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Farming & the land, 1926

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Commercial. the Wool Position. The French Factor

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 38

Messrs. Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— Demand on all wool markets has displayed a stronger tone recently. At our closing Sydney auction last week…

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Synthetic Wool Must Pay Duty Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 6

In the House of Representatives to-day the Minister for Customs, in reply to Mr. Cameron (S.A.), said that imported apparel, piecegoods, and materials…

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Child's Death Wool in Throat Fatal Operation

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 7

Whether a child's death, in St. George District Hospital, on January 18, was due to heart failure or to the presence of a piece…

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Under the Library Lamp a Field of Wheat

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 6

Tis midnight and the prairie owl is lazy by the lake, And half of him is sleeping, for half of him is sly…

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Wood Wool. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 15

Sir,—"Finnish Trade," an export Journal of Finland, contains a notification in its columns of November, 1925, of the existence of a "wood wool." Factory prepared to do export…

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Wheat Harvest Smaller This Season Average Yield Lower Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 6

The revised estimates of the Australian wheat harvest indicate that the total yield will be approximately 110,000,000 bushels, tho area under…

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Bitter Comment of British Farmers on Govt.'s Policy London, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 10

THE Agricultural White Paper issued yesterday defining the Government's policy to stimulate farming, has drawn bitter comment from…

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Market Reports. Sussex Street. Dairy Produce

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 6

With the discontinuing of export ample supplies of cheese are being forwarded to the local market, though agents refused to attribute the…

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Tumut Tobacco Crop. Best for Several Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 9

TUMUT.—The Government Tobacco Expert (Mr. C. J. Tregenna), after visiting Tumut, considers that the tobacco crops in Tumut and district are the best grown here for the…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 13

The usual dull Wednesday's business was transacted among city dairy produce houses yesterday. Pullet eggs continued in heavy supply and limited inquiry, while case eggs…

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Homebush Sales Sheep Cheaper Cattle Market Irregular Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 10

There were 38,426 sheep listed for sale at Homebush yesterday, but about 40,650 were forward. The offering comprised all descriptions of merino, crossbreds, and comebacks, with…

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Melbourne Sales Sheep Prices Unchanged. Good Cattle Dearer

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 6

About 37,500 fat sheep were in the pens at the Melbourne sales on Tuesday, but there was a scarcity of good and primo sorts. At the Leginning…

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Dairy Produce. Butter Again Advances

The Land · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 14

Butter production is well maintained, and prospects in dairying districts for the near future, at any rate, are good, yet butter was…

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High Prices for Dairy Cattle

The Land · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 3

Reports from Murwillumbah state that the good season now prevailing on the Tweed combined with the higher prices for butter, has…

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Butter Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 13

The Now South Wales Advisory Dairy Board states that the butler shipped from the Commonwealth to the United Kingdom for the week ended January 23 last amounted to…

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Raleigh Butter Factory

The Land · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 3

The butter factory at Raleigh has been working almost night and day. Suppliers received £5101/14/1 for 97,9431b. butter. No…

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Butter for Export

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 11

The New South Wales Advisory Dairy Board reports that the butter shipped to the United Kingdom from al States for the week ended January 23 was as follows :--…

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Worms in Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 4
Also in The Land

Bomach worms, thread warms, nodular, finke and other [?] are described and [?] in an interesting little book on Intestinal…

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Wheat Falls

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 5

Country wheat limits were lowered to-day, shippers buying at the rate of 6s 2d a bushel, Sydney basis. During yesterday afternoon farmers sold more freely, and…

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