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Farming & the land, 1938

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Wool Sales Spirited Competition in Sydney Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 5
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Under spirited competition from all sections of the trade, shafty descriptions continued to rule in favor of sellers and all other sorts were fully…

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Wheat Despatched From Southern Railway District Week Ended April 30

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 5

During the week ended last Saturday 3951 bags of wheat were received through railway gates in the southern railway district, making the total…

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Libel Alleged by Dairy Society

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 2

The secretary of the Canberra Dairy Society, Ltd., Clyde Priest Greenwood, admitted in the Supreme Court at Canberra that he had heard…

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Canberra Milk Supply Evidence in Dairy Society Libel Suit Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 1

Further evidence regarding Canberra's milk delivery was given in the Supreme Court to-day in the case in which the Canberra Dairy Society Ltd…

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Facial Eczema in Sheep and Cattle

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 3

Mr. Tom Collins, M.H.R., writes us: "In response to inquiries made by me on the subject, the following communication, which I forward for the…

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Wool Report

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Cooperative Co. Ltd. reports on the 28th instant. We submitted at our sale on…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. wired us late yesterday. We sold 4100 bales, of wool at our Sydney auction today. Values for spinners' wools showed a…

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Sydney Wool Auctions

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. wired us late yesterday: We offered at auction on Tuesday 4829 bales of wool. The selection was poor, and the…

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Shelter for Cattle Increases Winter Production Cheaply Made Run for Dairy Cows

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 3

Where proper shelter is not pro Tided for stock, not only is their resistance to diseuse [?], but much food material is trusted in…

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American Wheat Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 7

Chicago wheat options to-day were quoted: May 80[?] cents, a bushes; July 78[?] cents; September, 798 cents. Winnipeg options: May 1191 cents…

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Yorkshire Wool Position More Confidence

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 3
Also in The Gundagai Independent

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. reported on the 3rd. Trade in Yorkshire has of late been brighter in tone than for a considerable period. A restocking…

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Markets Abroad Liverpool Wheat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 7

A private wheat agent in Sydney received the following cable message from Liverpool to-day: "33/6; easy, small demand; North American pressing…

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Sheep Classing as a Means of Increasing Profits

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 4

However small your flock, class it periodically," advise officers of the sheep and wool branch of the Department of Agriculture, in whose opinion…

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Wool Sales Strong Competition in Sydney SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

Strong general competition, from all sections, and particularly from the Continent, was in evidence at the wool sales yesterday: The market was…

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Wheat Varieties Recommended for Planting in New South Wales

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 3

The Standing Advisory Committee on Wheat, appointed recently, by approval of the Minister for Agriculture, and consisting of the Director of the…

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Wool £50,000,000 Season's Estimates Fall of £16,000,000

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 4

The Australian wool cheque for the 1937-38 season is estimated at about £50,000,000, compared with about £66,OOO,OOO last season, and…

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Farmers Awake! Attendance Disappointing

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 1

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE FARMERS? THE WHEAT GROWERS HAD ADVERTISED THAT A MEETING WOULD BE HELD ON SATURDAY, 30th. APRIL, IN TWO PREVIOUS ISSUES OF THE "SPECTATOR," ALSO THAT MR. G. P. EVANS, THE…

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