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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

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Our Bread and Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 6

Average retail prices for the following commodities yesterday were:-- Butter: Choicest, 16½ a lb…

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Improvement in Butter Production

The Land · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 21

Reviewing the quality of butter, now on the local market, the senior State butter grader (Mr. A. M. Brown) states that, generally…

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Curing of Hides. Cattle

The Land · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 8

The hide must be washed clean of blood, dirt, manure, or other debris, and allowed to cool. It should be laid out in a clean place…

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ANTHRAX. Loss of Sheep

The Land · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 24

Anthrax was officially reported the end of last week among sheep on a block of land three miles from Cootamundra. Out of a flock of 400…

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Orange Special Sheep Sale

Country Life Stock and Station Journal · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 27

Messrs. McNeilly Crampton and Martin. Ltd., will hold a special sheep sale at Orange, on Tuesday, january 27, when 15,000 sheep will be penned. Further…

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Manitoba Wheat Pool

The Land · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 16

We have received a letter from the Secretary (Mr. F. W. Ransom), of the Manitoba Co-operative Wheat Producers, Ltd., Winnipeg, Man.,…

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Farmer Injured. Struck by Falling Back of Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 4

A serious accident occurred at he Ballimore (N.S.W.) railway station during wheat-stacking operations on Wednesday. While Mr. George…

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Hobart Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 19

The annual wool sales were held at Hobart on Saturday, about 18,000 bales being offered. As compared with the closing rates on the…

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Book on Wheat Breeding

The Land · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 10

H.D. writes: Can you please tell me where I can get a book on wheat breeding, and what would be the cost of same?…

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Butter Will Be Cheaper on

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 7

THIS Butter Advisory Committee, as the result of the collapse in London values (referred to on Page 2) to-day decided to reduce the police locally…

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Butter Cheaper Penny a Pound Less

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 7

The price of butter will be reduced on Monday next. The wholesale quotation will be lowered from 144s 8d to 135s 4d a cwt…

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The Wool World. Prospects

The Land · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 19

The first sales in the second half of the season were held in Hobart on the 3rd, and Launceston on the 5th of the month, followed by…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Market Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 11

There was a penning yesterday at the Homebush stock sales of about 23,[?]00 sheep and lambs, comprising all qualities. There was a full attendance of buyers, and each branch of the trade was well…

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Butter Prices Stabilisation Scheme Mr. Chaffey's Advice

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 10

The N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Chaffey). In reply to representations made on behalf of the Murwillambah Chamber of Commerce, that…

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Hold-up of Wool Buyers

The Land · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 19

About 70 wool-buyers who attended the sales at Launceston chartered the small steamer Marrawah, to leave Burnie on…

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Late British Estimate of Wheat Position

The Land · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 16

On November 21 the "London Grain, Seed, and Oil Reporter" published the following:— With more definite information…

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Empire Wheat Dominions' Supplies Foreign Purchases

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 11

The British Empire Producers Organisation has adopted resolutions dealing with supplies of wheat to the United Kingdom, for transmission to…

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The Wheat World Local and Overseas

The Land · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 16

Local quotations for farmers' lots are unaltered at 6/6. equal to 5/11 per bushel to growers, with a premium on that price for special…

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New British Butter Record. Jersey's Nine Months' Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 7

MELBOURNE.—A new nine months' Jersey butter fat record for the British Empire has been established by Mr. J. Hutchinson's Babs of Somerville, the yield of which in the…

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Meat Supply Homebush Statistics a Million Fewer Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 8

The high price of wool that ruled practically all last year probably had much to do with the fact that more than a million fewer sheep were sold…

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