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…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →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,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →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)…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →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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