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Farming & the land, 1926

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Broadcasting. Farmer's Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 10

10.10 a.m.—Chimes and programme announcements. 10.15.—Official weather forecast, rainfall, temperatures astronomical memoranda, shipping intelligence, mail service's…

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"The Farmer's Wife."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 16

The Sydney season of Eden Ph[?]pot[?]s's comedy. "The Farmer's Wife," which has run for eight weeks at the Palace, concluded last night. The curtain fell upon a scene of…

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Soldier Settlers. Writing Down of Farms. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 16

The Minister for Lands and Migration (Mr. R. C. Angwin), addressing the State Soldier Settlers' Conference, referred [?] the Commonwealth Government's decision to write…

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Farmers and Settlers Grenfell

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 6

The Bribbaree br[?] of the Farmers and Settlers Association has been re-formed, with the following effacers:--…

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Prospects For Warwick Farm Tips And Jockeys Sad Race for Backers of Favorite Will Losing Handicap Sequence Break at Warwick Farm To-day? Best Chances in Principal Event Samoan and Greendale May Fight It Out

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 2

MIDDLE-DISTANCE RACES at Warwick Farm have been no good to backers, only two first favorites having won the principal handicap event there during the current season. THE SPELL MAY RE BROKEN TO-DAY, however, as the field in the…

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Futurity Stakes Warwick Farm and Kensington See T. G. Hopkins' Fina

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 2

Racegoer wishing in invest on above races to-day cannot do here procure a copy of T.G. Hopkins procure as it contains some chose information…

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Short Prices About Farm Favorites

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 2

In yesterday's charts there was be thing between Lile Queen and cave Dweller who [?]bured favoritism of the Glenfield Handicap, at Warwick Farm…

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Farmers' Protest State-aided Emigration London, February 18

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 1

The council of the National Farmers Union has carried a resolution protesting to the Ministry of Agriculture that State-aided emigration does not…

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Eggs Up New Laid Rise Threepence Butter Higher

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1926 · page 4

Hot weather has caused such a marked falllng-off in egg supplies that Sussex-street has raised the price by 3d a dozen, as from to-morrow…

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International Brings Out Self-loading Truck for Wheat

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 February 1926 · page 10

The economical handling of wheat, from the paddock to silo, has always been a problem of the Australian grower. Usually the grain has to be bagged and…

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DRIFTITIS What Happened to Brown Spur QUITE a lot of fingers were burnt over Brown Spur in yesterday's Hurdle Race at Warwick Farm

Truth · Sunday 21 February 1926 · page 2

THE Cavalry Folding had filled a few minor places in good hurdle company at Randwick in his recent starts, and eith everything in order he appeared to…

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Up on the Farm Pike Stays Home Profitably Jockey's Expensive Mistake

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1926 · page 6

Warwick Farm had a quietly successful meeting yesterday under conditions that were against big attendance. A number of leading racing men mere absent in Melbourne, and the counter-attractions Included the Kensington Cup meeting. Many backers presumably Won, as leading bookmakers referred to the day…

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The Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 13

Supplies to Sydney from the far Northern Rivers show a slight decrease, and production in other centres is falling off considerably. The market will be advanced /0½ per lb to-day,…

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Wheat Steady Locally

The Sun · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 5

The local wheat market is quiet, country limits remain unaltered at 5s 9d a bushel, Sydney basis. WHEAT CARGOES INACTIVE…

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Butter Output Dry Weather Effects

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 7

ALSTONVILLE.--The local butter factory during January manufactured 126¼ tons butter, of which 274,034lb. was choicest, 7728lb. first-class, and…

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Railed Wheat Balranald

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 6

The first consignment or wheat to be despatcher from Balranaid by rail, was consigned last week, when 300 bas were forwarded from Oldham Pars…

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Breadstuffs. Silo Wheat Stocks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 13

According to a return issued by the silo authorities wheat stocks on February 19 totalled 6,481,422 bushels, of which 630,289 were in the Sydney terminal, and 1800 were…

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Wool Prices and Suitings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 13

In regard to the price of wool and the price of clothes the methods by which American manufacturers have reduced conversion costs are attracting attention. According to the…

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1500 Sheep Burnt. Fires at Condobolin. Condobolin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 11

Fire broke out recently on Mr. Thos. Judd's place near Melrose Hotel. About 3000 sheep were in a paddock, and about 1500 of them were burned to death. Three thousand acres of…

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Butter Up. 1d a Lb. in Melbourne Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 7

Representatives of the butter trade to-day raised the wholesale price of butter by 9b 4d a cwt., or 1d a lb. The higher rate will be passed on…

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