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Farming & the land, 1929

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Rubber Output Edison Experimenting Reaped Like Wheat

The Sun · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 7

Edison has gone into the rubber business, and the great inventor is believed to be well on the way towards increasing the rubber output of the…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Feb. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 19

Chicago wheat options are quoted:—March, 128[?] cents per bushel (up l[?] cent); May, 1321 cents (up 1[?] cent); July, 136 cents (up 1[?] cent)…

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Successful Year by Norco Millions in Butter and Pigs

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 22

BYRON BAY, Friday. --That £21,504,795 had been paid to butter suppliers since the inception of the company in 1895, was announced at to-day's…

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Wages Cut 16 AND 1. Pastoral Workers Variation of Award Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 1

The Board of Reference, before the Deputy-Industrial Registrar. Mr. Murray Steward, has adjusted the rates of wages under the Pastoral Award for…

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Dairying Winter Fodder Ceops a Reminder to Dairy Farmers

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 2

Of all the animals the dairy cow is the most economical producer of haman food. No other animal can utilise large quantities of food to such…

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Produce Markets. Eggs Advance 2d. a Dozen Huge Surplus of Butter

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 9

EGGS were in demand yesterday. Retailers, anticipating on advance, were eager buyers, and they tried to obtain double their ordinary supply. Stocks, however, were light, as farmers, knowing the trend of the market, held back their supplies…

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Steamer Attached. Alleged Loss of Wheat Shipment. Capetown, Feb. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 17

The Sun Shipping Co.'s steamer Cape Recife was attached on her arrival from Australia. An action is to be instituted by a Capetown company for £552 for the alleged…

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Export of Merino Sheep South Africa a Dangerous Rival Junee Graziers' Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 22

JUNEE, Friday. -- An emphatic protest was made yesterday by the local branch of the N.S.W. Graziers' Association against the export of merino sheep from…

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On the Land. the Wool Teade. a Better Tone. Market Influences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 15

Though no quotable change was seen in wool values at this week's Sydney sales the tone of the market shotted improvement compared with sellling conditions at the…

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A.j.g. Warwick Farm To-day's Meeting. Good Racing Anticipated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 21

With the likelihood of a rift in the clouds racegoers will extend their patronage to-day to the A.J.C. meeting at Warwick Farm. The A.J.C. meeting at Warwick…

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Farming in France. Flight From the Land. London, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 17

Quoting figures showing the alarming flight from the land of France to the cities, M, Poincare, speaking in the Senate, said: "The Government is determined that agriculture…

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:: Three Twenty to One Outsiders Shock Warwick Farm Punters :: Admiral Hyde To-days Quiet Wedding at Manly

The Sun · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 6

Only immediate relatives and intimate friends were present at the wedding this afternoon of Miss Isla Robertson. to Rear-Admiral George…

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Woman of Oak Inspires Cruiser's Men Canberra Ends Voyage Through Seas to Farm Cove

The Sun · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 3

She is not even comely. Her eye seems to light on you ike a living thing. Her brows meet in an adamantine line. Her expression is as hard as the oak of which her cheeks are made…

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To-day's Best Warwick Farm

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 2

THE following two horses are considered to be the best bets in the "Labor Daily's" selections [?]…

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Tips and Jockeys for Warwick Farm and V.p. Warwick Handicap Is Between Two Horses Gleam Boy May Be More Reliable Than Resource Spaghetti Nearly Ripe

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 2

MIDDLE DISTANCE RACES, ESPECIALLY AT WARWICK FARM, do not appear to be popular with owners and trainers, and to-day's February Handicap, run over eleven furlongs, is no exception to the rule…

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Three Long Shots at the Farm :: Figure Fails at Caulfield Lady Clara Suited Punters Handicap Was an Open Race Spaghetti's Promising Second

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 February 1929 · page 4

With apprentice riders who had not ridden ten winners in charge of the runners in yesterday's Handicap field, punters were in doubt as to which to make favorite. The race was taken by the well-backed Lady Clara, who downed…

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North Again Flooded Farms Inundated Once More Four Lives Lost in Waters

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1929 · page 1

FLOOD conditions, particularly on the North Coast, have been aggravated daring the past 24 hours, and the Sooth Coast is now menaced for the second time within a fortnight. After a temporary cessation there have been more heavy…

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Bellinger Butter

The Sun · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 12

For January the Bellinger River Butter and Bacon Society paid its suppliers tor 91,353lb commercial butter, of which 90,469lb, were choicest, and…

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Produce. Butter, Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 13

There have been further heavy rains in our coastal districts, causing severe floods on the lower rivers from the Hunter to the Macleny, where considerable loss of stock is…

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