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Farming & the land, 1927

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Wheat Pool Farmers Asked to Vote "No"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 4

Opposition to the proposal to establish a compulsory wheat pool is being raised by members of the Parliamentary Country Party…

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

The Land · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 14

A total of 27,123 sheep was listed for safe yesterday, but the actual number yarded was 29,750. Merino wethers were again by far the largest lot. Lambs and ewes were fairly well in…

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Field Wheat Competitions

The Land · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 5

The Royal Agricultural Society is again printing the reports and awards of the judges in the field wheat competitions for distribution amongst…

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Wheat Problems. Our Debt to Farm. Trustees' Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 12

Australia's debt to the wheat breeder, William Farrer, still remains almost wholly unpaid, and largely unacknowledged. To him more than to any other one man is…

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Wheat at Quirindi

The Land · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 5

Our Quirindi correspondent states hat the district is having a wonderfully good season. Last week's rain of 2½ inches will put the land in the…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 11

Referring to the ballot-papers which have been issued to growers for the purpose of ascertaining their views on a compulsory wheat pool, Mr. Duun, Minister for…

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Flocks and Herds Farmers' Sheep Lambs for Export Breeding Experiments

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 9

There is and always has been a scarcity of crossbred ewes in South Australia. Consequently in the production of lambs for the export trade…

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London Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 15

At the wool sales a good selection of greasy crossbreds and an average lot of merinos were offered. There was strong general competition, at full prices…

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Cattle. Good Quality in Demand

The Land · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 15

Although more cattle were available, good quality was scarce. The yarding totalled 3,416 heart, comprised mostly of young light and plain cattle. Heavyweight bullocks were hard…

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World's Supplies of Wheat

The Land · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 20

The following tabular statement, which was compiled by the "London Grain Reporter;" on information available up to the middle of…

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Russian Wheat for Export

The Land · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 4

Russia's forthcoming grain crop estimated at 2,820,000,000 bushels, 240,000,000 bushels more than last year says a statement of exports given our…

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Lectures on the Health of Sheep

The Land · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 3

The local Agricultural Society of Walcha, Dundee and Stanthorpe have arranged with Mr. H. A. Veron (the technical expert of Vita-Lick, Ltd.), to…

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From Newcastle. Suggested Wheat Shipment

The Land · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 5

Inquiries of Sydney firms by the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce as to whether it was considered practicable to export wheat from Newcastle…

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Wheat and Chaff a Misunderstanding

The Land · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 20

"Confound it!" exclaimed Jackson. "What a fool of a fellow that jeweller is!" "How so?" inquired his friend…

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Wheat Pool. Opposed by Country Party

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 13

The State Parliamentary Country party is opposed to the proposed compulsory wheat pool. A meeting of the party' yesterday decided…

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Wheat Pool Vote Roll Is Secret

Evening News · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 13

The general public cannot see the list of names of those wheat growers entitled to vote as to whether or no there shall be a…

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Europe Short? Wheat Position Chicago

The Sun · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 14

Despite liberal world shipments, wheat stocks abroad are not over-accumulating. That belief stimulated the market, and May options touched the highest…

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Sydney Wool Sales Wednesday, February 2

The Land · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 15

A total of 10,951 bales was catalogues for the wool sales on Wednesday and the sales amounted to 10,721 hales, of which 9777 were sold by auction and 944 privately…

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Parkes, a Picturesque Western Town "Farmer and Settler" Special Articles The Centre of a Great Wheat Growing District

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 11

In New South Wales antiquity does not reach back very far beyond the memory of man. Compared with older lands, where the loose ends of…

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Eggs and Butter Good Casino's Gold Medal Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 4

That Casino (N.S.W.) Co-operative Dairy Co. had received the gold medal in both unsalted and salted chesses of butter at the dairy show, London, in…

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