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Farming & the land, 1937

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Yarrawonga Sheep Sales

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 3

Adamson, Strettle & Co.Pty Ltd, report having conducted their annual autumn sheep sale at Yarrawonga on 9th April, and submitted a yarding…

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Sydney Sheep Show

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 12

The New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association has issued its schedule for the 42nd annual Sheep Show, which will be held in Sydney from 16th to…

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Wheat Down

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 44

A further relapse in wheat quotations occurred in the Melbourne market on Wednesday in sympathy with a sharp drop in the British market…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 45

With a good selection at the Sydney wool sales on Monday, there was keen competition from Japan and the Continent, and good support from…

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Cattle From the Snow Country

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 8

After several weeks spent on the Bogong High Plains, where they have been mustering cattle, several men have reached the lower levels with the…

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Seeding the Wheat Crop Increased Acreage Likely Early Preparation Pays

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 12

The next few week will see the commencement of one of the busiest seasons of the year for wheat growers—the putting in of the crop. This is…

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Commercial Price of Wool

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 3

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that the average price realised for greasy wool sold in Melbourne during the week ended 10th April, 1937…

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"Ject-in" Sheep Drenching Guns Available Again

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 2

Graziers will be pleased to hear the good, news that the "Ject-in" drenching guns, which gained unrivalled popularity when they were introduced…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 2

The average price of the wool sold at Sydney, during the first three days of this week was 17d. per lb…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Last Week's Average

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 1

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that the average price realised for greasy wool sold in Melbourne during the week ended 10th April was 19.06d…

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Australian Timber for Butter-boxes. Substitute for White Pine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 6

The restriction by the New Zealand Government on the export of white pine, which is used entensively in the manufacture of butter-boxes, will…

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Three-Day Sickness in Cattle Influence of Cooler Weather

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 3

"Three-day sickness" (ephemeral fever) has been apparent in nearly every district in the State, but the incidence of the disease in the south…

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Wool £50,260,000 Nine Months' Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 31

THIRTEEN PEE CENT. INCREASE Wool sold in Australia during the nine months ended March realised £50,260,000, or £640,000 more than…

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Tractors by Barter Selling Our Wool Abroad

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 6

The barter arrangement has been used more or less successfully for a long time for the exchange of goods between Australia and Germany…

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Varieties of Wheat Department's Recommendations for Different Districts

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 3
Also in The Corowa Free Press

Although there are about forty varieties of wheat which occupy an area of over 1,000 acres in New South Wales, less than twenty of these wheats are…

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Wheat Values Decline Weaker Position in Markets Abroad

The Independent · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 2

Wheat prices showed a decline of 1d. to 1½d. a bushel, in Melbourne, following sharp falls in all overseas markets. Business was limited…

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One Ounce of Wool Would Stretch 100 Miles

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 5

Interest has been aroused by Senator Guthrie stating that the libres of one ounce of wool from the L. Roc Tasmanian superfine, Merino. which…

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Butter Stabilisation Proposal by Mr. J. M'Ewen, M.H.R.

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 30

A plan which he advances as a solution of the problem of maintaining orderly marketing of butter and cheese has been proposed by Mr. J…

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A Profitable Practice Spread Manure Droppings on the Dairy Farm

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 5

If the manurial droppings are not harrowed regularly after each grazing they produce patches of rank growth which are left by stock…

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