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Farming & the land, 1927

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Butter Output

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

During December, Norco, Ltd., manufactured 679 tons of butter, and paid suppliers 1s 4d per lb. for choice, as against 1627 tons for December, 1925,…

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N.Z. Butter Imports Dairymen Concerned Byron Bay

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 6

Speaking at a P.P., Union meeting, Mr. F. H. Bartlett, late general president, stated that it was a fact that 12,000 boxes of New Zealand butter had been bough, for…

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What's Wrong with Our Butter?

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 8

Sir,—In years gons by there was a time when delicious butter used to come to Sydney from the South Coast districts, particularly from wollongong, and known as "Wollongong…

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Wheat Markets Dull Position

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 8

Extremely dull conditions rule in the overseas wheat markets, according to private cable advices. The position of Argentine wheat to weak. Freights are firm, holders asking 17…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Idle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 13

The wheat market yesterday reflected the dull position oversea in so far as Australian grain is concerned. Buyers' limits were unchanged at 4/7½ in country positions, equal to…

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Hopes for Spring Wheat at Chicago Farmers Holding Back Chicago

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 15

Wheat moved higher within narrow price ranges, chiefly upon reports that farmers are not anxious to sell their grain, hoping for better prices in the…

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Bulk Wheat Trucks "No Shortage"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

Replying to complaints by wheat-growers of delay in the removal of their wheat, and, in particular, to motions carried at the last conference…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 16

The wool sales re[?]opened in Melbourne to-day, whe[?] there was a large assembly of buyers. From the outset competition was keen and well distributed. The bidding was a[?]ted, and good clearances were…

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Australian Wool. No Deterioration. Pastoralists Explanation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 8

Mr. S. B. Hollings, of Bradford, in an address to the Bradford Textile Society (as reported in the cables on Saturday) declared that there was an average of at least 20…

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N.Z. BUTTER London Market Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 11

Mr. W. Grounds, chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Produce Export Control Board, has returned front London, where he attended the…

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Prints for London Norco Butter Output Byron Bay

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 6

For December, Norco manufactured 670 tons of butter, paid 14 fop choice. In the corresponding period of last year the company made 1627 tons, and paid 12 12d. The…

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Homebush Sales. Sheep Values Decline Demand for Prime Beef

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 8

Sheep were cheaper, with cattle commending late rates, at the Homebush sales yesterday. The quality of the 22,000 sheep offered…

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Butter in England. Competition From Northern Europe. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 9

Mr. W. Grounds, chairman of the Dairy Control Board, has returned from a visit to England. He says that the control system was initiated satisfactorily, and when he left…

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Wheat Results. Trials in the West and South-west

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 9

Additional reports of experiments with wheat in the central west and south-west have been forwarded to the Department of Agriculture. In the Parkes district, in which…

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Wool Sales. High Prices Realised France Pays Up to 39d

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 8

With an aggregate offering of 10,500 bales, three veiling agents continued the 11th series of wool sales at the Royal Exchange yesterday…

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Wool Sales Dust and Burr in Two Catalogues Few Super Clips

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 9

DUST and burr were noticable in both the catalogues offered at the Royal exchange to-day, when the wool sales were…

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Rural Interests Settlement and Production Wool Clips What is at Fault? Reply to Criticism

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

Strong exception was taken yesterday on behalf of woolgrowers to the destructive criticism regarding the majority of the Australian wool clips, as…

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Varied Harvest Riverina Farmers Many Poor Returns Albury

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 12

THE completion of harcesting in the Riverina and border districts has brought with it the keenest disappointment to many…

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Farmer Prince His Latest Purchase London

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 9

THE Prince of Wales was to impressed by his visit to Grove Farm, on the banks of the River Trent, near Nottingham, that he…

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Presentation Address to Mr. C. W. Cropper

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 12

THIS AFTERNOON BOOKMAKERS WHO ARE REGISTERED BY THE A.J.C. WILL PRESENT THE SECRETARY OF THE AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB WITH AN ILLUMINATED ADDRESS ENCASED IN JEWELLED SOLID SILVER. MR. CROPPER WILL LEAVE ON JANUARY 27 FOR A HOLIDAY TOUR ABROAD…

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