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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

9,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 73 of 250

Wool Agents' Report. Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd

The Land · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 11

Pitt, Son, and Badgery Ltd., report:- Selling brokers who have conducted auctions during this week have reported a consistent and well sustained inquiry from all…

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Wool Weights Buyers and Sellers Grazlers' Request

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 10

At the last annual conference of the Graders' Assoclation of New South Wales a recommendation was made that the buyer and seller of wool…

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Waratah Wheat Growing in Popularity Rival to Federation

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 17

In his report upon the growing crop competition recently, the chief instructor of the N.S.W. department of Agriculture referred to the…

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A Long Trek 18,000 Head of Cattle Across Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 10

Arrangements have been made to move 18,000 hard of cattle from the Northern Territory to South Australian. The cattle will travel in several mobs,…

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Wheat Is Down Again World's Big Supply Chicago

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 1

WHEAT closed cent lower here yesterday; Liverpool declined Id owing to Increased pressure from Australian and Argentine shipments, and…

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The Wool World. No Slackening at This Week's Sales

The Land · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 12

The demand has shown no slackening at this week's Sydney wool sales. Yorkshire inquiry has again brightened, and a fair quantity of wool is now being bought for that quarter. Japan and Germany are still most vigorous operators, Germany…

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General Markets Wheat Market Still 4/5½, But Little More Life

The Land · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 8

The wheat position continued lifeless throughout last week and over the week-end, with quotations for bagged wheat unchanged at 4/5½ to the grower. Inquiries were very…

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Rural Interests: Settlement & Production Wool in Demand Values Buoyant for Best Grades

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 9

Attractive catalogues and highly satisfactory clearances are still the order of the day in the Sydney wool market, and for the great bulk of…

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The Wheat World Pool Ballot and Marketing Bill Mr. Buttenshaw Replies to Mr. Field

The Land · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 4

Mr. E. E. Field, F.S.A. Executive member, has been advocating a "Yes" vote in connection with the wheat pool ballot. Exception has been taken to some of his statements by Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw, M.L.A., leader of the Country. Party, who replies in the following…

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Self-help the Farmer's Best Friend

The Land · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 2

A farmers' organisation exists for the benefit of the farmers. It is not an end in itself. It is a means by which the farmers get together and help themselves. The primary producers of New South Wales can best help…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association of N.S.W. Rural Workers' Award General Secretary F.S.A. Replies to Questions

The Land · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 2

Farmers employing labor are frequently in doubt as to the application of the Rural Workers' Award to a particular case. The general…

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Insurance of Crops. Fall Payment on Policies. Existing Practice Explained

The Land · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 2

Dealing with the insurance of crops, the F.S.A. Conference carried a resolution: "That insurance companies be forced…

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Agents' Reports Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. ' Co., Ltd

The Land · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 12

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., Ltd., reports:—For our sale[?] on February 16 we brought forward our most attractive catalogue of the season to date, totalling 7,045 bales…

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Paterson Scheme. Farmers Gained £2,000,000 Last Year

The Land · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 5

A report and a financial statement of the results of the Paterson stabilisation plan for the last year was presented by Messrs, H. W. Osborne and…

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Dairying Inland Dairying. Study of Seasonal Conditions

The Land · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 5

The old fallacy that inland country is unsuitable for dairying is rapidly disappearing. With water conservation at the head waters of the rivers,…

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Essence of Politics. Lang's Latest--a Land Tax Farmers Threatened With Further Extortion

The Land · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 6

Hungry for money the Government Intends to collect It from farmers and graziersby means of a land tax. The new measure is ostensibly for the purpose of forcing landholders to cultivate pastoral lands which are suitable for agriculture…

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Farmers Must Organise or Go Under

The Land · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 6

THERE is a philosophical basis, or reason why, for farmers' organisations, as there must be for all movements that survive. Such a philosophy analyses the conditions that make a change necessary, and shows the inevitability of the farmers combining for their mutual protection…

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Two Farmers' Unions

The Land · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 6

Farmers' organisations exist for the welfare of the farmers. The farmers do not exist for the welfare of the organisations. This fact should always…

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Dairy Produce

The Land · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 8

The P.D.S. pool, following a meeting of the poultry council at the week-end, made an advance of /2 per dozen in egg rates Tuesday morning, thus coming into line with…

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At Warwick Farm To-morrow's Programme Discussed Spectre and Great Clair Should Run Well

Arrow · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 6

DIVISIONS in the Intermediate Handicap necessitate wren races at Warwick Farm to-morrow afternoon. The fields are all of good size, and, despite [?] opposition in the shape of the Kenslngton Cup meeting, the A.J.C. is [?]ly ro atra[?]t a large attendance. Racing begins at 1.15 p.m., and special…

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