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Farming & the land, 1926

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Victorian Butter Prices Unaltered Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 5

Retail prices for butter here remained at [?] in the city and [?] in the submits since the New Year. On December 30 the prices rose to[?]…

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Wagga Fat Sheep Sales. Wagoa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 15

The total yarding of fat and store sheep at this week's sales was 9843. The number of fat sheep penned was very large, comprising chiefly merine weathers, with a few pens of crossbred wethers and…

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Huge Wheat Harvest. Trundle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 11

The last bag of this season's harvest on Messrs. Berry and Sons' Woodview Estate, Trundle, was lifted from the header on Tuesday, and the last bag from the enormous…

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Wagga Wheat Market Wagga

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 6

The Wagga wheat market has been quirt during the last week on account of the temporary uncertainty in overseas markets. Many millers and…

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At It Again Our "Little Wars" Butter This Time

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 1

The N.S.W. representatives of the Australian Dairy Council have decided to advance butter quotations by 48, to 1728 a cwt…

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Napier Wool Sales Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 8

Spirited bidding and a good demand for all classes of wool characterised the opening of the Napier sale yesterday in marked contrast with the…

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Artificial Wool a Serious Competitor London, January 15

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 9

The "Yorkshire Post's" Bradford expert says that the opinion of those best qualified to judge is that the new artificial wool from Italy, when sufficient…

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9384 Bales Wool Sales Continued Some Good Lots

The Sun · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 9

To-day's wool sales were conducted by Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., and the Country Producers' Soiling Co., Ltd., the combined catalogues totalling 9384 bales…

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Artificial Wool. Expert Opinion. Commercial Proposition. London, Jan. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 13

An expert writing in the "Yorkshire Post" says: The opinion of those best qualified to Judge is that s[?], the arficial wool, when sufficient is available, will be a commercial…

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Wool Sales Top-making Sorts Two Catalogues Series Concluded

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 7

THE FOURTEENTH series of wool sales was concluded at the Royal Exchange to-day, when 93½ vales were offered…

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Wool Control. Rejected by British Trade. London, Jan. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 13

Proposals for wool control were defenitely rejected at a meeting of the British Wool Federation at Bradford. A resolution was carried declaring it undesirable to interfere between…

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Trade Review. The Wool Outlook. Australian Wine. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 13

The first fortnight of the new year has been a dull period on the Stock Exchange, and business all round has been on a small scale. This is largely due to the plethora…

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Trade Review Quiet Business Coming Wool Sales London, January 16

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 12

The first fortnight of the New Year has been a dull period on the Stock Exchange, and business all round has been on a small scale. This is largely…

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In the City To-day Dearer Butter Increase of 1½d LB Potatoes Cheaper

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 4

The price of butter was advanced [?] lb to-day. The wholesale rate is now 172/s cwt. The increased rate, it is stated,…

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The Back Country. Overlanding the Cattle. In a Drover's Camp. (From Our Special Correspondent.) No. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 12

Day by day, month by month, as Sydney eats and sleeps and goes about the multifarious ways of its daily business, there is a great trek going on in the far west of Queensland…

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Night — Farm Cove

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 6

A SEA SALT wind that though the starless night Sends perfumes blowing on the southern air. While vessels, black as charcoal prick to sight…

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Homebush Stock Sales Sheep Market Unchanged Cattle Dearer Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 10

The supply of 16,200 sheep forward, at Homebush yesterday was about 2000 more than expected as only 14,220 were listed for sale. These comprised all descriptions of merino crossbreds…

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Butter Output

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2

DENMAN.--The Denman Dairy Co., Ltd., for December manufactured 63,9941b. choicest butter and 11,507lb. second grade. This quality,…

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Artificial Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 13

Mr. A. Reichard writes:— Sir,—As regards artifical wool, there seems to be too much rumour and that taken too lightly by the wool growing interests in Australia. May I be…

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31,000 Bags Wheat One-farm Record

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2

TRUNDLE.--The last bag for this season's harvest on Messrs. Berry and Sons' Woodview Estate, Trundle, was lifted from the header last week, and…

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