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Farming & the land, 1929

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250

Money in Land Farmer's Chance Meeting Conspiracy Charge

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 15

A conspiracy charge arising out of and alleged land deal was preferred against three men at the Central Police Court to- day…

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Good Farming Methods Win Hunter Millet Grower's Success

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 17

Farmers on the Hunter River have experienced one of the worst seasons for many years, as a result of the long dry spell. Yet there is one man,…

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Butter for Export

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 8

During the weak ending January 19, the Commonwealth graders examined at Sydney, for export, the following butter:…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Quiet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 17

The wheat market was very quiet yesterday. Shippers and millers reduced their limits by about a halfpenny, for growers' bagged lots, to the basis of 4/7[?], ex trucks,…

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Australia on the Sheep's Back

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 17

A view of the wool opened for sale at Winchcombe, Carson's wool sales, Pyrmont, Sydney…

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General Demand for Wool

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 43

The increasing confidence of buyers in the wool market is being daily demonstrated, and as sales advance the confidence becomes more and more strongly entrenched. Even Yorkshire buyers are…

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What of the Wheat Grower[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 13

"Greenacres" writes:- In your issue of the 21th last you publish a letter from Ariah Park, in which statements are made which are, to say the least of them,…

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Wollombi Cattle-stealing Case--theatrical Cricket Match

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 8

MISSIONARIES of the Sacred Heart, photographed at St. Mary's yesterday. They attended the annual synod. Rev. J. Parner, rector of Kensington, is nearest the camera. BOW OF A HISTORIC SHIP.--The Tingira, formerly training…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 16

After an interval of six weeks wool sales were resumed in Melbourne to-day when 12[?]122 bales were submitted. Offerings comprised a good collection of…

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Wool Sales. Good General Demand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 17

Wool sales were held yesterday, at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,636 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…

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The Land and the Producer Top-dressing Pastures Increases in Popularity Fatter Sheep and More Wool Obtained in Carcoar District

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 17

It is evident that the excellent results obtained by many farmers and graziers from the top-dressing of pastures with superphosphate has not been lost upon their neighbors. To-day the agrostologist of the Department of Agriculture,…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Richardson and Wrench Pastoral Profits

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 4

Richardson and Wrench Ltd., posses a remarkable earning capacity, and though 1928 was by no means a record year in the real…

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Pastoral Industry. Proposed Conference. Graziers Support A.w.u. Move

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 11

Mr. J. W. Allen, general secretary of the Graziers' Association, commenting yesterday on the decision of the A.W.U. convention to appoint a committee to confer with the…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 17

Chicago wheat options are quoted:—March, 123[?] cents per bushel (down 1[?] cent); May. 12[?] cents (down 1[?] cent); July, 128[?] cents (down l1[?] cent)…

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Wheat Pools. Undistributed Funds. Dedicated to Research

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 15

An important minute was submitted to yesterday's meeting of the State Cabinet by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) concerning the balance of the undistributed…

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Graziers and A.W.U. May Confer Problems of Pastoral Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 17

Commenting yesterday on the action of the A.W.U. convention to appoint a committee to confer with the Graziers' Association, Mr. J. W. Allen, general…

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N.Z. Benefits in Butter Market Auckland (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 4

REVIEWING the position of the butter market, Mr. C. J. Par[?]ane, general manager of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company. said…

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Royal Easter Show Wheat Entries More Than Doubled

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 17

Entries in the wheat section at the Royal Show this year number 235, as against 199 last year. Last year's figures were the largest ever received…

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Wool Sales Yass Grown Lot Bradford Bids High

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 9

BIDDING at the wool sales this afternoon was very brisk Japan secured nine bales of extra super combing ewes, from Narrawa, for 24ld…

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Strong Wheat Classes Royal Easter Show Some New Features

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 6

AT the lust council meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales, Sir Samuel Hordern mesiding it was reported that…

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