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Farming & the land, 1926

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Swine Breeding and Feeding Cereal and Root Crops. Arrowroot, Cassava and Kiruya Grass

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 10

Readers will have observed that in recent issues considerable space in the Pig Columns has been devoted to answers to correspondents who…

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Dairy Control The Annual Registration. Dairymen's Request

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 10

Several matters of interest to dairyman were considered at the last meeting of the Southern Districts Conference of the Agricultural…

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Sugar Cane a Record Crushing. Now South Wales Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 7

The sugar-cane harvest for the 1025 season in the clurence River (N.S.W.) district resulted in a record crushing, Cutting, operations were…

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Crops and Pastures Cotton Growing. Research Station. Evolving a Type

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 11

Important experimental and research work is being carried on at the cotton growing station at Biloeln, in the Upper Callide district of…

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Horse Racing Warwick Farm Lilah and Gulgong to Win the Double

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 2

RACEGOERS will appreciate the early which to the programme at Warwick Form tomorrow. As the last race is timed to start at 1.15…

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Farmers' Friend Light Aeroplane London, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 1

In a tiny tittle Moth aeroplane the matter of Semphl[?] has just completed a remarkable bad-wasther flight to Dublin and back…

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Produce. Dairy. Eggs Reduced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 13

As a result of successful efforts on tne part of distributers to convince producers, city dairy produce houses announced a reduction of /2 per dozen all round in egg…

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Warwick Farm Races Fair Sized Fields Saturday's Selections

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 4

Having no opposition from the ponies the races at Warwick Farm on Saturday will be the sole attraction for racing men and as the fields will all…

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Hot Favorites for Warwick Farm Prohibitive Prices Double Betting

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 2

Lilah's form at Randwick last week has naturally made her a very short-priced favorite for the Sefton Handicap, the six furlongs…

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Damage at Mudgee But Crops Will Benefit Mudoer

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 5

Torrenthal rani fell in parts of the Madger district, and much d mage was done to fencing in places. There was a ward way of the…

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Worth Watching Alison at the Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 8

One of the most interesting runners at Warwick Farm to-morrow will be Alison, a four year-old mare, by Wallace Isinglass--Princess Foote, who is engaged in the Farm Stakes…

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Shortweight Scales Farmers Were Losing Perth

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 4

The discovery of shortweight wheat scales at a large wheatbelt delivery station, and the threat of legal action by the farmers, has been met by…

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Selections for Warwick Farm--Tracks Are Quiet on the Tracks Good Horses Have Easy Time Night Heron's 7

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 8

The fastest times, at Randwick yesterday morning were registered by horses who have been finding it hard to win in very…

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Great Butter Output

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 6

The Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., manufactured 1285 tons of butter during 1925, and the turnover was £290,000…

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British Butter Imports

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 4

Following upon heavy purchases of stored butter in Groat Britain, traders subsequently found that, when shipments were realised from Australia…

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Christchurch Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 18

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday. -- Spirited demand and general competition characterised the Christchurch wool sale, which was sound from the outset. All classes met firmer…

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Melbourne Sheep Sales Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 18

Only 6000 fat sheep were yarded. There was a moderate attendance of buyers. For several pens of good and light weight wethers about late rates ruled. Best ewes were scarce…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Again Falls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 17

Shippers were again forced to reduce their buying limit for farmers' wheat. The new price was 6/2½ per bushel ex[?] trucks Sydney, /0½ below Wednesday's figure. It represented…

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Wheat Loadings and Stackings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 17

For the week ended January 2, the quantity of wheat despatched from country stations was 661,551 bags, making a total of 2,168,440 bags despatched for the season…

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Butter Prices Stabilising Scheme Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 8

Nearly 400 farmers attended a meeting at Traralgon to-day to consider a scheme put forward by the Western District Farmers' Association for…

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