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Farming & the land, 1926

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Commercial, American Wool Buying. The World's Attitude to Values

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 39

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— American demand has been a marked feature of recent Sydney sales. The attractive clips now being offered…

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Wheat Pools. Canada's System. Efficient Organisation. New York, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 11

The conference of wheat pool representatives from the United States, Canada, and Australia opened to-day at St. Paul. Mr. Coleman Burnell, president of the Manitoba…

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Wool Sales Attractive Clips From Many Centres Only One Catalogue

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 9

WINCHCOMBE Carson Ltd, was the only [?] to sell at the Royal Exchange to-day, when the seventeenth series of wool sales…

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Fire on Ship Garoet in Danger Wool and Copra Ablaze

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 1

Stripped to the waist, firemen and seamen worked for over an hour in the midship hold of the Dutch steamer Garoet yesterday…

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World's Wheat Marketing Schemes Pool Delegates Meet St. Paul, February 16

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 1

An organisation of wheat pool representatives from the United States, Canada, and Australia was effected today at a conference…

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Wheat Conference Need for Pools Getting "Real Dope" Montreal. Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 1

A message from St. Paul Minnesoto says that with the international Conference on wheat pools, now a permanent organisation, one of the most…

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Catholic Immigration. Farm Hands and Domestics in Good Demand

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 15
Also in Freeman's Journal

As there are plenty of opportunities for farm hands and domestics, Catholics should not hesitate to nominate their friends in the old country…

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Murderous Thieves Kill Farmer's Family ROME, Wednesday Night

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 9

Thieves, disguised as shepherds, at Chiaramonti, in Sardinia, wiped out a family of six people. The thieves knocked at the door of…

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On the Land. Fallows and Manures. Dookie College Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 9

The annual report of the Dookie Agricultural College, presented to the Council of Agricultural Education for Victoria, contains much of interest, especially that portion…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 13

City dairy produce houses reported satisfactory sales for nice-graded new-laid eggs, at an unchanged 1/9 per dosen. Cheese sales showed some decline. Butter, honey, and…

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Town Saved Bush Fire Fiend Ravages Northern Areas Heroic Fighters John Brown's Farm Had Narrow Escape

The Sun · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 11

Serious outbreaks of fire have occurred in the Wauchope district, in the West Maitland area, and other northern parts. The township of Thornton was menaced, but the heroic work of fire-fighters saved the place…

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Homebush Sales Sheep Cheaper Cattle Market Dearer Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 10

Although only 33,770 sheep were listed for sale at Homebush yesterday about 36,300 were forward. These comprised all descriptions of merinos and crossbreds, with merinos…

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Dairy versus Beef Cattle

The Land · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 19

For some time past there has been much written in the various press about the great importance that should be attached to breeding…

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Pastoral Award Case

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 4

Mr. J. W. Allen, general secretary of the Graziers' Association, was advised from Melbourne yesterday that the hearing of the A. WU claims for a new…

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Butter Shipments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 13

The Australian Dairy Council advises that the butter shipped to the United Kingdom, from all States for the week ended February 6 amounted to 68,675 boxes Shipments by…

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Dairying Butter Factory Returns. Tumut Factory

The Land · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 13

The Tumut factory, for December, made 55¾ tons of butter, as against 57¾ tons in November, and 73 tons for the corresponding…

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Wheat Steady

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 7

The local wheat market was steady at 5s 9d a bushel, Sydney basis. Farmers, howover, were disinclined to sell owing to continued dry weather…

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Impoverished Wool

The Land · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 17

Anaemiae, weakened constitutions and consequent poverty of wool, both in quality and quantity, are directly traceable to worm attack…

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Shoalhaven Butter-fat Tests

The Land · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 13

In the butter-fat stest competition, promoted by the Shoalhaven Agricultural Society, the results of the 24 hours' test were: Alexander…

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