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Farming & the land, 1937

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Argentine Wheat Crop Forecast

The Land · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 6

ARGENTINE wheat production for the current season, according to the first official forecast, is given as 249,857,000…

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Price of Butter

The Land · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 17

"W.S.": What is the present, price per pound of butter, paid to the dairy farmer? What was the average for 1934, 1935 and 1936 for same? What…

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Parkes Sheep Sale

The Land · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 34

Langlands, Hanlon Co., in conjunction with the Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd., report heavy yard of 11,800 sheep at their sale at Parkes on January 13. Prices…

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Trundle Sheep Sale

The Land · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 34

Langlands, Hanlon Co. report holding a sale of fat and store sheep in Trundle saleyards on January 14, when they yarded 5,000 good sheep to a large attendant of buyers. A…

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Quandialla Wheat

The Land · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 6

THE quantity of wheat received at the Quandialla silo this season has exceeded all expectations. The total was over 10,000 bushels more than that handled last…

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Wool Sales. Record for Lambs' Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 9

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 12,471 bales, and the clearance, including private sales of…

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Dairy Cattle were of Good Type at Dapto Show

The Land · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 12

THE Australian Illawarra Shorthorn cattle section at the eightieth annual Dapto show was judged by Mr. Hedley Miller, of Gerringong, who had with…

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WHEAT Market Weak (By Our Wheat Market Correspondent)

The Land · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 30

Overseas wheat markets are weak on continned heavy world shipments, pressure to sell Argentine and Australian wheat, with an almost entire absence of demand. United…

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South Coast Dairy Cattle And Horses At Dapto's Eightieth Annual Show

The Land · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 13

The splendid collection of active farm horses was failure of the eightieth and al Dapto Show. The…

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Sydney Wool Prices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 9

The following are prices current in the Sydney wool market:- Superfine merino fleece (free), choicest to /37¼. Greasy merino fleece (free) best /26½ to /271…

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London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 22

LONDON, Thursday.--The London wool sales were continued yesterday with an offering of 8992 bales, of which 7599 were sold. The catalogue included 3076 bales…

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U.K. Chief Butter Importer

The Land · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 10

THE United Kingdom is the world's chief butter importer and its share of world trade has risen from less than two thirds of the total in 1929 to over four-fifths in 1935. This information is contained in a…

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N.Z. Sheep for Chile

The Land · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 35

A consignment of New Zealand stud sheep, comprising 45 Corriedale and five merino ram hoggets sold by Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Ltd. to All…

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Heavy Sheep Losses In Queensland

The Land · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 8

During 1935 drought was responsible for the loss of 3,327,029 sheep in Queensland. This represented 74 per cent, of the total loss of 4.488,006…

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Wheat Is Firmer Locally

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 7

Buyers showed more interest in the local wheat market to-day, and prices made further slight recovery. Business however, was quiet…

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Breadstuffs. Local Wheat Steadier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 13

The city wheat market opened quiet yesterday, but conditions were the opposite of those ruling at the close of the previous day, when silo wheat, January delivery, was…

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The Week in Wheat

The Land · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 31

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Victrian Wheatgrowers corporation Ltd. re ports on the wheat market this week as follows:—…

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Wheat and Flour Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 13

Exports of wheat and flour from Australia fo the current season, December 2 to January 20, with the equivalent as wheat, are shown in the following statement:—…

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Wheat Receivals at Elevators

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 13

Wheat receivals at New South Wales Government grain elevators for the current season to Januarv 21 comprised 29,011,000 bushels at country silos, and 142,000 at the Sydney…

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Gleanings Wheat Stealing Commences

The Land · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 6

WHEAT stealing has commenced at Ungerie. Last week Mr. I. J. Stidwell lost over 200 bags of wheat, which were stored at the Youngareen siding…

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