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Farming & the land, 1926

9,032 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 250

Farmers' Sheep The Prolific Breeder Good Looks No Guide

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 10

The wisdom of keeping sheep on every farm is being increasingly recognised. Most farmers favor a flock of breeding ewes, with the object of…

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The All-wool Wool Pack. Considered Unsuitable

The Land · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 17

A tost as to the suitability of the all-wool wool pack for the packing of wool was carried out last week in the Melbourne stores of…

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Dairying and Pig Rearing Butter Trade Withholding Supply Protest in London

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 11

At a meeting of the Home and Colonial Stores, Ltd., in London, last week, the chairman (Mr. H. G. Emery) repeated the protest he made…

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Dead Near Tree Dundee Resident Sheep Farm Mystery Glen Innes

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 9

Mark Rees, a resident of Dundee, left home early in the morning to attend to a few sheep. When night fell and he had not returned, a search was…

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The Wool World

The Land · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 18

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Grain Insurance and Agency Co., Ltd., in their weekly wool report of February 16 state:—"At our sale…

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American Wool Buying

The Land · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 17

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

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The Housewife's Page Butter Cakes

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 13

1lb. butter, 1¾lbs. flour, 1lb. brown sugar, 1 egg, cardimum seed and cinnamon to taste. Beat butter and sugar to a cream then egg and flour it makes a…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Inactive

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

Owing to the absence of buyers overseas and the general weakness of the market, quotations for bagged wheat went back by /1 per bushel to nominally 5/2 at country sidings…

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Trucking of Millers' Wheat

The Land · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 12

As sufficient wheat has been brought down to the terminal to meet immediate shipping requirements, and deliveries are…

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Classing of Wool. Why Farmers Should Class Their Own Clips

The Land · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 9

Mr. G. W. McDonald, Lecturer on Wool, Melbourne University, and Head of Sheep avid Wool Department, Gordon Institute of…

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Australian Butter Surprising Development Canadians Perturbed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 7

Canadian dairyman are in the extraordinary position of having to export their surplus better to Great Britain, yet under the treaty recently…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Market Irregular

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

There was a penning yesterday at the Homebush stock sales of about 33,000 sheep and lambs, which came from 229 owners. [?]st of the New South Wales sheep centres were represented in the offering. The quality…

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World's Wheat Pool. Conference Opened

The Land · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 6

Cables from New York dated Feb. 16 stated that the conference of wheat pool representatives from the United States, Canada, and…

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Large Wheat Shipments for Japan

The Land · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 6

Cable information from London states that on the Baltic Exchange last Friday, 20,000 tons chartered to carry Australian wheat to Japan,…

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Horse Eats Too Much Wheat

The Land · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 20

"R. O. S.," (Narromine), writes:— "What is the right treatment for a horse that has had a feed of wheat, enough to make him very ill?"…

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Stud Stock Cattle From Scotland Shipment Arrives

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 10

After a period of about two years there is now a resumption of importations of stud stock from Great Britain, under the agreement that the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 12

The Melbourne wool auctions for the week concluded with a catalogue of 7505 bales, submitted by the Australian Mercantile, Land, and Finance Co., Ltd., covering a good selection. Competition was…

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1924-25 Wheat Pool. Final Dividend

The Land · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 6

Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw, M.L.A., chairman of the New South Wales Voluntary Wheat Pool Committee, Limited, stated on Wednesday last…

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Export of Butter Restriction Lifted The Lower Grades

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 11

The Dairy Produce Control Board has decided that all butters under first grade that had been withheld from shipment under the order of the…

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Tick Infested Sheep. a Warning to Stock-owners

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 10

Many tick-infested sheep have arrived at the Homebush (Sydney) saleyards lately, and, in issuing a warning to stock-owners, the stock…

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