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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

9,182 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 250

Company News Australian Sheep Farms

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 12

A cable from London states that the Australian Press Association has been given to understand that the capital of the recently-formed Australian Sheep…

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A Remarkable Sheep

The Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 12

The wether depicted in the photograph is a six-year-old, with a tally of 145½lb of wool to his credit. The record reads: First year, 16lb; second year, 24lb;…

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Sheep Farms, Ltd. Company's Capital. London, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 17

The share subscription lists for Australian Sheep Farms, Ltd., formed to purchase the pastoral properties in New South Wales known as Dunlop, Toorale, and Nocole[?]he, closed at…

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Another Wheat Scandal

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 15

Japanese and other foreigners, thanks to the blundering of the Fuller Government, can buy New South Wales wheat cheaper than the people of that State…

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Upper Clarence New Butter Factories

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 2

LISMORE.--The directors of the Mount Lindsay Butter Factory Company have decided to postpone the factory proposal for six months. The…

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Melbourne Sheep Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 20

About 28,500 fat sheep were yarded to-day. The early part of the market lacked competition, when at least [?]0 to [?]0 lots were passed unsold. In several instances the opening sales showed a decline of from…

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Farmers' Bad Deal in Wearne's Namoi Wicked Waste of Wheat

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 4

Mr. T. P. [?] of Moree, gives [?]…

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Wheat Recovery Winnipeg

The Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 11

The Winnipeg and Chicago wheat markets, while nervous and erratic, had considerable. buying strength, which sent prices up 1 to 2 cents a…

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"Lo, the Poor Farmer!" the Gentle Mendicants of the Wheat Fields

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 4

The recent outburst of Mr. T. I. Campbell, general secretary of the Farmers' & Settlers' Association, against the Commonwealth Shipping Board, is in strict accordance with the traditions of the farming community in this best of all possible countries…

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An Improving Wool Market

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 27

Judging by the views of many prominent people in the wool trade, both on the buying and selling sides, there is a fairly general feeling that the downward trend of values has been checked, and that it is now only a question of time before business is running on sound lines at the recently-reduced level. The…

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A Modern Wool Carrier

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 5

The Konigsberg which is a fast, new motorship belonging to the Norddeutscher-Lloyd, and on her maiden voyage to Australia, is serving the…

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More About U.S.A. Sheep

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 25

Here are some more notes regarding wool and mutton breeds in America, which should be of interest in view of the opening up of trade in rams between Australia and U.S.A. For many years…

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Freight Market. Wheat Chartering Easier

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 4

Owing to a complete lack of demand, due to the steadiness of America, cargoes have generally declined. Private advices indicate that London is easy,…

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F.a.q. Wheat Standard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 18

The fair average duality standard for wheat grown in New South Wales during the present season was fixed at 60[?]lb to the Imeprial bushel by the Grain Trade…

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The Pastoralist Stud Sheep for South Africa

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 25

The controversy over the selling of Australian stud sheep to South Africa has been revived by the recent disposal of the Zara "Tasmanian" stud to Sir Abe Bailey, of diamond-mining fame.—…

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Auckland Wool Sale Auckland

The Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 15

To-day's wool sale witnessed a drop in prices of 5d to 6d compared with the previous sale. Numerous lots were passed in. Buyers' limits were well…

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Wool Sales. a General Decline

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 19

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued toalled 7990 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…

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Wheat Markets Quiet Locally Prices Unchanged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 12

Operations in the local wheat market were comparatively restricted; both buyers and sellers appeared to be waiting for developments in the big markets oversea…

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Good Demand American Buyers Active To-day's Wool Sales

The Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 9

Three small catalogues were submitted by auction at the Royal Exchange this afternoon. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., offered 2937 bales, the New Zealand Loan and…

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Science Notes. (By Science Service. Plan of Town Traced in Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 13

Lines of the walls and streets of an ancient Roman town, Magna Castra, near Hereford, are plainly visible in the wheat fields near there. The crops grow shorter where there…

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