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Farming & the land, 1937

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Farmers' Wheat Plots. Results in Eastern Riverina. ALBURY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 11

Under the supervision of Mr. G. C. Bartlett, senior agricultural instructor of the Albury district. wheat trials have concluded. The results were as follows:…

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Australasian Wool Records

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 36

The raising of the Australasian record for wool in Launceston last week to 46 3/4d brings the record level to a point only 1/4d below the record for 1928-29. Five bales of the L/RO'C clip, a superfine wool…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Pausing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 15

The local wheat market was quiet but steady yesterday, opening with probable buyers of silo wheat January-February delivery at 5/ and sellers asking 5/[?]½. Small…

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Wool Sales. Strong Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 12,405 bales, and the clearance, including private sales of…

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Stabilisation of Wool Values The World Becoming More "Wool-Conscious"

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 36

While, undoubtedly, lower values were ruling for most descriptions of wool in Sydney last week, the decline was only slight, and, indeed, did not apply to the best descriptions. Taken by and large, the actual movement in values was rather a stabilising of the market than a definite decline due to a weakness in the buying. THE buying strength last week was practically as…

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Dull Call Continues for Wheat

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 10

ALTHOUGH options on most of the principal wheat markets of the world recovered slightly, the brighter tone was not reflected on…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 5

Values elsewhere than in Sydney are expressed in English currency. Liverpool Values: March delivery—closed at 4/11 3/4 per…

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The Shanty on the Rise Pinching Cattle

The World's News · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 10

CONSTABLE BEEESTEETH was lamenting the difficulty of getting country juries to bring in a verdict of guilty in cattle-stealing cases when the…

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Large Wool Consumption America's Influence

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., in their special weekly report, state that a notable increase in competition from the United States for wool has been experienced at this season's sales. Exports from the Commonwealth to that quarter for the six months ending…

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Latest Wheat Fixtures Uganda And Westmoor

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 5

The British steamer Uganda, of Maclay and McIntyre Co.'s fleet, has been chartered by the Victorian Co-operative Wheat Group to load 7000 tons of…

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The Polwarth as a Wool Producer

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 38

Evolved in the western district of Victoria, the fame of the Polwarth as a dual-purpose sheep is rapidly extending. Many Polwarth flocks are now established in New South Wales. AN old sheepman once said that…

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Large Wool Consumption. United Slates Influence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 15

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., reports:—A notable increase in competition from the United States for wool has been experienced at this season's sales. Exports from the…

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South African Wool Experts Impressed by Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 14

Members of the South African Wool Council delegation arrived in Sydney last night from Melbourne, after visiting Canberra and inspecting several sheep stud stations in the…

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South African Wool Exports. London, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 11

Exports of South African greasy wool in December to Great Britain were 2,78[?]000lb: to Japan, 10,309,000lb; and to the Continent, 13,165,000lb…

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Oversea Wheat Position. Lindley Walker Company's Special Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 5

Our cable reviewing International wheat this week, reads:— "N.S.W. February shipment valued 42/ per quarter. General liquidation…

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Money, Mines and Markets Debenture Issue of £175,000 Dairy Farmers' Co-op. Milk Co.'s Plans

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 8

To convert the second mortgage debentures of the value of £135,500. which were repayable on January 1, and to provide additional finance for…

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Oversea Market Cables. Bradford Wool Tops. London, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 15

In the Bradford wool tops market quotations for merinos have further [?]sed and crossbreds are barely steady, no great business is passing in tops and yarns, but consumption is fully maintained…

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Keen Competition for Wool Rates For All Grades Fully Maintained

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 14

Keen competition by all sections of buyers was a feature of to-day's wool Japanese buyers bid eagerly for…

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Farm Labor in New Zealand

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 11

OVER in New Zealand, the farmers are greatly concerned about the shortage of labor available for employment in the agricultural areas…

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PRODUCE. Egg Prices Higher. DAIRY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 15

As from this morning the Egg Board advises: Hen, medium, pullet, and case eggs, will all be /1 higher. Quotations will then be: Hen 1/4, medium 1/1, pullet /11, case…

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