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Farming & the land, 1937

3,937 stories in Riverina's papers · page 52 of 197

Wheat Prices Recede Reaction in Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 8

Reaction was felt in the Sydney wheat marfet on Thursday and buyers were cautions. Quotations were [?]d to 1d a bushel lower : shippers'…

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Markets Abroad Liverpool Wheat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 7

A private wheat agent in Sydney received the following cable message from Liverpool:—"May 48/9; sold part cargo South Australian afloat 49/3;…

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Argentine Wheat Exportable Surplus Buenos Aires

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 5

Argentina's exportable surplus of wheat will be 51,858,000 bushels, according to an estimate by the Bureau of Rural Statistics…

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German Wool Imports Increased African Purchases Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 6

The "Frankfurter Zeitung" says that the revised German-African agreement increases the imports of wool "by half a million to three million sterling."…

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Butter Prices London Market Quiet Production in N.S.W. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 5

Butter production in Queensland has reached its peak and should remain steady for two or three-weeks. In New South Wales production is…

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He Was a Farmer's Boy

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 2

Mr. Gabriel A. Le Roux, a farmer, [?] Villersdrop, Orange Free State, who began life as a farm boy, has died, leaving £70,000. He bought the farm…

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Fodder Reserves Essential for a Stable Dairying Industry

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 7

Although the farmer has had the necessity for fodder conservation "drummed into him," and droughts of more or less severity have also…

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Pritile Prattle Wins Final Hcp. at Cup Carnival-rous Hcp. to Gay Chou at Randwick Dangar Handicap Won by El Senorita Woollahra Handicap Won by Royal Step Cereza All the Way in the Cropper Plate Fernhill Handicap Surprise by Silenus Allunga Wins the A.J.C. Plate Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 15

The A.J.C. Cup Carnival was concluded at Randwick this afternoon. Weight for age form in Sydney was again very much astray, for in both…

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Wool Report

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 4

Messrs. Schute, Bell & Co. report under date April 1 : Prospects for a firm market at the resumption of the Sydney wool auctions this week…

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The Link Between Story of Australian Pastoral Life Financial Difficulties

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 4

The first instelment of this interesting story appeared in our issue of January 18, and other instalments each succeeding Monday. Next Monday will appear the final instalment…

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Wheat Market Valves rise in Sydney SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 1

Speculators' activities strengthened the Sydney wheat market to-day, and values moved up ½d to 1d a bushel. Shippers and…

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Dairy Butter Method of Manufacture

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 3

The following directions arc given in a departmental leaflet for the manufacture of dairy butter:— Let the cream ripen in a cool, pure…

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Pastoral Research Australian Wool Board Campaign £22,640 Allotted Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The expenditure of £22,640 on scientific and pastoral research during the first year of its operations was approved by the Australian Wool Board…

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World Wheat Delicate Situation Approaching Huge Prices If Canadian Crop Fails London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 1

The wheat market is becoming increasingly sensitive to rumor. Private estimates of the United States crop are bearish, and are placed in some…

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Markets Abroad Liverpool Wheat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 3

A private wheat agent in Sydney received the following cable message from Liverpool: "Anstralian May shipment 49/3 a quarter: flour 33/: firm…

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Butter Marketing New Scheme Proposed For Equalisation Purposes MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 1

A proposal for the orderly marketing of butter, which could be implemented under the existing constitutional powers, has been put forward by Mr…

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Sulphur and Iodine in Sheep Licks Use Not Warranted by Results

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 1

From time to time various claims are made regarding the value of adding sulphur to licks for sheen with a view to increasing wool production…

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Butter Marketing New Scheme Proposed Federal Levy For Equalisation Purposes MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 2

A proposal for the orderly marketing of butter, which could be implemented under the existing constitutional powers, was put forward to-day…

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Wheat Prices Up to 5/10½ in Sydney Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 1

At the Sydney sates toi-day silo Wheat reached 5/10½ a bushel, and bagged wheat was offered at 5/10½ a bushel…

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