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Farming & the land, 1926

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Butter for Export

The Land · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 3

During the week ended January 16, the Commonwealth graders examined for export at Sydney 28,315 boxes of salted and 2312 of…

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Norco Butter Output

The Land · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 13

The Norco Co., Byron Bay, during December manufactured 1,627 tons of butter and paid cream suppliers 1//0½ per lb. The butter…

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Sheep Stealing Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

WARIALDA.--At the police court on Thursday, before Mr. Perry, P.M., Allan Barling appeared on remand on charges of stealing 95 sheep, the…

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Artificial Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 10

While agreeing very largely with Sir John Higgins' conclusion upon the new "artificial wool." as published in our issue of yesterday, that, "irrespective of what…

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Victoria's Wheat Surplus

The Land · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 14

According to the Victorian Wheat Growers' Corporation the estimated yield for the State was in the vicinity of 26,000,000 bushels. Of…

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London Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 18

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. report:—We are in receipt of cable advice from our London office to the effect that…

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Hobart Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 3

The annual wool sales were held in Hobart on Wednesday, when 9,987 bales were offered. The attendance of buyers was very large,…

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Hunter River Butter. Advance Payment

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 7

The Hunter River butter factories have decided to make on advance payment of 1/4 per 1b. gross for December…

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Wool Control Scheme Rejected by British Wool Federation

The Land · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 17

Cables received from London at the end of last week staged that proposals for wool control were definitely rejected at Bradford by a…

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Collapse in Wheat Freights

The Land · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 14

A sudden and substantial slump has taken place in freight rates for full cargoes of wheat from Australia to the United Kingdom…

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West Australian Wool Statistics

The Land · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 17

According to figures given by the National Council of Wool Sellers' Brokers of Australia, the total wool received into store in Western…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Market Stronger

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 13

About 28,140 sheep and lambs were penned yesterday for the Homebush fat stock sales from 193 owners. The offering included all classes, from suckets to heavy wrthers, and from the beginning, although there…

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Wheat Loading. Reduction in Rates

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

Freight rates for new season's wheat loading has declined substantially during the past week. Charters arranged last week for loading at Australian…

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Wheat Cargoes Dull London

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 10

Wheat cargoes are dull of sale, and 6d to 1s 6d lower on continued selling pressure and lack of Continental support. Parcels are down 1s to 1s 6d a quarter. Lots…

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Synthetic Wool and Artificial Wool. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 15

Sir,—It appears to be that there is little for Australia to fear from the production of what is called synthetic wool. For it is likely to stand in relation to real wool much as…

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Lucerne and Sheep Irrigation Experiment Griffith

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 8

The Full Executive Board has recommended to the Irrigation Commission that an experiment be made at Lake View, near Griffith, In lucerne growing combined with…

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London Wool Sales. Conflicting Reports

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 7

The first series of the London wool sales for 1926 opened on Tuesday, when there was a large attendance of buyers. a Reuter cable states that…

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Railway Notes Insurance of Wool

The Land · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 17

One of the Department's officers recently had occasion to interview, the managing director of one of the leading wool firms of the State…

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Wool Sales. Market Slightly Weaker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 13

Wool sales were hold yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 8610 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…

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The Wheat World Market Generally Lifeless

The Land · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 14

Latest cable information has indicated that the wheat markets of the world are dull and inactive, which has naturally been reflected…

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