Lonely Islands Play Vital Part in Wheat-Growing Industry Age-old Phosphate Deposits Bring Wealth to Farmer
The Land · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 12
STANDING on the slope of an Australian wheat farm and watching the farmer mechanically spreading the "magic dust" known as "superphosphate" and commonly called "super.", is to marvel at the progress that agricultural science has made during the last thirty years…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 8
Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,631 bales, and the clearance, including private sales of passed-in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rise in Wheat Values Improved Demand Overseas
The Sun · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 6
After a weak holiday market, values for wheat improved in the Sydney wheat market to-day, the rise ranging from ½d to 1d a bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In a Ctivity in Market for Wheat
The Labor Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 12
RUMORS of big sales of wheat to the United Kingdom had a steadying influence on the local market for the product yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wheat Trucks Derailed Axle Broke Near Goulburn
The Labor Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 7
THREE trucks of a goods train were derailed yesterday morning when the axle of one broke at Marulan about 20 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ephemeral Fever. New Disease in Cattle. Symptoms and Treatment
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 9
Though little can be done, as yet to control the rather unusual disease known as ephemeral fever, or three-day sickness, which is now causing serious concern to cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£60,000,000 in Sight for Wool
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 7
IF wool prices hold, the Australian wool cheque appears certain to eclipse £60,000,000--the best for 10…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →This Week's Sydney Wool Sales Japan Dominates Market Prices Soar By Our Special Wool Market Representative
The Land · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 23
JAPAN recommenced buying and was the dominating factor in the market, and chiefly owing to the strength…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Trucks Derailed. Wheat Scattered on Line. GOULBURN
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 12
Railway traffic between Goulburn and Sydney was dislocated as a result of a derailment near Marulan last night. About two miles on the Goulburn side of Marulan, an axle of a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Stud Cattle for New South Wales Big Shipment by "Zealandia"
The Land · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 15
THE current voyage of the [?] Savill and Albion Co.'s vessel, "Zealandia," from Glasgow to Australia is of particular…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Homebush Stock Sales Thursday's Market Grown Sheep Firmer; Lambs. Lower
The Land · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 28
Only moderate supplies were again available in the Sheep Section at Homebush today, when values for all classes of grown sheep were very firm, and, in places, a…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →New Moves for Unity Pastoral Union Conference Campaign For Higher Wages In 1937
The Workers' Weekly · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 3
SYDNEY.—On Dec. 29 and 30, the Seventh Annual Conference of the Pastoral Workers’ Industrial Union was held. It was the biggest and best conference of the union yet held, and the discussions and decisions were undoubtedly of the greatest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trade in Butter Substitute Indian Market No Good, Says Report Canberra
The Labor Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 11
In two possible eventualities only might the manufacture and shipment of "ghee" from Australia become a commercial proposition in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Out with the Sheep at 86 At One Time He Suffered from Rheumatism
The Land · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 17
Going out with the sheep, miles from home, this old farmer has forgotten all about the rheumatism that once kept him indoors. Like many thousands of others,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →More Wheat will Be Sown This Year Rain Damage Not Extensive
The Land · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 6
THOUGH rain interfered with harvesting operations in many of the wheat producing district of the state…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plans to Advance Wool Industry Dominion Co-operation Urged by Visitor
The Sun · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 12
Inter-dominion jealousy was blamed to-day by Mr H. M. Christie, chairman of the Wool Publicity Committee of New Zealand, for lack of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wool Sold for 35½d. Season's Record. Highest Prices for Series
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 12
An Australian record for merino fleece wool this season was established at the Sydney wool sales yesterday afternoon when a French buyer paid…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Increase in Wheat Areas Growers Anxious to Profit By Rise in Prices Field Urges Caution
The Land · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4
MR. E. FIELD, vice-president and immediate past president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, in a statement yesterday urged wheat growers to proceed with the utmost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BIG U.S. Demand for Our Wool 31,000 Bales Shipment To Boston BOSTON
The Sun · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 6
Thirty-one thousand bales of wool, one of the largest shipments in the history of the port, arrived from Australia aboard the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Away With The Hay Crop
The Land · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 1
HAY FOR CHAFF Almost five tons are on this "Reo" truck which is shown leaving Mr. H. E. Eisenhauer's farm at Brushwood, for Messrs. Mellor & Murphy's mill at Ganmain where the hay will he cut into chaff…
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