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Farming & the land, 1937

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Wheat Prospects

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 11

Markets in Australia are very dull with buying demand conspicuously absent. European countries requiring wheat are restricting purchases to…

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Wool Market Sydney Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 4

The average price of wool in Sydney last, week was £16/8/3 a bale, or 13.1d per lb. At the Sydney sales on Monday, the selection was…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 4

An average selection of 9600 bales was offered at Tuesday's wool sales in Melbourne. While values generally showed no material alteration, the tone…

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London Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 4

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report having received, the following message from their London office regarding wool, sales held at that centre:—"Wool…

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Wages Tax in Sheep Industry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 5

Stating that there were special difficulties in the pastoral industry, more particularly in the shearing sections, for collecting the wage tax under the…

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Dairying Bone-chewing in Dairy Cattle a Sign of Mineral-deficient Pasture

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 25

On visiting, dairy farms within fifty miles of Sydney, writes a departmental veterinary officer, one is struck by the signs of mineral deficiency consistently…

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Ungarie Field Wheat Competition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 6

Judge Mr. A. Pearson, 15 entries Results: Thompson and Patten, Dundee (40 bushels), 143 points, 1; N. M'Mahon, Nabawa and Behcubbin (25…

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First Load of Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 5

On Wednesday last the first load of the 1937-38 season's wheat was delivered at the Corowa Flour Mills [?] was grown by Messrs. Dave Nixon &…

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Wages Tax of Shearers Pastoral Industry Problem

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 18

Mr. E. C. Wilson, general manager of the Graziers' Co-operative Shearing Company, Ltd., said in Sydney that in the shearing industry in New South…

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Albury Police Court Sheep Killed by Lorry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 9

Robert Henry Peel, of Tumbarumba, was charged with having driven a motor lorry negligently on the Sydney road near Bowna on September 20…

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London Wool Sales London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 5

A fairly good selection was offered at to-day's wool sales, and there was a keen demand for best kinds from the home trade and the Continent, at…

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External Parasites of Sheep Dipping of Lambing Ewes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 24

In connection with the departmental campaign against external parasites of sheep, many reasons are at times set forward why it is not possible to dip…

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Carrathool News. Wool Stealing at Uardry

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 2

About 11.15 p.m. on Thursday night last, the 11th inst., the lights of a motor lorry, which appeared to be acting in a suspicious manner, were…

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Serious Shortage of Wheat Trucks Commissioner's Appeal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 39

Speaking at tho Government Transport Office picnic at the week-end the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) said that from this week there…

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Wool Sales. Sydney and London. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 2

At the wool sales, to-day, greasy merino sold to 28d., a new Sydney record for the season. Competition was general and the market ruled…

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North China Wool Japan's Development Plans Tokio, November 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 15

Official Japanese quarters state that large purchases of North China wool are uncertain as yet, because of the unsettled conditions…

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London Wool Sales Moderate Selection; Slow Demand London, Eriday

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 1

A moderate selection offered at the wool sales yesterday met with slow, demand. The home trade and Continent were, about equal buyers…

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Agricultural the Wheat Harvest Bulk Trucks for Non-silo Stations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 24

Detailing in a recent announcement arrangements made for the handling of wheat through the grain elevators, the Minister for Agriculture (Hon. Hugh…

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World's Wool Production Increase in 1938 FORECAST New York, November 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 4

The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says: "The Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecasts that the world…

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Late News (Special to the “Pastoral Times”) Anglo American Trade Pact Mr. Chamberlain’s. Statement London

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 1

Mr. Chamberlain was greeted with, applause from all pans of the House of Commons when he announced, in reply to Major Attlee, Labor leader, that…

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