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Farming & the land, 1937

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Local Wheat Market

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 2

Wheat was quoted at 4/6 at Lockhart to-day. Australian Mercantile Co. will hold their next horse sale at Wagga…

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"Grow More Wheat!"

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 2

This was once the cry of the Government, under what a lot of farmers at the time look as a promised guarantee of so much per bushel—a promise (?)…

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Wool Sales Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 2

The wool market declined slightly today, and prices were from par to 5 per cent, lower compared with the closing rates of the last Sydney auctions…

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Wheat Variety Trial Mid Season Sown Grain Section

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 4

This trial was sown on fallowed land on May 8 at the rate of 701b of seed and 1121b of superphosphate per acre. The plots were l-40th acre In area,…

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London Wool Sales Prices Slightly Lower LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 1

The wool sales continued to-day, with tin offering of 9509 bales, of which 7915 were sold, including 2059 from New South Wales. Prices were…

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New Zealand Wheat Price Fixed for Two Seasons Wellington (N.Z.)

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 2

The Minister for Industries and Commerce (Mr. Sullivan) has instructed the Wheat Committee to work on a price plan for wheat for…

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Marketing Referendum Big Campaign Will Be Launched Soon Premier's Promise to Dairymen

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 4

At last Thursday's meeting of the Federal Cabinet, held in Melbourne, the campaign in support of the marketing referendum was…

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Results of Experiments at Government Experiment Farm Valuable Information For Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 4

The third article on results of experiments at the Government Experiment Farm, Wagga, is given below. As the information is of great value to…

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Wool Report

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 6

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 15th instant:— In the absence of the buyers who are…

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Ambulance Wheat Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 4

Further donations have been received in the Wagga District Ambulance wheat appeal, as follow: From Mangoplah (per Mr. W. Sneddon),…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 2

The N.Z.L. and M.A. Co., Ltd., reported on the 18th: The sixth series of sales in this centre opened to-day, when this company brought forward…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 1

Thomas Nicholson, of Weethnlle, was before the West Wyalong Police Court on an alleged charge of stealing 330 ewes and 61 lambs, the…

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Drought Kills Sheep Queensland Losses in 1935

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 6

Drought conditions in 1935 reduced the number of sheep in Queensland by 3,327,029. This represented 74 per cent, of the total loss of 4,488,006 sheep…

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Wheat Prices New Zealand Plan N.S.W. Director Approves Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 4

The Director of Agriculture (Mr. M'Donald) to-day expressed approval of the reported instructions by the New Zealand Government to the…

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Melbourne Wharf Fire Huge Lake of Butter !To Be Sold to Soap-makers MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 1

Thousands upon thousands of tons of butter have spread out into a steadily hardening lake about the ruins of yesterday's £500,000 fire at the…

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Wool Research Dominions' Conference Secretariat Duties Administration of Publicity Fund MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 4

The administrative arrangements for the International Wool Publicity and Research Fund were announced to-day by the…

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Wool Sales 371/2d Paid by France Sydney Market Firm Keen Demand From U.S.A. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 5

A new Australian record for wool, of 371/2d a pound, was paid by a French buyer at the Sydney wool sales to-day. He took 10…

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Farmer's Death Gunshot Wound Self-Inflicted WAGGA

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 1

A coronial inquiry was conducted in Wagga yesterday by Mr. H. Oates, into the death of Conrad Setzer, a farmer of Wallerooble, on January 14…

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Catalonian Farmers Revolt in Spain Government Seizes Produce Troops Used to Quell Outbreak "We Want Bread," Shout Women Bullets Fired Over Heads London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 1

The Perpignan correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" learns that the Catalonian farmers have risen against the Government owing to…

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Impressed by Australia Sir Basil Brooke Interest in Farming

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 2

The Right Hon. Sir Basil Brooke, Minister for Agriculture in the Government of Northern Ireland, said in an interview that he wished…

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