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Farming & the land, 1928

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Good Quality To-day's Wool Sales 11,019 Bales

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 10

An aggregate of 11,019 bales was submitted at the wool sales at the Royal Exchange today. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., with 5000 bales, was…

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On the Land. World's Wheat. Russian Competition. an Official View

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 9

Some Australian wheatgrowers have become obsessed with the idea that Russia may assume her pre-war importance in the world's markets, and thereby reduce the price of the…

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Wool Wanted for Light Use Bradford Advises Local Growers Wine Expansion

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 18

LONDON, Saturday.--The Stock Exchange opened the year quietly as far as the gilt-edged, market was concerned, chief interest centring in what…

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Trade Review. Australian Wool. Growth of Wine Trade. LONDON, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 11

The Stock Exchange opened the year quietly so far as the gilt-edged market was concerned, chief interest centring in what mensure of success had attended the conversion…

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The Land and the Producer Russian Wheat Bogey Soviet Methods Mean No Export Surplus Australia's Position

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 13

Australian wheat-growers have nothing to fear from Russian competition in the world's markets, says the Director of Agriculture,…

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Heavy Crops More Rain Needed

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 7

THE pastoral outlook is now more promising in the northern parts of New South Wales, according to the monthly statement issued by the Central…

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Hume Seat Farmers' Candidate Wagga

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 8

A MEETING of the Farmers and Settlers' Association decided to inform Mr. T. J. Fitzpatrick, of Junes, that providing he secured the…

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Rotting on Trees Prolific Fruit Crop

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 9

Throughout the Hawkesbury, Nepean and spencer district, peaches and plums are rotting on the trees because it does not pay growers to pick and market them…

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Junior Farmers' Clubs. Education Department's Aid Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 9

A representative meeting of the council of the Junior Farmers' Clubs was held on Friday at the city offices of the Royal Agricultural Society. Mr. F. Leslie Martin, who…

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Homebush Stock Sales Prime Mutton and Lamb Dearer; Cattle Cheaper SHEEP

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 16

OWNERS of sheep who have been forwarding fairly regularly to Homebush may be somewhat in a quandary as to how the market really was. It was a Homebush day, i.e., decidedly…

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Wheat at Cowra. Experiment Farm Results

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 9

Judging from the results of the wheat variety trial conducted at Cowra Experiment Farm this season the yields are in many cases nearly up to the average of the past six years,…

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Improved Wheat Outlook

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 15

Private advices state that European wheat markets are extremely quiet. Sale of a parcel afloat at 51 per quarter was the only business reported in Australian…

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Dominion Wheat Duty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 13

Our Auckland (N.Z.) correspondent cables that anomalies in the working of the new tariff on Australian wheat were discussed at a meeting of grain merchants. It was stated…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Very Quiet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 13

Demand for wheat was inactive yesterday at the prices asked by farmers. Millers reduced their offers for growers' bagged lots by a halfpenny per bushel, their limits being…

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Wool. German Editor's Inquiries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 10

Advices received in Sydney yesterday stated that Herr Christian Stoehr, editor-in-chief of the Berlin newspaper, "Textil Zeltung," is coming to Australia to review the wool…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Prime Sorts Dearer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 13

There was a pennlnt yesterday at the Homebush stock sales of 27,812 sheep and lambs. The quality was not good, and was inferior to that of late p[?]. Prime sorts were scarce and hard to obtain. The…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 13

Much Interest attached to the resumption of the wool miles in Melbourne to-day. It was soon appar[?] that the improvement noted recently in other centres was fully reflected here, the market being very…

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Wheat Under Irrigation. Experiments at Leeton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 9

How far the production of wheat under irrigation can be made profitable in an average season is an interesting problem. The rental value of the land (of necessity somewhat high,…

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Wool Sales. Choice Cups Two Selling Agents

Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 7

AN aggregate of [?] bates, comprising some exor[?]t wool, was submitted by two selling agents at the seventh ser[?]s of of wool sales at the Royal Exchange to-day…

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Wheat Overseas Cargoes Market Dull London, January 16

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 4

For wheat cargoes the market is dull and featureless, without material alteration in prices. Parcels are receiving little attentions lots exe City of Windsor have been sold at…

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