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Farming & the land, 1934

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Homebush Sales SHEEP & Lambs Cheaper

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 8

THE yarding of sheep and lambs at the Homebush sales yesterday was much smaller than that auctioned on Thursday. The number penned was…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Very Quiet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 11

The city wheat market continued very quiet yesterday, reflecting the lack ot improvement in demand and prices overseas. Small business was negotiated in bagged wheat for…

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Investors Rush in to Buy Many "Bull" Factors in Big Share Rise Pastoral Stocks Soar on Wool Gains

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 12

A plethora of "bullish" factors led to one of the most active New Year openings yesterday ever recorded on the Stock Exchange. For the first day the volume…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 3

The State Marketing Bureau Department of Agriculture, New South Wales, advise the following:— Liverpool Values…

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Wheat Cargoes Market London, January 8

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 6

Wheat cargoes had a steadier market on foreign week-end advices. There were smaller clearances for Europe. Sellers of Canadian and Argentine demanded an…

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Congested Terminal Wheat Silos Are Closed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 5

The terminal wheat elevators at White Bay were closed yesterday, having been filled to capacity of 61 million bushels…

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Harvesting Is Delayed Storms Damage Wheat

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 8

Harvesting operations in the northwestern section of the wheat belt were considerably delayed last month by heavy rains, reports Mr…

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Australian Wheat. Improvement of Quality. Informative Bulletin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 7

No fewer than five officers of the Department of Agriculture have collaborated in the production of a science bulletin with the title. "The Quality of Australian Wheat and…

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Roster of Wool Sales. Series No. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 11

The following is the roster ot the sixth series of Sydney wool sales, February 5 to March 7, totalling approximately 210,000 bales. SALE CATALOGUE No. 13…

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Continental Stocks of Wool Tops Are Heavy

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 12

In the opinion of Messrs. H. Dawson, Sons, and Co., Ltd., London wool brokers, the total of Continental stocks of wool…

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Eager Buyers Germany Paid 35d For Wool

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 9

Following yesterday's rise of 5 per cent. in wool values, prices at today's sales again showed a ditsinct hardening tendency, but no rise was…

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Wool Sales. Advance of 5 Per Cent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange Bridge street when the quantity catalogued totalled 12,536 bales, and the clearance, including private sales of…

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Silos Are Filling Slow Sales Cause Wheat Block

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 8

SO slow is the export of wheat, owing to the smallness of overseas buying, that the terminal elevator at…

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Butter Marketing. Dr. Page's Suggestion. Goodwill Gesture to Britain. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 10

The removal of the remainder of the primage on protected goods from Britain was suggested by Dr. Earle Page, leader of the Federal Country party, as a gesture of…

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Europe's Stocks of Wheat Low Firmer Tendency On Oversea Markets

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 8

According to cables received by brokers from Liverpool the market for wheat was slightly firmer at the week-end…

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Stock Sales. Prices at Flemington. Sheep. Market Irregular. But No Change in Values

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 7

Although there was a comparatively small penning of 26,905 sheep and lambs yesterday at the Flemington stock sales, the market was irregular, and values for ewes and lambs were…

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Funeral of Late J. E. Ryan Union Pays Tribute to Wool Trade Man

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mr. J. E. Ryan, store manager of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain and Insurance Agency Company,…

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Bidding Is Eager at the Sales Wool Shortage. Is Almost Certain To Occur Germany Buys

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 8

The feature of the wool sales yesterday was the eager bidding of buyers representing Germany. They purchased a big…

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Russia's Grain Crop. London, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 9

Russia's grain crop for 1933 is reported to have been 896,000,000 quarters, compared with 698,700,000 quarters in 1932. The yield was 8.8 quintals per hectare,…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 11

The reduction of /0½ per 1b in the price of both loaf and large cheese operated from the commencement of business among city dairy houses yesterday. In sympathy with the…

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