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Farming & the land, 1926

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WHEAT No. 3

The Land · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 2

According to Governor Macquarie, 20th March, 1819, the inhabitants "take greater pains in improving their farms." The harvest had…

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Victorian Wheat Pool Arrangements

The Land · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 12

According to the Victorian Wheatgrowers' Corporation, this year large quantities of wheat are being stored by farmers, apparently much…

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Wheat Deliveries at Parkes

The Land · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 12

The wheat received at the Parkes silos last week, was approximately 36,000 bags, while close on 4000 bags are stacked, and slightly over…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Again Falls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 13

Prices offered for farmers' wheat showed further reduction yesterday. With oversea markets falling into deeper depression dally, local shippers had no option but to lower…

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Dairying and Pig Rearing the Lactometer Detecting Watered Milk Butter Eat and Solids

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 11

Average milk contains about 3.5 per cent, fat, 9.5 per cent. solide-not-fat, and 87 percent. water, Some farmers think that they may odd water or…

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New Zealand Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 17

Cables from New Zealand at the close of last week reported that a spirited demand and general competition characterised the…

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Wool from Wood Pulp

The Land · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 17

According to an American newspaper report, artificial wool experiments have been carried out in Turin by one of the largest…

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Tubercular Cattle Stringent Supervision American Methods

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 11

In Los Angeles California, surprise was caused last year by the discovery that many of the cattle sent thither from other counties or States for…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Market Lower

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 13

There was a penning yesterday at the Homebush stock sales of 32,430 sheep and lambs. The quality was fair, and sheep in bath the merino and crossbred sections were plentiful, and lambs were in abundance…

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Crops and Pastures Bulk Wheat Closing of the Silos a Lighter Harvest

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 14

It is expected that all the country silos, will be closed against the reception of any more wheat by the end of January. Deliveries to the silos are…

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Wheat Silos Scon to Close

The Land · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 12

Mr. E. Harris, manager of the Government Grain Elevators anticipates that the country silos will all be closed to the receiving of…

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Young Judges of Cattle. An Educational Experiment

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 9

Included in the programme at the ext Dapto (N.S.W.) Show will be a young Judges contest in the cattle section, conducted by the local…

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Monday's Homebush Stock Sales Sheep and Lambs

The Land · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 9

A small supply of sheep and Iambs were yarded at the Homebush sales on Monday, only 14,450 being listed, of which the larger…

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Pastoral Award Shearers' New Log Claims Before the Court

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 3

The Australian Workers' Union's claims for those engaged in the pastoral industry have been set down for hearing in the Commonwealth…

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Sheep and Lambs. a Further Fall in Values

The Land · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 18

The yarding of cattle at Thursday's sales approximated 3,700 head and was in excess of requirements. The market was characterised by…

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Sheep-Dipping Victorian Regulations To be Strictly Enforced

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 10

Victorian sheep-owners are warned by the chief veterinary inspector of that State (Dr. Robertson) that, under the Sheep-Dipping Act, it is…

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Opening Wool Sales. Good Demand Experienced

The Land · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 17

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: —Excellent competition was experienced from Yorkshire, Japan and Germany at the opening Sydney…

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Wanganui Wool Sales. Wellington (N.z.). Thrusday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 13

At the Wanganui wool sales competition was good throughout, with an increased demand from Bradford. The clip showed unmistakable signs of a hard winter and spring. Prices, however, were rather better than…

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The Wool World. Yorkshire and Japan Active

The Land · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 18

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., Ltd., report:—After an interval of rather more than a month, wool auctions were resumed in…

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Wheat Traffic. Increasing in Western Australia. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 12

Each succeeding year the Railway Department is called upon to transport an increasing quantity of wheat. During the current season 1,449,896 bags…

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