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Farming & the land, 1937

10,755 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

Two Unique Studs; Polwarth Sheep and Arab Horses

The Land · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 12

THE history of one of Australia's most unique studs, the Stony Park East Arab Stud, is the subject of a most interesting brochure that has just been published. The publication also reviews the…

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Wheat Deliveries are Completed: Silo Plants Closed

The Land · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 7

DELIVERY of the New South Wales wheat harvest is now practically complete and most of the silo plants are closed…

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Butter Men Stress Vital Need for A "Yes" Vote

The Land · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 10

SPEAKING at the annual meeting of the Producers' Co-op. Distributing Society Ltd., the chairman, Mr. W. R. Hindmarsh, said it…

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Stock and Property Market Auction Sales to Come Sheep

The Land · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 33

FORBES.—NExt sale Feb. 2. The Farmers & Graziers Co-op. Co. Ltd. and Edward Weaver & Co., auctioneers in conjunction. FORBES.—Fortnightly. Tuesdays…

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Wear Divided Skirts Wool For Women Cricketers

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 8

Divided skirt with hemline just above the knee and pleats skilfully arranged to eliminate all suggestion of "shorts," has become the…

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High Hopes for New Empire Wool Scheme

The Land · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 8

ALL delegates to the recent Empire Wool Conference in Melbourne, which determined on a joint policy for publicity and research, have expressed pleasure with what has been accomplished…

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Southern Stud Cattle Men Are Preparing for the Royal Show

The Land · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 9

STUD beef cattle breeders in the southern half of the State are enthusiastically preparing for the Sydney Royal Show, which is now little more than seven weeks off…

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Stock Sales. Prices at Flemington. Sheep and Lambs. Market Unaltered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 19

There was a penning yesterday at the Flemington stock sales of 41,367 sheep and lambs, being 2683 fewer than the number drawn for. The owners represented totalled 346. The…

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Stb. Africa Makes Big Strides In Wool-Growing

The Land · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 8

THAT South Africa had doubled her flocks in 25 years, and that she was defintely aiming at bulk production of fine merino wool, was a Statement made by Mr. J. Joubert (Under-Secretary of Agricultural in South Africa) during a broadcast address in Melbourne after the close of…

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Three Crops In One Year On Vic. Farm

The Land · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 12

A CAMPERDOWN (Vic.) farmer has been fortunate enough to grow three crops in the same plot in the one year…

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This Week's Sydney Wool Sales Values Ease Again Average Sorts Irregular and Slightly Lower by Our Wool Market Representative

The Land · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 26

VALUES at this week's sales were slightly easier than at the close of the previous week. The best descriptions of fleece and…

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The Wool Outlook. "Slightly Unfavourable Trends." LONDON, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 14

Messrs. Dawson and tion, Ltd., commenting the wool outlook, states that "slightly un[?]ourable factors appear to be developing. [?]ere are signs of dearer money, and the…

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Wool Manufacturers. Co-operation in Publicity Project. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 11

Australian wool manufacturers have written to the Federal Ministry asking to be included among those from whom the Commonwealth wool levy for publicity and research will be…

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S. African Wool-Men Inspect N.S.W. Studs

The Land · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 8

SOUTH AFRICAN delegates to the recent Empire.wool conference in Melbourne have been visiting parts of New South Wales this week and…

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Antwerp Wool Futures Official Quotations (In English Pence per lb)

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 3

The Australian Producers' Shipping Agency, agents at Sydney for Antwerp Wool Futures Pty., Ltd., Melbourne, advise the following official…

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London Wool Sales. End of First Series. London, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 15

The first series of the 1937 wool sales closed to-day During the sales prices cased owing to the falling off of Japanese competi tion. The oversea merino selection was…

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Wheatgrowers Offer Help to Dried Fruit and Butter Men F.S.A. Will Join in "Yes" Vote Campaign Marketing Position More Defined, Says President Henley

The Land · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 4

SUPPORT for the "Yes" campaign during the coming referendum was agreed to by the executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association at its meeting in Sydney this week…

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Crops Without Soil; Interesting Tests of New Process at Hawkesbury

The Land · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 15

BY means of the famous Spangenberg Fodder Process, tried out for the first time in Australia at Hawkesbury College, crops of maize and other fodder crops, sprouted from seed, attained a height of six inches in six days without the aid of soil…

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South-Western Farmers Critical of Government

The Land · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 16

The failure of the Government to deal with the problems of farmers in the south-west was the subject of strong criticism at a meeting at…

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