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Farming & the land, 1928

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Wheat on Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

The Land · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 14

This was the winning crop in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area competition, grown by Messrs. R. H. Bradbury and F. Norman. Mr. Bradbury is president of the Griffith Agricultural Society. Mr. E. B. Furby, agricultural instructor, is on the left, and Mr…

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Wheat for 1928 World Supplies

Evening News · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 11

SIR Henry Rew, K.C.B., the British authority on food supplies, who was Secretary to the Food Ministry during the war, has specially written for the…

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Enoggera Sales Prime Mutton Dearer Cattle Firm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 7

About 7,000 sheep were penned at the Enoggera (Brisbane) live stock markets yesterday (Thursday). The quality yesterday, and prime sheep…

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Pratten's Statue Made of Butter! Farmers Appreciate His Work for Men on the Land Hopes for Future

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 9

GRAFTON, Thursday. -- Dairymen on the North and South Coasts would like to possess a statue of the Minister for Customs…

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Barkly Tablelands. Great Future as Sheep Country

The Land · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 12

After Queensland pastoralists hud recovered from the distressing drought and as no further leases were to be granted for larger holdings in rich…

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Wool Sales. Very Keen Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 13

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,187 bales, and the sales. Including private transactions,…

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Sussex-street Trade Butter Prices Reduced Eggs Cheaper

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 5

Eggs and butter were cheaper in the dairy produce section of sussex-street (Sydney) this week, and cheese was [?], but bacon was in short…

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Melbourne Sales Heavy Supplies of Sheep Lambs Easier

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 7

Owing to the heavy supplies of sheep now being sent to the Melbourne markets, sales are being held on Tuesday and Friday each week. Last…

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Tariff Board. Sheep Importations. Application for Increased Duty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 12

Hearing was resumed before the Tariff Board yesterday of an Inquiry, commenced in Melbourne, of a request by the Federal Council of Breeders of British Sheep for uncreased…

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Strong Wool. German and Japanese Consumption

The Land · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Initial Sydney wool sales of 1928 confirmed the opinion of those who expressed confidence in the outlook. Demand proved more general than…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 13

Chicago wheat options are quoted:—March, 128? cents per bushel (up [?] cent); May, 130 cents (up [?] cent); July, 125¾ cents (up [?] cent)…

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Victoria's Poor Harvest. No Wheat for Export

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 12

There in little likelihood of there being any ships chartered to carry wheat from Victoria overseas this season, owing to the poorness of the…

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Butter Industry Problems. [?]R. Page Outlines Work of Government

The Land · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 14

"The arrangement of organisation and finance for the orderly marketing of our butter production is complicated by the fact that one-third of our output is sold in the export market and Che question of home and export commerce and trade are dealt with by two…

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Dominion Wool Sales. Wfiiington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 13

The Wellington wool sales concluded to-day. There was good competition throughout. Compared with December values, halfbreds advanced /1 to /1¾, good lines of crossbred were /1¾ to /2, and average sorts…

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Rivenna Wheat Growing. Judge's Report on Wagga Competitions

The Land · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 8

The almost universal adoption of fallowing for the cultivation of wheat in the Wagga district was one of the most pleasing features remarked on by Mr. L. Judd manager of the Temora Experiment Farm and judge of the Murrumbidgee P. and A.A. crop…

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Wheat Trucking. Replies to F.S.A. Resolutions

The Land · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 12

In the course of a reply to a resolution pulsed by the recent F.S.A. Conference, the Railway Commissioners state that they have approved of grain…

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Homebush Stock Sales Another Record Mutton and Beef Cheaper Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 17

ANOTHER record in ownership was represented in the sheep market yesterday. Upwards of 406 different owners were listed by agents on the catalogue of sheep sales…

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Produce Markets. Plenty of Butter Onions Up £2 a Ton Cheaper Vegetables

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 10

MERCHANTS agreed yesterday to advance quotations for onion to £10 a ton. The rise did not come as a surprise to the trade, as it was anticipated…

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Oversea Market Cables. London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 13

The offerings available for the wool sales opening on the 17th instant comprise 108,400 bales, of which 76,700 are Australian, and 24,900 bales are from New Zealand…

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Sydney Wool Sales a Record for Comebacks Firm Demand

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 5

The first wool sales in Sydney in the New Year were made at more satisfactory prices than were obtained at the closing sales of 1927, and the…

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