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Farming & the land, 1925

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Auckland Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 20

The second Auckland wool sale season closed today. About 15,000 bales were offered, and 80 per cent, were sold. Prices generally showed…

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The Little Cook. Butter Scotch

The Land · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 23

Boil one pound of sugar in half a pint of water until it is stiff and hard; when it is done, add half a cup of butter and a little essence…

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Cattle Tick. New Zealand Outbreak

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 10

The necessity for taking vigorous measures to prevent the spread of cattle tick was stressed at a meeting of the executive of the New Zealand Farmers'…

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Wool Market Reports Views of Wool Selling Brokers

Country Life Stock and Station Journal · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 30

Much irregularity has boon noticeable during the past week, and although super Tine wools have about hold their own, the general tendency has been to a lower level. The various phases of the market are fully dealt with in the appended reports of the Wool Selling Brokers:—…

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Scrub Rams. Deterioration of Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 11

In the course of his report to the Pastures Protection Board last week, the stock inspector for the Forbes district (Mr. W. G. Dowling) expressed…

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Farm Wongi Wheat Selling The Two Systems "Let Bill Continue."

Country Life Stock and Station Journal · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 16

"I see no reason why both systems should not survive—thus giving wheat growers the opportunity of choosing either. Moreover, the question as to…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Declines Further

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

Where oversea markets were not merely inactive they declined heav[?]y on Wednesnesday, and shippers' quotations for farmers' lots were lowered /2 to approximately 6/3…

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Queensland Butter Pool. Majority in Faver

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 10

The final figures in the poll taken on Saturday last to determine whether a butter pool should be crested were announced on Monday as follows For,…

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Bruised Cattle Commissioner From the North

The Sun · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 12

Mr. John Barr, general manager of the Queensland Stations Department, appointed as a Royal Commissioner to inquire into the bruising of…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Market Weaker

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

There was a penning yesterday at the Homebush stock sales of about 20,000 sheep and lambs. The quality was good, and all classes of sheep were to be found in the [?] Lambs were a little more plentiful than…

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Sheep on Coastal Islands. Queensland Experiment

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 4

A report from Brisbane states that sheep have been raised successfully on Moreton Island, and the N.S.W. Government sheep and wool expert, Mr…

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Sheep Dipping. Central of the FLy

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 11

The stock inspector for the Forbes district (Mr. W. G. Dowling), in his report to the Pastures Protection Board last month, referring to the…

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Our Railways Big Wheat Traffic

The Land · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 5

Wheat and more wheat! It is arriving in a never-ending line of trucks. Train after train, from week to week, is evidence at the…

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F.A.Q. Wheat Standard

The Land · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 16

The fair average quality standard for wheat grown in New South Wales during the present season was fixed at 60¼lb tp the Imperial…

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N.Z. Short of Wheat

The Land · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 16

The position in New Zealand is that the local wheat cannot be used immediately, as it takes some weeks to mature. A shortage can,…

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Stabiliration of Butter. Satisfaction on North Coast

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 10

A report from Lismore states that news of the decision of the butter producers' representatives at the Melbourne conference to adopt the…

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Sheep Skins Faulty Preparation Complaint From London

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 11

Cable messages from London indicate that the sheep skins from Australia offered for sale there left much to be desired in the matter of preparation…

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Dingoes Active. Sheep Killed in Cooma District

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 11

In the course of his report to the Cooma (N.S.W.) Pastures Protection Board last month, the stock inspector (Mr. Hugh M. Blomfield) said that…

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Wool Sales. a Further Fall

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

Wool sales were hold yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 8382 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…

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The Wool World. Prices Steadying

The Land · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 19

Although prices at lost week's Hales in Brisbane were on a par with those realised at the previous week's Sydney sales, there is no…

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