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Farming & the land, 1937

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Refitting of Wheat Ships

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 5

With 20 wheat ships to be refitted in the next of Sydney before the end of February to carry cargoes of bulk wheat, the Shipwrights' Union is experiencing difficulty in…

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Japan Buys Our Wool

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

THE event of the weak has been Japan's re-entry to Australia as a wool buyer signalised by a spectacular rise…

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Wool Sales. Improvement Maintained

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 8

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchanse, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 13,354 bales, and the Clearance, including private sales of…

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English Ryelands Mr. Clarke's Tour Importing Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 6

MORE English-bred Ryelands will be added this year to Mr. John R. Clarke's Kooringal Park stud, Moyhu (Vic.), Mr. Clarke left for…

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Season's Best Levels For Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

THE wool market was fully firm yesterday, at the best level of the season. Over 94 per cent, of the wool offered…

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Wheat Trials Bencubbin Outstanding Soft Grain

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 8

BENCUBBIN proved outstanding in wheat variety trails conducted in the western district (Dubbo centre), under the supervision of the agricultural…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 11

Offerings at the wool sales total 106,700 bales, of which 79,000 bales are Australian and 23,600 New Zealand. Mr. Dudley Ackroyd has been elected…

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Wool Records. Three Established. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 11

Three Australian records for the present season were established at the opening of the sixth Geelong wool sales to-day, when, in a very buoyant…

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Record Prices for Wool Crossbred Fleece

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

Under very solid competition from Japan, the Continent and Yorkshire for the best fleece, and good support from America for suitable lines, the…

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Black-faced Sheep Controlling St. John's Wort at Tumbarumba

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 10

SUCCESSFUL results in controlling St John's Wort by grazing black-faced Suffolk sheep on infested areas have been achieved at Mannus in the Tumbarumba…

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Liberal Prizes Big Entries in Wheat Section at Show

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 2

ENTRIES for the wheat section of this year's Sydney Royal show will close on 13th January. The N.S.W. Flourmillers' Association will again…

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Oversea Market Cables. Antwerp Wool Futures. London, Jan, 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 13

Antwerp futures for dry combed Australian wool tops are steady. Quotations, March,/36½ per lb (up /2¾ on the week); May /36½ (up /2¾), July /36¾ (up /2[?])…

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Wool Ships Wait in Harbour for Sales to End

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 12

Scenes such as this have convinced visiting sailors that Port Jackson is one of the best harbours in the world. The photograph, taken from the foreshore, looks up the harbour and shows steamers lying at anchor in Athol Bight before loading wool cargoes for overseas…

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Price Prospects Increase of World's Wheat, but Stable Market Expected

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 8

EXPECTATION of continued stability in wheat prices, as advised by "The Farmer and Settler," has been supported by Statistics of the International…

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Record Price for Wool France Pays 35½d for Merino

The Sun · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 15

WOOL brought 35½d in Sydney to-day, a record for the Australian sailing season…

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Nations Bid for Our Wool Japanese Secure Half Offerings America's Bid

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 5

THERE was exceptionally keen competition for most descriptions of wool at yesterdays sales. France, Germany, Belgium and…

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World's Wheat. Production Increases. Prices Expected to Be Stable. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 12

The International Institute of Agriculture states that its wheat statistics support the expectation of stability in prices, that the total world production has increased by 36,000,000…

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Spotlight on Wool Japan Bids and Prices Rise 15 to 20 per cent

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 6

JAPAN made a spectacular re-entry into the Australian wool market this week. Dominating the bidding, the Japanese sent prices…

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GRANTED Urban Farm Rating in Penrith Municipality

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

AS a result of the inquiry held in Penrith on 12th November by Mr E. R. Gallop, supervising engineer of the Public Works…

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Heard by the Way Greased Lightning Business [?]n Old Cheque—Toll Bar Days Old Cemeteries—Farmer Cricketers, etc

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

Farmer's Gold Find TRUTH is reputedly often sought for at the bottom of a well, but it is from England that there comes a story…

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