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Farming & the land, 1927

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The Wheat World Wheat Pool Ballot Mr. Field Replies to Mr. Buttenshaw

The Land · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 4

In the last, issue of "The Land" Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw, M.L.A. leader of the Country Party criticised Mr. E. E. Field's advocacy of a "Yes" vote, in the compulsory pool ballot. The following is Mr. Field's reply to Mr…

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Butter Trade The London Market Unsettled Condition

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 12

The London butter market is in an unsettled condition, traders being unable to understand the New Zealand Control Board's sudden lowering of…

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Panoramic, View of Champion Wheat Crop of the State, grown by Mr. J. W. Eade, Euchareena

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 4

The land on which thin crop was grown was prepared and the seed sown with a McKay "Huntyne" Combined Drill and Cultivator, and the crop reaped with a "Sunshine" Header Harvester. The sample was perfect and every bushel was sold for seed at an excellent prices…

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Price of Butter Weaker Tendency the English Market

Evening News · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 5

There is no doubt that the butter market locally is weaker, and the trade will be surprised if the advisory committee does not reduce the rate…

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Sussex-street Trade Butter Prices Fall Bacon Scarce

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 5

Owing to the Inactivity of the overseas market and the dull demand for butter locally, prices were reduced [?]d, per lb, on Monday in…

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Veterinary & Stock. Cattle Ticks. Ravages Cause Enormous Losses

The Land · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 20

The cattle tick was first discovered in New South Wales in 1906 having, it is thought, been introduced from Queensland, horses being the carriers…

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Stud Sheep Sold to South Africa Bundemar Merinos

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 10

Details of the purchase of thirtysix stud Marino [?]hoep from the well-known Bundemur Stud at Trangle (N.S.W.) by South African buyers…

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Crops and Pastures—flocks and Herds Bulk Wheat Grain in the Elevators More Silos to Be Built

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 10

The N.S.W. Government grain elevators for the current season now closing have received 12,715,000-bush, of wheat, as against 9,130,000-bush,…

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The Wool World. Further Hardening Tendency

The Land · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 12

Values at this week's Sydney wool sales have shown a further hardening tendency. Strong competition has been experienced from France, Germany, Japan, Belgium, and Yorkshire. The American demand has also been well in evidence on all classes of merino fleece…

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Sydney Wool Sales Thursday, February 24

The Land · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 13

At the Sydney wool sales on February 24, 10,711 bales were catalogued, of which 10,148 were sold by auction. Privately, ex previous catalogues, 268…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Feb. 28

The Land · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 8

Chicago options are quoted:—May, 138⅞ cents per bushel (down ½ cent); July, 132¾ cents (down 1 cent); September, 130⅛ cents (down ¾ cent)…

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No Compulsion Wheat Pool Ballot Apathetic Growers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 2

The N.S.C Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) announced yesterday (Thursday) that as a result of the wheat…

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Wheat Ballot Decision. Millwood Favors Compulsory Pool

The Land · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 2

At the recent meeting of the Millwood Road branch F.S.A., a motion was carried with only one dissentient, that it be a recommendation for all…

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Wheat Varieties For Growth in Different Districts

The Land · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 5

Selection of the wheat variety most suited to different districts is one of the chief problems of the wheat-growers…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, March 2

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

Chicago options aro quoted as follow: May, 140? cents por bushel (down 3 cent): July, 134? cents (unchanged); September, 131? cents (down ? cent)…

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Enoggera Sales Cattle Market Erratic Slight Decline in Prices

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 4

The quality of the 8,200 sheep penned at Enoggera saleyards, Bris-bane, yesterday (Thursday), could be described as medium to good, but…

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Skin Wool Privy Council Appeal Case Dismissed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 4

The chairman of the Central Wool Committee (Sir John Higgins) has [?] solved a cable message from London stating that in the Bardsley action…

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Go-slow Wheat Loading Waterfront Dispute Still Unsettled

The Land · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 3

During the past fortnight wheat vessel, have been delayed by the go-slow strike, of the waterside workers By increasing costs to the shippers and to the pool, this is having a detrimental effect on the price of wheat…

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Record Yield MR. A. Booker's Jersey 1156-lb. of Butter

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 12

What is believed to be an Australian Jersey record for a 3[?] days' test has been established by the six-year-old cow Tidy's Pride of Kelvinside, owned…

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AGRICULTURE Conference Ends Lessons on Wheat Grenfell

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 9

The south-western district conference of the Agricultural Bureau, held its concluding session today, when valuable points in regard to…

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