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Farming & the land, 1925

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Butter and Cheese

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 2

BEGA.--Butter and cheese production continues at the highest point ever readied here, owing to the prolific season, but dairymen complain that the…

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Wheat Loading. Record Freights

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 5

Chartering of tonnage for wheat loading at Australian ports for the United Kingdom or Continent continues along brisk lines. Fixtures have been…

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Latest Charters. Animated Wheat Chartering

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 4

Chartering of freight for wheat loading at Australian ports is again animated. Fixtures have been made up to April at rates ranging from 45/…

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Wool Sales. Good Wools Firmer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 15

Wool sales were hold yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 8267 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…

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Bulk Wheat at Non-silo Sidings

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 2

Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.D.A., has been informed by the Railway Department that about 240 wheat trucks have now been made available for the loading of…

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Wheat Varieties. Trial Plots at Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 11

In a trial with 10 variotes of wheat on Mr. G. Dobson's farm at Winton Road, Tamworth, Aussie proved the best yielder with 33 bushels. The plots were sown on May 26 on a light…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. a Very Bear Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 15

Of the 3969 sheep and lambs listed for sale at the Homebush etock sales yesterday only 3862 were in the pens. As the supply was altogether short of requirements, a very dear market was created, and…

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Wool in London London, January 27

The Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 15

Of the wool catalogued for the public sales to-day, 7205 bales were from Australia and 1291 bales from New Zealand…

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Countey News. Theft of Wheat. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 14

At the local police court two men named Dunn and O'sullivan, of Burraga, were charged with having stolen from the paddocks of Mr. Barkell and J. Lumby, of Burraga, 16 bags of…

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English Wool Trade. Manufacturers' Distrust. Advances in Wool. (By Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, Dec. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 11

In both the cotton and thE woollen industries during the last three or four years some of the biggest firms have employed the services of expert statisticians in order to…

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Wheat Markets Prices Advance Flour Raised to £16

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 12

[?] of the strong wheat markets overseas wheat was firmer yesterday on the local market. Quotations for farmers' lots advanced to 61 12 a bushel at country…

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A Critical Wool Market: Japan to the Rescue

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 28

The value of the Japa[?]ese demand for Australian wool has been well illustrated in the sale-room operations of the past fortnight. The Japanese buyers have been buying on an extensive scale, and have been largely instrumental in clearing the catalogues and preventing what might have developed into a serious decline. This is by no means the…

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Steady Buying Scattered Inquiry To-day's Wool Sales

The Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 9

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., offered a catalogue of 6350 bales of wool, and 3201 bales were forward from Schute, Bell, and Company…

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Oversea Market Cables. London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 15

There was a good selection of merinas at the wool sales, and the competition for best wool was maintained at a fairly good average. Inferior lots were still noglected,…

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London Wool Sales a Livelier Market LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 1

At to-day's wool sales 10,866 bales were offered comprising a good assortment. Holders were less firm and business passed with more freedom…

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Price of Flour. Increase 5/ a Ton. Firm Wheat Markets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 13

The Flour Mill Owners' Association of Now South Wales yesterday raised the price of flour for consumption in Sydney and Newcastle by 5/ to £16 per ton…

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'Something Wrong' Cattle in N.W. Australia Killed for Antwerp London, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 9

[?] Agent-General for West Australia, speaking at a meeting of the Royal Colonial [?] at Brighton, said that 30,600…

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Queensland Racing Horses Come Down at Eagle Farm But Six First Favorites Win

Referee · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 4

Six first favorites won at Asset on Saturday on the opening day of the Q.T.C. Anniversary meeting, and though the remaining events were…

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Farm Workers. Grouping System. First Experiment. Twenty-five Scottish Families

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 13

Arrangements are being made by Mrs. Beatrice Macdonald, of the Domestic Immigration Society, for the settlement of 25 Scottish families in various parts of…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 15

City dairy produce houses reported average business yesterday. The egg position showed little change, with pullet sizes still over-supplied. The choese market…

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