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Farming & the land, 1927

9,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 250

Wool Wealth High Averages Keen Buying

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 9

The demand for wool continues strong, and lately improved rates are well maintained. Competition for superfine sorts is particularly keen,…

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Sydney Wool Sales Thursday, February 10

The Land · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 13

At the Sydney wool sales on Thursday 10,241 bales were catalogued and the sales, including private transactions totalled 10,388 hales, of which 9451 were sold by auction;…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, February 14

The Land · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 8

Chicago options are quoted as follow:—May 139⅞ cents per bushel (down 1⅛ cent); July 134 cents (down ⅝ cent)…

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Sheep in N.S.W. Official Estimate of Total

The Land · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 12

Following upon the statement by the Government Statistician (Mr. T. Waites), in July last, that the number of sheep enumerated in landholders'…

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Wellington Wool Sale. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 17

The Wellington wool sale opened to-night. A very strong demand was evident from the outset. Bidding was brisk, and competition was frequently animated. Bradford and Continental firms were the principal…

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Wheat Pool Governments Sincerity Will Abide by Vote

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 17

Commenting upon the ballot that is at present being taken by the N.S.W Department of Agriculture, to ascertain whether growers are in favor of a…

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Federal Wheat Pool. Only Means to Adequate Price

The Land · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 4

In the course of his speech on the Marketing Bill in the Legislative Assembly, the Country Party leader, Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw, referred to…

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The Wheat Seasons. Review of Last Year's Conditions

The Land · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 5

Generally speaking the past season was favourable for wheat crops that wove sown sufficiently early on well drained soils, but quite the reverse for…

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Stud Sheep for N.S.W. Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 7

Two New South Wales sheepbreeders, Messrs. W. Glasson and G. Magill, purchased 116 stud Romney ewes from the Waiorongomai flock, and the…

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Late Shorn Wool Equalisation Scheme. Opposed by Grazlers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 10

The wool-marketing scheme suggested to a recent conference in the north of NewSouth Wales by Mr. K. P. Wright, in connection with the…

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The Wool World. Late Satisfactory Prices Strongly Maintained

The Land · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 12

Late buoyant figures have been strongly maintained for all classes of merino fleece wool and skirtings at this week's Sydney sales. The trend of values for comebacks and fine crossbreds has been upwards. Coarse crossbreds, however, are still very cheap, prices for…

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Butter Wanted for Troops in China War Office Requirements Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 13

Cable advices have been received by the Commonwealth Government from the High Commissioner's Office, London, that the War Office requires…

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Closer Settlement. Effect on Wool Industry. Mr. Waddell's Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 11

Among representative graziers there is always the fear that indiscriminate subdivision of large estates for closer settlement may seriously and even irrecoverably injure…

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The Wheat World Why Growers Are Voting "No" Minister's Explanations Make Successive Tangles

The Land · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 4

The position regarding the wheat pool ballot has been hopelessly tangled throughout. One misunderstanding has followed another. and the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, has been kept busy endeavouring to make satisfactory explanations…

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Casual Conversations the Late Shopping Night.—two Farmers and a Shop Assistant

The Land · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 1

Crowds thronged the main street of a Riverina town on Saturday night. The shop windows were brightly lighted, and within the shops customers…

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Potato Crops Promising

The Land · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 19

During the early portion of the month all main crops of potatoes were particularly promising and the prospects were for record crops, states the…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association of N.S.W. Farmer's Best Investment Migration. State Government's Policy

The Land · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 2

A statement of the Government's migration policy has been received by Mr. W. C. Cambridge, general secretary of the F.S.A., in reply to the following…

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Strongest Union of Farmers

The Land · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 2

At the Parkes district council meeting, referring to the work accomplished by the F. and S. Association, Mr. H. K. Nock said the F.S.A. was the strongest association in the…

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Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co., Ltd

The Land · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 14

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance, and Agency Company, Limited, offered a very good selection, including many attractive, well-grown wools in good…

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Down on the Farm Make Poultry Pay

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 12

For the benefit of those interested in poultry, each week this journal will give information concerning the poultry industry. Instructive and…

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