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Farming & the land, 1927

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Dairying Payment for Cream. Butter or Butter Fat. Expert Discusses Methods

The Land · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 5

New South Wales and Queensland are said to be the only countries in the world where the butter producer is paid on the basis of commercial…

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Butter for Export

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 5

During the week ending January 22, 1927, the Commonwealth graders examined for export the following butter:—Sydney: 18,164 boxes salted, 1653…

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Wool Quality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 9

"Woolgrower" writes:—Recent remarks from Yorkshire re decadence of Australia's merino wool are particularly irritating to woolgrowers with some knowledge of the…

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Thursday's Homebush Stock Sales Sheep and Lambs. Sheep Irregular

The Land · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 14

30,270 sheep was listed for sale at Homebush to-day, and 32,360 were forward. All descriptions were in evidence, with a large propor-; tion of merino wethers of fair quality. A good…

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Monday's Homebush Stock Sales Sheep and Lambs. Sheep Dearer

The Land · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 13

A total of 13,220 sheep was listed for sale at the Homebush stock sales on Monday, but only 12,854 were forward. These comprised all descriptions of merinos, crossbreds, and…

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Harassed Sheep-owners' Protest

The Land · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 10

SERIOUS complaints have reached us from the Cooma district regarding the effect of the sheep-dipping regulations which have recently been put into operation. According to reliable advices this matter has had a very prejudicial influence upon the interests of stock-owners in the Cooma, Nimmitabel,…

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Record Wheat Yields. Crops in tho Finley District

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 10

Previous records in wheat production were eclipsed during the past season in the Finley (N.S.W.) district, the previous highest total of bags…

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Wheat in Elevators

The Land · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 15

According to a return furnished by the silo authorities, the wheat stocks in Government grain elevators on January 21 totalled 11,695,315 bushels, compared with 7,599,418 bushels at…

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Dairying and Pig Rearing Marketing Butter Dairymen Benefit the New Amalgamation

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 8

The first annual meeting of the recently formed Producers Distributing Society was held at Grafton (N.S.W.) last week, and in moving the adoption…

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Wheat Growing in Central Western Districts. Harvesting a Crop of Penny Wheat at Quandong. (Republished by courtesy of the "Agricultural Gazette.")

The Land · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 11

In the 1925-26 Farmers' Experiments in the Central Western Districts, plots of Waratah, Canberra,…

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Ganmain Wheat Junee

The Labor Daily · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 6

Ganmain silo has received 83,000 hags of wheat, and 17,062 [?] been delivered to the sheds…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Weaker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 13

Although the European market was a little firmer on Tuesday demand for Australian wheat sagged on Wednesday, and buyers were not in evidence. Prices receded about /3…

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W.a. Wheat Transport

The Land · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 4

A pleasing feature of the transport of the 1926-27 West Australian harvest is that there has been, so far, no occasion for various firms to approach…

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Crops and Pastures Bena Wheat High Yielding Strain a Cowra Product

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 10

The results from Bena (eno of the new varieties of wheat) during the past few seasons, indicate that it is likely to prove a valuable addition to…

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Wheat Experiments. Further Interesting Results

The Land · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 6

Results of an interesting character were obtained in a variety and manurial trial with wheat on the property of Messrs. Hobson Bros.,…

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MARGARINE Increased Production a Rival to Butter

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 7

The Imperial Economic Committee that reported recently upon the marketing and preparation for market of foodstuils produced within the…

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Wool Sales Brisbane Prices Firm

The Land · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., received the following wire from the Brisbane Office:- "Compared with last Brisbane sales, prices for fine wools suitable for Continent showed 5 per…

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Brisbane Wool Sales. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 12

The fourth series of the Brisbane wool sales of 192627 closed to-day, when 14,223 bales were offfered. The selection was, genrally spraking, an average one. Many fine-quality wools were included, at well as a…

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Wheat Cargoes Steady London, January 27

The Sun · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 9

Wheat cargoes are steady, Australians being nominally unchanged. Parcels in moderate request, sales including lots ex City of Pittsburg, E[?]penor, and City of Canton at…

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Wheat Markets 1 Easier Local Tone

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 2

Local wheat shippers yesterday reduced their buying limits by 12d to 47 per bushel in the country, and 5212 ex truck, Sydney. where railage costs are higher, 12d to 1d less is beihg…

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