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Farming & the land, 1929

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Wool Lace. Snow-flecked Velvet

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 16

Of the charming new fabrics we are promised for the coming season, wool laces are expected to have a great vogue, they are so dainty and…

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Pastoral Scientific Research Plant and Animal Studies on the Station

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 10

The most useful scientific work in connection with agriculture is that 'carried out under the actual conditions in which the practical farmers of Australia live and have their being. This method of experiments on the actual farm has long been familiar in the…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 13

Chicago options were quoted:—March, 116¼ cents per bushel (up ? cent); May, 118[?] cents (up ? cent); July, 120[?] cents…

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Management of Wheat Silos. Complaints in Riverina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 9

WAGGA, Thursday.—Serious complaints have been made regarding the control and working of the s[?]los. A message to-day fro[?] an important silo station south of Wagga…

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Final Payment. 1927-28 Voluntary Wheat Pool

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 6

Tho Secretary of the Wheat Growers' Pooling and Marketing Company, Ltd., advises that arrangements have been made to complete the final payment in the 1927-28 Voluntary Wheat Pool on January 15, 1929. The payment will be as follows:—On bagged wheat certificates,…

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Albion Park Show Big Cattle Section Albion Park

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 11

The Albion Park show was opened to-day by Mr. Perkins, M.H.R. It is the most successful exhibition yet hold by the society…

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Corriedale Sheep Australian Studs to Strengthen New Zealand Breed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 6

[?] of the Corriedale sheep New Zealand has wate[?] with keen interest the development of this bread in Australia and its success is…

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Empire Wool Research Study of Dominions' Production

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 14

In his investigation of the wool industry of Australia, which he entered upon seven months ago, Dr. E. Nichols, representative of the British…

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New Year Wool Sales Safe Market Outlook

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 10

Wineheombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The eyes of the wool world will be centred on the Brisbane market for the first Australian sales of the New Year which open in that centre on…

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Sussex-street Trade Butter Supplies Falling Off and Potatoes Scarce

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 5

Following the holidays, trade was quiet in the dairy produce section of Sussex-street (Sydney) this week, owing to decreased purchases by the…

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Man Killed. at Wheat Silos. Entangled in Machinery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 12

While two men were greasing the elevators at the, White Bay wheat silos last night, the machinery suddenly started, and one man received fatal injuries. The other had a…

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For Wheat. Norwegian Motor Ship America. Loads at Victoria

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

According to latest advice received, the Norwegian motor ship America is due at Thursday Island to-day from an Eastern port. The vessel is to…

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Wheat Loading New Record Created by the Victorian Railways

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 3

The heaviest loading of wheat over made in one day by the Victorian Railway Department was recorded on Friday last, when 263,000 bags of…

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Late Wheat Report Overseas Market Continues Dull Buyers Indifferent

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 9

Cables from London dated January 2 advise that with the resumption of business in the New Year, the market opened dull, buyers continuing to be…

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Wheat Market Quiet Demand in the Local and Overseas Trade

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 5

Business in wheat on the Sydney market this week has been quiet, and yesterday (Thursday) it was reported that the turnover with limited. Prices,…

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Clashing Pastoral Awards. Arbitration's Effects on Primary Industries. A.F.F.O. Chairman's Annual Report

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 5

"It can definitely be stated that the incidence of various State awards applied to the primary industries has been to cause a reduction in employment and an increase in the cost of production," states the Chairman of the Australian Farmers' Federal…

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Wool Weights The Draft is Assessed on the Gross Weight

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 8

Wee waa asks whether the draft on wool weights is taken from the nett weight of the wool or on the gross weight including the bale; and whether…

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Wool Sales Optimism Regarding the Market for the New Tear

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 5

There have been no wool auctions during the holidays, but preparations are now being made for a resumption of sales in Brisbane on Tuesday, 8th…

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Good Husbandry Wheat Growing and Fat Lamb Raising Anderson of Almondale

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 9

A party of Sydney pressmen, landing in the progressive, town of Arish Park one mellow summer evening a few weeks since, asked for directions…

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Mallee Cultivation. Wheat Yield 200 Per Cent. Greater Than 25 Years Ago

The Land · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 6

Referring to the adverse season that had been experienced in the Northern Mallee of Victoria in 192S, Mr. H. A. Mullett, Superintendent of Agriculture, pointed out that the history of wheat growing in Victoria was one of ups and downs, but over a long period of…

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