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Farming & the land, 1926

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Poultry Farmers Marketing Issue THE P.F.A. OBJECTIVE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 7

Mr. A. H. [?]ildesley, president of the Poultry Farmers' Association, which is now being formed, who says he regrets the necessity of contradicting…

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"Public Boon" Farmer's Wireless Happy Re-union

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 5

The directors of Farmer and Co., Ltd., celebrated the completion of the second year of Farmer's Broadcasting Service (2FC) last evening, when the…

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Butter Markets

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 14

In its weekly review of the butter market. Prescott, Ltd., states:--SYDNEY.--There has been an excellent demand on account of the holidays at 1494 per…

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Butter Biscuits

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 7

Take lib. butter lib dark brown sugar I beaten egg blanched almonds I teaspoon cinnamon bare teaspoon of baking powder I piled…

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Pastoral Products the Year's Turnover

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 4

The volume of business and values in pastoral products in the Sydney market during the past year are of special interest in their bearing on…

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Breadstuffs. a New Russian Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 13

At a conference held in the Kremlin at Moscow, a series of "Bo[?]shevist victories" was announced, which, it is claimed, will revolutionise not only the whole of the Russian…

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Synthetic Wool. Capetown, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 11

Local representatives of the wool trade are inclined to scoff at the claims made on behalf of synthetic wool, and refuse to believe that it will constitute a serious monaco to the…

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Wool Tops Trade Quiet London, December 31

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 2

Business in wool tons at Bradford, is quiet, and quotations are nominally unchanged, although tops-makers are inclined to make concessions in order to secure…

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Wheat Markets Cargoes and Parcels London, December 31

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 14

The market for wheat cargoes is quiet, and occasionally easier, but there is fair business in Australian on the parity of 62 to 636 per quarter. A Japan January shipment, ex San…

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Wool Control War-time System Opposed London, December 31

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

Although no official information is as yet available relative to the decisions of the recent conference of representatives of wool interests held at…

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On the Land. the Wool Trade. Melbourne Sales Next Week. Outlook Unchanged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 9

On Monday wool auctions will be hold in Melbourne, and their results will be watched with interest. No reason exists tor anticipating any marked change in values or in…

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Far Eastern Rice Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 13

The British Department of Oversea Trade has received telegraphic advice from a reliable source that the second estimate of the Japauese rice crop places the yield at…

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The Palace.—"the Farmer's Wife."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 6

Two of the most amusing character sketches in "The Farmer's Wife," at the Palace, are given by Miss Susan Richmond and Mr. Edwin Brett—the former as Thirza Tapper and the latter as Churdles Ash. Mr…

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Rural Interests Settlement and Production ARGENTINA Dairying Prospects Faulty Systems

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 4

In this article the former Commonwealth Dairy Expert deals further with the big field for dairy production in Argentina, but shows…

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The Wool Badger

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1926 · page 3

Of the curious fauna which link Britain with antiquity, perhaps the most notable survival is Brock the Badger. A secretive person. Brock--…

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Wheat Growing Extraordinary Edmonton (Alberta)

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1926 · page 8

"We have no wheat land in Illinois the equal of this; we dare not go back and tell the whole truth of what we have seen in Western…

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Synthetic Wool Bradford Unafraid London

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1926 · page 1

Bradford wool merchant and manufacturers are unperturbed by the inventors' claims to have produced synthetic wool. There is no…

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A Cocky Prays for Rain a Farmer's Lament

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1926 · page 5

This is a realistic, poignant, and grimly humorous monologue by an Australian farmer in the midst of a drought. Be it…

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Personocraphs the Farmer Lawyer

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1926 · page 8

OWNING a model farm at Port Hacking, which he visits every week-end. That is one of the chief divertissements of "Little Ernie"…

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Welcome Rains Farmers Rejoice West Maitland

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1926 · page 5

With a long spell of dry weather in the valley of the Hunter, men on the land have had an anxious time, so that the showers that have fallen during…

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