations for formers' lots ranged from 4612 to 4712 a bushel, ex truck. Sydney, and…

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1916-17 Wheat Pool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 19

A balance-sheet of the 1916-17 wheat pool of the State is now available. It shows that the Government has paid as compensation for losses £549,214, and that, including this…

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Heavy Wheat Yields Cowra

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 5

The anticipations of a good harvest in the Cowra district have been well realised. Yields from seven to nine bags are general, but some have reached fifteen…

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Oversea Market Cables. Wool. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 19

The Liverpool wool sales averaged 7½ per cent, above Hull prices, the chief buyers being Yorkshiremen. The Bradford wool market is excited, but there is little actual…

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Agricultural Soolety Preparatios for Show. Cattle for One Day Only

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 1

A meeting of the Committee of the Nepean A.H. and I. Society was held at The Exchange Thursday, 10th inst., the president (Mr. M. C. D. Lowe)…

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The Silos Quality and Weight of Wheat Minister in Defence

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 17

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Chaffey) referred yesterday to the letter from Mr. E. Field, in "The Daily Telegraph," under, the heading "Silo…

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French Textiles. Trade Threatened. Supplies of Wool. LONDON, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 17

Owing to the fall of the franc one of the principal textile manufacturing companies at Roubaix, having exhausted its stacks of wool, finds itself unable to pay the price in sterling…

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Tar Brands on Wool. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 13

Sir,—I notice in the report of the visit of Mr. Bruce and Mr. Massey to Bradford that the wool manufacturers made a special request that the branding of sheep with tar…

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On the Land. the Wool Trade. Record Figures Obtained. Competition Most Brisk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 15

Accentuated by stronger American, Japanese, and Yorkshire competition, demand for all good merino wools has been most brisk at the past week's Sydney auctions. Japan was a…

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Crops and Stock Conditions in the District Diseases in Stock

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Cumberland Pastures Protection Board the stock inspector (Mr. D. MacPherson) submitted the following monthly…

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Foreign Editor's Dairy Notes on Cable News Labor Policies

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 1

BRITAIN: Mr. O'Grady, Labor member for a [?] division. has given direct confirmation of the [?] in this [?] on…

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£14,000 Fortune of a Farm Worker

The World's News · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 2

A real-life film which told the story of a man who turned £30 into £14,000 by sheer hard work was shown at Australia House, London, on November 26…

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Lion Among the Cows. Farmer's Third Bullet Kills Him

The World's News · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 3

A Johannesburg despatch states that a large Hon was shot on the homestead of Mr. Laurie Lombard, near Groot Letaba River. Mr. Lombard's little boy hurried home with…

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Hay Crop Burned. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 18

A disastrous fire on the Middle Arm-road early on Wednesday morning destroyed a shed containing practically the whole of the season's hay crop, belonging to Mr. K. Butts…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 19

Butter supplies were again considerably heavier in dairy produce houses in Sussex-street yesterday, and export operations were being pushed forward. Despite a good demand,…

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Slashed with Mower Little Child in Crop BRISBANE

The Sun · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 2

The two-year-old son of Mr. C. R. Inkelmann, a farmer of Laidley North, wandered into a crop of panicum and lay down, hidden from view…

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