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Farming & the land, 1929

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Reassuring Wool Position

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 42

The first half of the 1928-29 wool-selling season must rank as one of the most successful in the history of the Sydney trade, and the prospects ahead are distinctly reassuring. FOR the fourth time in succession the…

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A.w.u. Wheat Lumping and Wheat Yard Work Award

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 20

The following is the agreement made between the Australian Workers' Onion (representing the employees) and the wheat handling and shipping firms,…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Production in Italy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 13

After protracted argument in the Italian Parliament the decision was recently reached, or more properly dictated by Mussolini, that the tariff on imported grain shall be raised…

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The Export of Bulk Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 4

The question of Australia's export trade should be one of very special interest, owing to the keen competition of other nations. This competition in…

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Wool Prices. the Yearly Records

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 9

The greasy merino fleece record of 43¼d obtained during the recent selling season, although it exceeded last season's best figure by /2¼ is not the absolute record for the…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 13

Chicago options are quoted as follow:- December, 111 cents per bushel (down 1 cent); March, 116[?] cents (down [?] cent); May, 118¾ cents (unchanged)…

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Australian Butter and American Affairs Generally the United States of America

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 1

Has it ever occurred to you that when we speak of the United States, we always' refer to that great Republic that lies between the southern…

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The Land and the producer North Coast Produces Wool of High Quality Gordon Brook Experiments Open Road to New Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 17

The North Coast of New South Wales has never been regarded as wool-producing country, yet the wool clip from Gordon. Brook Station, on the Upper Clarence River, was recently sold in Sydney at a price which was 5 d per lb. above…

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On the Land. English Wool Trade. Demand for Raw Material. Greater Confidence Established. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, Nov. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 9

Among all the happenings in the wool textile industry in England, the course of events at the sales of raw material in London naturally claims first attention. At the auctions…

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Diggers' Farms Irrigation Areas Limiting Advances

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 5

A NEWERING resolution [?] cent soldier settlers' [?] affecting [?] the Minister for [?]…

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Dairying in Riverina

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 41

During the last few years thousands of people throughout N.S.W. and Victoria hare been watching with marked interest the rapid growth in importance of the Riverina. The development of rural…

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Euroka Farms Allotted Valuable Property is Subdivided

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 17

Considerable interest was aroused some months ago by the announcement that the Government intended to purchase the Euroke and Karinga…

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Dry Spell at Cessnock Dairymen Hand-feed Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 17

CESSNOCK.--While the total number of points of rain for the district over 12 months amount to 2280, less than five inches have fallen during the…

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Wheat Trade Stationary

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 16

Business was stationary in the local wheat market yesterday. A nominal price of 47 to 47¼ per bushel, ex trucks, Sydney, was equal to 4 and 40¼ at country stations…

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Gilmore Wool Contest

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 17

The Gilmore branch of the State Agricultural Bureau has every reason to be proud of its initial effort in the wool competition. There were 30 entries…

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The Land and the Producer the Past Year in Dairying Butter Quality Is Improved Factory Mergers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 17

The past year started with every promise as regards progress and increased production in the dairying industry, but finished badly owing to…

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Commercial. the Future of Wool

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 30

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: — The most serious menace to the woolmarket some months ago was the heavy stocks of tops on hand, particularly in…

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Mortality in Sheep. Worm Infestation. in Southern Tablelands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 9

On the occasion of a recent visit to the southern tablelands, Dr. H. R. Seddon, of the Glenfield Veterinary Research Station, had occasion to investigate some mortalities in…

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Country News Sheep Suffer Worm Infestation Pastoralists Warned

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 17

On a recent visit to tho southern tablelands, Dr. H. R. Seddon, of the Glenfield Veterinary Research Station, found that some mortalities in sheep…

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