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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

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Wheat Loading. Cape St. Martin for Japan

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 4

Chartering of tonnage for Australian wheat loading is abnormally quiet at present. The only future business being done is in the direction of Japan…

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The English Butter Markets. Reason for Denmark's Firm Hold

The Land · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 3

"Australian exports would increase if more attention were paid to Government-established colleges for the study of farming."…

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The Wool Market. Continental Buyers. Financial Position

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 7

While France has been a good bidder for the better class of wools, Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., say that its general activity does not display…

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Canada Discovers a New Wheat. Mature in 100 Days

The Land · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 12

According to the Canadian correspondent of the "New York Commercial" special attention has been attracted in Canada by the…

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Brisbane Produce Big Demand for Chaff. Wheat Prices Advance

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

There was again a good demand for [?] chaff at Rome-street markets, Brisbane, yesterday (Thursday), and saled were made at prices…

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Matters of Moment. the Romance of the Riverina. Lonely Resting Places Converted into Thriving Towns and Sheep Runs into Smiling Wheat Paddocks. Transformations Effected by Enterprising and Industrious Settlers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 9

Riverinal A name to conjure with in the golden pastoral years; a name to conjure with to-day. Since that faraway time when Hume, in 1824,…

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Wool in London Firm Market for Merino London

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 3

For a large selection of merino wool which was offered at the public sales to-day prices were firm at late levels…

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London Markets Russian Wheat for Italy ("Sun" Special) LONDON, February 4

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 7

Business in wheat cargoes is quiet, owing to a decline in American and Argentina. Millers are not operating. It is reported that several cargoes of Russian wheat have…

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The Wool World. No Sydney Sales This Week. Buyers Away at Brisbane

The Land · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 17

The Sydney wool market during the week has been suffering from one of its forced periods of inactivity, the auctions having been…

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Rural Interests Settlement and Production Wool Sales Firm Values Best Wools to Come

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 4

The past has been an "off" week in the Sydney wool trade, owing to the absence of buyers, who went in full numbers to the Brisbane auctions…

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A Profitable Crop

The Land · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 2

What constitutes a record yield per acre for any kind of crop in Australia? The strawberry-growers at Warrnambool (Vic.) must have…

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Dairying. Upper Bellingen Co-op. Co

The Land · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 3

In December the Upper Belligen Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., paid suppliers the record amount of £8026/ 5/9 for 154,6411b. butter, at the rate…

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Grafton Dairy Co

The Land · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 3

The Grafton Dairy Company's output for December was 151 tons 17cwt., or 36 tons lcwt 621b in excess of the output for the previous…

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Our Railways Bleeding the Farmer

The Land · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 7

One rural newspaper in the State considers that the charge of 3d. per ton made by the Railway Department for weighing wheat for the…

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Botany in Relation to the Farmer. The Basis of Prosperity

The Land · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 9

"It has been said by some that New South Wales is climbing to prosperity on the sheep's back; others think that it is climbing…

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Going on the Land. The Feeding of Farm Animals

The Land · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 9

Every farmer, no matter what branch of farming he takes up, is certain to have some animals to look after, and it is necessary for…

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Railway Notes "Bleeding the Farmer". Weighbridge Charges

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 7

One rural newspaper in the state considers that the charge of 3d, a ton made by the Railway Department for weighing wheat for the owner's sale…

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Country Shows Rewards of Husbandry. The Farmers' Pride. Coff's Harbor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 15

There was a record attendance at the coff's Harbor show last week. The pavilion display was excellent and the cattle, horses poetry, and farm and daley produce were all strongly…

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Cereal Crops Heavy Yields at Trangie. High Averages

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 3

Excellent yields were obtained on the Trangle Experiment Farm cereal plots this year. In his harvest report, the manager (Mr. A…

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Sussex-street Trade Dairy Lines Steady. Potatoes and Onions Cheaper

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

An increase in butter prices of 4d, per lb, (4/8 per cwt.) to 177/4 per cwt., was announced in the dairy produce section in Sussex-street…

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