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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

9,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

Output of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 9

BELLINGEN.--During December the Upper Bellinger Society's output to talled 67,449lb. of choicest and 8421lb of first -grade butter for which…

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Good Sheep Country

The Sun · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 2

"The County of Cumberland is wonderfully suited for the raising of sheep, much more suited for this than for raising, cattle, yet few people…

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Australian Wool Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 13

An analysis of exports of wool from Australia during the last seven seasons and during 1913 in the December bulletin of the Wool Textile Delegation, London, emphasises the…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat in Elevators

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 13

According to a return furnished by the silo authorities, wheat stocks in Government grain elevators on January 27 totalled 11,708,495 bushels, as against 7,427,506…

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Wheat Loading. "Tre" Steamer for Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 4

Wheat freights for full cargoes remain firm. Latest charters include a "Tre" steamer to load 6750 tons at Sydney during February, at 48/9 a ton…

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Rallies Wheat at Chicago Chicago, January 29

The Sun · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 9

Enlarged commission house buying of wheat developed on price setbacks on Saturday, and those, in turn, produced rallies, the market…

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Merino Wool Clips Breeders Born, Not Made

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 9

I have react with Interest the letters from Mr Killen and Mr. Grogan in reply to statements made by Mr. S. B Bradford, relative to the…

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Wool Sales Series Resumed Many Western Wools 10,618 Bales Offered

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 7

A NEW series of wool sales was commenced at the Royal Exchange this afternoon, when two agents submitted an aggregate…

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Struck by Lightning. Farmer's Narrow Escape. Mittagong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 11

Mr. James Buckman, a dairy farmer at Lower Mittagong, was milking a cow during a storm when a flash of lightning struck the steel pall he was using. The flash travelled…

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Homebush Sales Sheep Dearer Cattle Market Firm Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 8

There were 14,920 sheep listed fur Male at Homebush yesterday, and about 16,080 were forward. Merinos, as usual, made up the major portion of the supply, but all descriptions of…

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Rural Interests Compulsory Pool Next Wheat Crop? Ballot to Proceed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 11

The Government is to proceed with the arrangement, states the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn), to take a ballot of…

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Inconsistency in Wool Weighing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 13

Mr. K. D. Ogilvie (Glen Innes) writes:— Sir,—The rules and customs under which wool is sold in Sydney demand that all wool must be weighed into the store immediately on its arrival from the…

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Wheat Markets Quiet, But Steady

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 8

Private cables advise that the European wheat markets are quieter, but prices are steady. A cargo has been sold on behalf of the South Australian pool at 584 per…

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Butter Factory. Transfer to Victoria. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 12

Messrs. Holdensen and Neilson, proprietors of the Albury Butter Factory, who recently decided to transfer operations to the Victorian side of the Murray, owing to the…

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N.z. Butter Higher Duty Sought Cheese Quiet

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 2

An effort is to be made to induce the Federal Government to increase the import duty on butter to 6d a lb. The move is aimed at importations…

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Wool at Auction To-day's Market

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 11

Wool sales were continued at the Royal Exchange this afternoon. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., and Pitt, Son, and…

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Wheat Prices Fractionally Lower New York

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 13

Wheat closed fractionally lower, because wherever prices bulged, increased offerings swamped the market temporarily. No. 1 wheat, cash, was quoted at about 6s; May…

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Dirty Wheat Chaff and Thistles Spoiling the Harvest

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 13

When a flour miller, in England or elsewhere abroad, buys what he supposes is a bag of Australian wheat, he is not pleased should he find that…

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On the Land. Compulsory Wheat Pool. Ballot Papers Issued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 9

The ballot papers inviting an expression of opinion from wheatgrowers as to the formation of a State compulsory wheat pool have now been issued. It is noted, however, that…

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Wool Sales. New Series Begins Some High-class Clips

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 8

Wool sales were resumed at the Royal Exchange yesterday. when Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., and the Graziers' Co-operative Co. commenced the twelfth series of…

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