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Farming & the land, 1926

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Bulk Wheat Silos Soon to Close

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 4

It is anticipated by Mr. E. Harris, manager of the Government Grain Elevators, that the country silos will ah be closed to the receiving of wheat by…

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Butter Output Record Season Likely Local Market Quiet

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 2

New South Wales dairy farmers are enjoying splendid conditions on the North Coast, and butter production promises to eclipse all records. During this week…

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Cattle Stealing Charge Young Man Remanded. to Sessions

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 8

Before Mr Chippendall, P.M., at the Penrith Police Court on Monday morning last, Thomas Nelson was charged with that he did between October 31st…

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Have You Read? "On the Wool Track"

The World's News · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 12

This is a book which surely has a strong appeal for all Australians, whatever the present extent of their knowledge of the real" Australia—that part of it which…

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Wool Prices Are Firm Christchurch (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 4

At the Canterbury wool sales, prices for good wools firmed 1d a lb., the whole catalogue being sold. Bidding for all wools was brisk…

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On the Land. the Wool Trade. Improved Values in Melbourne. Sydney Auctions Next Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 13

Ideas of buoyant values at next week's Sydney wool sales are encouraged by selling events of this week in Melbourne. Prices showed par to 5 per cent. advance compared…

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Dairying Those Dairy Utensils. Dirt As a Detriment of Profit

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 3

"From 75 to 80 per cent. of the trouble in connection with second-grade cream in this district comes from the faulty washing of the utensils and…

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Fowls in the Dairy

Evening News · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 7

When J. T. Faulks. of Homer-street, Earlwood was fined £8 at Canterbury Court for having had dirty premises, Inspector Ferrett, of Canterbury…

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Produce. Dairy

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

City dairy produce houses reported yesterday that a delay in shipment as a result of holiday disorganisation had brought about a temporary shortage of cheese. Difficulty…

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Traction Engines. for Farm Purposes. Tax to Be Suspended

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 15

A deputation, representing the traction engine owners in the southern districts, yesterday asked the Chief Secretary to reduce the taxation on traction engines used for [?]arm…

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The Palace—"the Farmer's Wife."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 12

The humorous love affairs of Samuel Sweetland in "The Farmer's Wife," and the quaint characteristics of the Devonshire people in Eden Philipott's comedy, have attracted consistently large audiences at the…

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A.j.c. (Warwick Farm) Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 16

At Warwick Farm to-day the A.J.C. meeting will provide an afternoon of racing in comfort, without the hustle and bustle that are so familiar nowadays. The first race will…

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Tips and Jockeys for Warwick Farm Races Only One Horse Fancied in To-day's Sefton Handicap Lilah Stands Out Among the Sprinters Lanome and Bathos Are the Next Best Surprise Most Unlikely in Small Field

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 2

EVEN FOR WARWICK FARM art especially smart lot of sprinters are engaged in the six furlongs Sefton Handicap. ANTE-POST BETTING makes Lilah a fairly warm favorite for the event, and she certainly reads well, as the mare won on this same…

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For the Farmer. Key to Soil Fertility the Value of Lime

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 10

FARMERS throughout the State are perturbed over the manner in which the vigor and succulence are fast disappearing from their pastures…

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Poultry Farmers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 5

The general secretary of the Poultry Farmers' Association, Mr. E. F. Goldsmith, reports that Veals' Hall, Plumpton, was the scene of a very…

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Non-competitive State Farm Exhibits

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 4

GLEN INNES. -- At the meeting of the P. and A. Association, Mr. G. C. Sparks, manager of the Glen Innes experiment farm, asked the meeting…

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Shooting Wild Sheep

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 19

Following the example of the herds of chamois, which exist in the neighborhood of Vevey, in Switzerland, a flock of sheep, turned loose some time…

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Wheat Quotation Chicago Delivery New York

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 2

The following are the quotations for wheat delivery at Chicago: May, new, 1 dollar 78¾ cents old, 1 dollar 76¾ cents July, 1 dollar 53 5-8 cents…

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Gripped by Drought Cattle Dying in Mobs Along 150 Miles of Plains BRISBANE

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 1

Although most parts of Queensland have benefited largely from the recent rains, extensive territories in the northwest; particularly in the Winton and…

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Broadcasting Farmer's Service

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 6

MONDAY.—From the Cricket Ground will be broadcast descriptions of the piny and scores of the match. N.S.W. versus South Australia. until the drawing of stumps at 6 o'clock…

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