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Farming & the land, 1937

10,755 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 250

Rich Ore Under Farm Fence Wealth for Employee

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Charlton Gold Development, N.L., yesterday crushed 18 tons of ore for 238oz. 4dwt. of retorted gold…

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134 Million Bushels Wheat Crop

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 7

CANBERRA, Friday.--The final estimate of Australia's wheat harvest for the 1936-37 season is 134,182,000 bushels, compared with the average…

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Three-day Sickness in Cattle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 4

Although three-day sickness in cattle may strike metropolitan herds before the outbreak finally dies out in New South Wales, a falling-off in…

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Wheat Loadings and Stocks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 19

For the wheat ended January 30, 512,480 bags of new season's wheat were despatched from country railway stations making a total of 7,372,459 bags for the new season, as against…

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Breadstuff. Wheat Slightly Firmer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 19

The city wheat market opened a little firmer yesterday. Sellers were asking 5/2 for silo wheat, February delivery, but reduced their price during the day to 5/1[?], at which…

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Big Wheat Sale by Argentina

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 12

ACTIVITY by Germany and eager buying by millers in the United Kingdom caused a further advance in the price for wheat on the local…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 5

Values elsewhere than in Sydney are expressed in English currency. Liverpool Values: March delivery—closed at 5/1 3/4 per…

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Adelaide Wool Sales. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 19

Wool continued to meet a strong general demand at the conclusion of the sixth Adelaide sales to-day. Brokers quoted the market for good wools sound in the staple and showing…

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Wheat Standard Fixed at 62lb Chairman's Optimism

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 8

The grain section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce yesterday fixed the fair average quality of this season's State wheat at 62lb. per…

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Drait Allowance on Wool. Bill Being Prepared

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 14

The general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. W. C. Cambridge, M.L.C.) has been notified by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Main) that Cabinet…

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Oversea Market Cables. Bradford Wool Tops. London, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 19

The Bradford wool tops market Is very film at fully late rates. Quotations: Merinos seventies /39 per lb (down /O½ on the week) sixty fours /37 (down /O½)…

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On the Land the Wool Trade. Japanese Demand Stronger. Market Turnover

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 14

Chiefly as a result of increased orders from Japan, the wool market showed a stronger tone at this week's Sydney auctions. Trices for the better grade fleece and skirtings were…

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Wheat Plantings. Probable Extension in the North-west. Preparation of the Land

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 14

There is every possibility that there will be a material increase in the area sown to wheat in the north-western grain belt this year. Better prices for the grain and the use of the…

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Trade and Finance Wheat Advances Further 1d Spain Buys Cargo Of Australian

The Sun · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 8

Wheat prices advanced a further 1d a bushel in Sydney to-day, private advices indicating firmer markets overseas. A cargo of Australian…

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N.S.W. WHEAT. F.A.Q. STANDARD Fixed at 621b. Weighing Method Explained

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 18

The f.a.q. standard of wheat for New South Wales for the current (1936-37) season has been fixed at 62lb per imperial bushel…

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Stable Prices for Wool Industry Plans for Conference of World Interests London, January 22

The Sun · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 4

WOOL concerns in one way or another almost every country in the world. Naturally, therefore, there is the keenest interest in the suggestion of the Australian Prime Minister…

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Wagga Experiment Farm. New Manager Appointed. Mr. Pinn Assumes Duty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 14

After a busy round of speeches and presentations, Mr. A. J. Pinn, special agricultural instructor, travels to Wagga next week to take over the position of manager at the…

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PRODUCE. Bacon, Ham, and Eggs Higher. DAIRY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 19

Price advances have been noted in both special and ordinary brands of bacon cuts and in single cloth hams. As from yesterday special bacon sides, flitches, middles, and…

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Cupid Is Not Banned Church Farm At Dee Why

The Sun · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 3

As proof that St. Matthew's Training Farm, Dee Why, is run along strictly normal lines, Rev. A. R. Ebbs, director of the farm, has no…

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Come into the kitchen Taking Full Benefit of Tomato Crop

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 20

TOMATOES are now very plentiful, and to obtain the full benefit of the crop, it would be wise to use them in sauces and chutneys, jams, and serves. In this way the larder will be well stocked until the next crop is due…

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