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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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Checking the Sheep Fly "A Simple Device"

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3

Mr. F. W. J. Sole, Waterview, Guyra, writes to the "Country Life":— Herewith I am offering a simple device re checking the blowfly pest. All…

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Easier Wool Values America Absent

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3

Wincheombe, Carson Ltd. report:—The variation in wool values this week has been due to the reduction in Japanese purchasing compared with…

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Sydney Wool Sales Greasy Makes 27¾d

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 2

Prices for average and inferior lines of wool tended lower at Sydney wool sales yesterday. The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association reported…

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Junior Farmers at Royal Show

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 6

A comprehensive classification for Junior Farmers is provided in the schedule for the 1938 Sydney Royal show. Prize money for the section…

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Junior Farmers' Camp

The Uralla Times · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 1

Junior farmer movements in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and New Zealand, have accepted invitations to send representatives to…

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Pinkett Road Country in Great Heart Promising Corn Crops

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 6

The country around here is in great heart. Corn crops look wonderfully well and in places are ten feet high. Dairymen are "on…

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[?] Wheat Stable[?]

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 12

[?] published in the [?] gives the following [?] (inter alla):— [?] in the city are sorry to…

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Wool Sales Brokers' Reports

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 3

Echute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd. report:—The opening sales on Monday last of the second half of the wool selling season can be described as…

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Easier Wool Values America Absent

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 7

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report.—The variation in wool values this week has been due to the reduction in Japanese purchasing compared with…

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Bleached Wheat Improved Prices Chemist's Conclusions

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 7

Research work carried out by Mr. L. S. Cayzer, Msc., B.Sc.Agr., analyst to the Department of Agriculture, is likely to result in farmers obtaining…

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Newcastle Wool Sales Saumarez Tops Market

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 2

Nanco report:—We submitted at Newcastle on Thursday a catalogue of 4346 bales of wool consisting mainly of clips from the tablelands [?]…

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Wheat Market To-day's Advance SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

The local wheat market advanced three farthings a bushel to-day. Bulk new season's parcels quoted 4 6[?], bagged lots 4 [?]…

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Wheat Market More Active Yesterday SYDNEY, Friday. (Reprinted from to-day's Sydney Morning Herald—by wire.)

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 1

With a firmer tone in Sydney wheat market farmers showed a little more inclination to sell yesterday. There was a fairly active demand, mostly by…

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Dairy Herd by Auction

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

At "Redvale" Little Plain, on Tuesday 18th. January, the whole of Mr. James Peck's dairy cows will be sold by auction without reserve. They are…

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Oakwood Farm by Auction

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

On Thursday, 20th. inst. at Murray and Eather's rooms a compact farm of 56 acres situated two miles from Oakwood post office will be sold by…

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10 3/4d. for Butter December Supplies on the Coast

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 8

Suppliers to North Coast factories will receive 10 3/4d. a 1b. for choicest butter supplied during December. This payment, which…

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Does Rugging Pay? Sheep Trials at Bald Blair Interesting Figures

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 2

Details of an experiment carried out at Bald Nob are of interest in view of the claim made in many…

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Wool Local Clips on the Market Average of 14d. at Newcastle

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 2

Nenco report on their sale at Newcastle on Thursday:— We submitted on Thursday a catalogue of 4150 bales, the clips…

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Foot and Mouth Disease German Farms Infected LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 1

There has been a mild outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Poland, near the German frontier, and severe precautions are being…

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Winter Feeding Nutritional Trials at Bald Blair Of Value to New England Farmers and Graziers

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 3

On May 10, 1937, the four groups of sheep destined for the winter feeding trial were examined for wool characteristics; spinning quality, and the length of wool at the acromion process on the right shoulder were noted so that the post-trial data could be expressed…

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