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Farming & the land, 1926

9,032 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250

Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Lightweights Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 13

In all 18,188 sheep and lambs were penned yesterday for the Homebush fat stock sales. These comprised all descriptions from heavy wethers down to sucking lambs, and all glades from fats to old and…

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Wheat Markets Firm But Quiet

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 8

Reflecting the feeling in the markets overseas, the local wheat position may be described in the cabled words received privately from London as to the market there--"Firm, but quiet."…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 8

At the Melbourne wool sales today Gorldsbrough, Mort, and Co. submitted 5321 bales, comprising a good average collection, with no outstanding parcels. Competition was healthy,…

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Royal Easter Show. Record Wheat Entries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 9

The entries for the export butter and cneese sections for the coming Royal Show, also those for wheat, have closed. Notwithstanding the adverse season many of the dairying districts…

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States First Wheat Marking the Site

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 7

TEMORA.--As a result of representations made by J. Bladley (president of the Country Press Association), the project to erect a monument…

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Price of Butter Advanced in Adelaide Adelaide

The Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 1

The price of butter was advanced by [?]d a lb. yesterday. The cause of the increase was stated to be the decline in local production. The…

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EXPERIMENTS First Specimens Wool and Sniafil

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 4

With the arrival of the first specimens of Sniafi[?] in Australia discussion has been intense in wool circles about the material's possibilities, and there…

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Wheat Export. Large Shipments. Freights Fall Again

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 10

With over 250,000 tons of the new season's exportable wheat afloat, and a large number of vessels loading and fixed to load, the bulk of the season's tonnage requirements have…

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Field Trials Wheat and Oats Triumphant Methods

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 7

A feature of several experiments conducted by farmers in the growing of wheats and oats, under the supervision of instructors in agriculture…

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Wool Sales Many Choice Lines 16th Series Continued

The Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 13

An offering of 10,210 bales was catalogued for sale at the wool sales held at the Royal Exchange to-day. The rostrum was first occupied by…

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Wool Sales. New Series Open Dust and Burr

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 8

The 16th series of wool sales commenced with 10,259 bales submitted by Pitt Son and Badgery, Ltd., and the A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd. yesterday…

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Sniafil "Not Synthetic Wool" Italian Co.'s Statement Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 11

A sample of snlafil was to-day sent to the Institute of Science by Mr. G. Vaccarl, Melbourne representative of the Snlavioscosa…

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Rural Interests Settlement and Production Royal Show Wheat Exhibits Record Entries

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 7

Record entries have been received by the Royal Agricultural Society in the wheat section at the forthcoming show, 57 exhibitors having sent in 204…

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Raging Still Thousands of Acres Burnt Out Forests Ablaze Many Sheep Perish Fences Destroyed

The Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 11

Although small showers of rain temporarily held up the bush fires in the district between Albury and Wagga, they have broken, out again, and thousands of acres of grass and many miles of fencing have been destroyed…

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Wool Sales Series Continued 10,210 Bales Offered Some Choice Wools

Evening News · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 9

The 16th series of wool sales was continued at the Royal Exchange to-day, when an aggregate of 10,210 bales was offered…

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On the Land. Central Western Wheat Interesting Variety Trials. Some Heavy Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 9

Several Informative wheat variety tests were conducted by the Department of Agriculture last season, in co-operation with local farmers in the central western district, under…

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Poultry Farmers (To the Editor.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 3

Sir.—As the Poultry Farmers' Association of New South Wales has been recently formed, I thought it might be of interest to readers of your valuable…

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Poultry Farmers Determined to Organise

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 3

The butter manufacturers found out some time ago that the industry was a failure for want of co-operation, and a certain amount of work was done in the…

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Rubber Crop

Evening News · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 9

A [?] has been received from the Standard Rubber Company's sydney [?] Federated [?] States stating that the rubber crop…

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A.j.c. Warwick Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 14

Following are the entries for the A.J.C. Warwick Farm meeting on February 20:- February Hurdle Race, about 2m end If.—Double Excape, Master Buck, Fierabras, Glen Song, Bungarly,…

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