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Farming & the land, 1937

10,755 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

London Wool Sales. Advance in Prices. LONDON, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 14

At the London wool sales advances were:— Merinos, 7½ to 10 per cent.; fine crossbreds, 15 per cent.; medium crossbreds, 10 to 15 per cent. Competition was good…

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Wonderful Prices for Wool All the World Competing in Australia

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 31

Never in the history of the wool trade has the outlook been brighter than it is to-day. All the world is in need of the staple, and as there is not nearly enough to go round, prices are not only high, but are rising steadily, so that the prospects ahead are most encouraging. THE results of the first series of wool sales for the new year exceeded the anticipations of all…

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Nearly 4,000,000 Acres of Wheat in N.S.W.

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 35

THE total area under wheat for grain in the Commonwealth this season was calculated at 12,579,000 acres, being slightly less than the previous year. Of this area…

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Oversea Wheat Position. Lindley Walker Company's Special Report. Jan. 11, 1937

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 3

Our cable this week reads:—"N.S.W. January shipment valued 45/3d. per quarter. Steady. Italy bought two Argentine cargoes…

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Limit Use of Term "Wool" Industry May Seek Legislation MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 17

Legislation to prohibit the sale in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa of adulterated woollen manufactures under the term "wool" will…

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Wool Publicity Proposals to Be Discussed at Conference Melbourne. TilAfufnv

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 10

The Proposals for publicity and research for the Empire Conference in Melbourne on Thursday…

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Is Germany Preparing? Australia's Wheat Harvest. the Growth of Sydney. "Sydney Mail" Features

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 12

Professor S.H. Roberts, of Sydney, who is now in Europe studying international affairs, contributes a most enlightening article to this week's "Sydney Mail" under the title "Is…

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Wool Market Is Very Firm Strong Demand At Sales In Brisbane BRISBANE

The Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 13

Wool prices were very firm at today's sales, when a record price for the Brisbane selling season--301d-- was established…

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Lyons Will Speak at Regatta to Open Wool Meeting To-morrow Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 8

The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) will arrive in Melbourne to-morrow in the Nairana, and will formally open the inter-Dominion Wool…

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Wool Up in London Advance Ranges From 7 12 TO 15 P. C. LONDON, January 12

The Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 4

At to-day's wool sales merinos advanced 7 12 to 10 per cent. fine crossbred6 15 per cent., and medium erossbreds 10 to 15 per cent…

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The Modern Farmer

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 37

The Australian farmer is at least as up to dale as the wheatgrowers of other countries; indeed, a recent visitor from the United States declared that the mentality and the general initiative he had seen displayed in the agricultural areas of…

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An Essential Feature of Modern Farming

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 40

Whilst horses still have an important part to play in the economy of wheatfarming, it is now generally acknowledged that the tractor has come to stay…

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PRODUCE. Special Sides and Middles Higher. DAIRY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 15

A special brand of bacon sides have been advanced [?] to /11[?] and middles /0½ to /l[?] per lb. Demand for dairy produce lines continued…

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On the Land the Agricultural Chemist. Ally of the Farmer. Important Investigations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 11

Because agricultural chemists work mainly in the laboratory and employ methods which the layman has some difficulty in understanding, little is known of their work. They are,…

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Double Lift Front, Farmers' Building, Sydney

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 7

This photograph clearly emphasises the treatment of the lift fronts in polished veneer and Ten/Test. The treatment effected in the latter material has been carried right around the ground floor of the store…

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The Blazing Field Chapter 1. Wattle Green Farm

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 8

A BOVE the timbered hills the sky tinged red, heralding, the birth of another day. Silver shafts of light pierced through the trees,…

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Farmers Leave Money to Hospital Casino

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 10

Claude Edwards. 74, a bachelor, who died here last month, left to the District Hospital a half-share of his 400 acres dairy farm at Bungabee…

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Elections for Dairy Board

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 10

Rolls for the election of a producers rep. and reps, of co-operative factories on 7 the Australian Dairy Produce Board will close on…

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Wheat Wool Dairying

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 40

The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales. as a token of appreciation for the valuable services rendered by Mr. H. C. Sterling,…

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Sheep and Wool

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 8

EXCELLENT rains fell over the sheep raising areas of New South Wales during December with the result that grass conditions are very much improved;…

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