From Farm to Market Advance Likely in Potatoes
ACCORDING to agents engaged in the produce trade quotations for potatoes will be advanced by 40 to 60 a ton when fresh…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farming & the land, 1937
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Tinned Milk for Dairy Use: "3-Day" Irony Casino
A farmer with 90 cows has been obliged to buy condensed milk for household use. All his herd has gone dry through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World Wheat Shipments
World shipments of wheat to Europe for the week ended February 4 totalled 1,485,000 quarters, and to countries outside Europe 260,000 quarters, the week's shipments aggre…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Breadstuffs. Wheat Very Firm
The local wheat market was very firm yesterday on speculative operations and scarcity of sellers. At the opening there were buyers of silo wheat at 5/3½, but sellers were very…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Rise in Wheat Is Checked
Private advices of disappointing wheat markets in England yesterday stayed any further rise for silo grain in the Sydney market to-day, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disease Among Cattle Three-day Sickness Spreads
Although doing everything possible to combat the spread of three-day sickness, veterinarians admit frankly that there is little that they can do…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Can Humans Get Cattle Fever ? GRAFTON
Many women and children in Grafton district are suffering from a sickness which has all the symptoms of three-day fever, which is rampant…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Wool Sales. Keen Japanese Demand
Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 12,771 bales and the clearance including private sales or…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Melbourne Wool Sales Melbourne
Values at to-day's wool sales were 10 per cent, lower than those obtained at the closing January sales. American' buying was absent, while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Price of Wheat Is Up Again
THERE was a further advance of A 2d a bushel in values for wheat on the local market yesterday, and the volume of trading was small…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheat Up 2d On Speculative Inquiry
Local wheat prices rose 2d a bushel yesterday to 54½ a bushel on keen speculative inquiry. Holders of silo parcels asked 54½ and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Latest Fixtures Vessels Chartered For Wheat
At the end of last week three more British vessels were reported fixed to load wheat for the United Kingdom or Continent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Foreign Demand Boosts Wheat Bigger Harvest Hopes
The interest shown in local wheat by Germany and Spain during the last few days has made the market firmer, and prices have improved about 6d a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool in Keen Demand Japan Dominates the Auctions
Competition at the wool sales yesterday was particularly keen. Buyers operating on behalf of Japan were a active and purchased a large portion…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stock Sales. Prices at Flemington. Sheep and Lambs. Prime Stock Firm
There was a penning yesterday at the Flemington stock sales of 50,459 sheep and lambs from 367 owners. The number forwarded was about 700 fewer than that drawn for. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Japan Pays 35½ for Wool Fills Big Orders At Sales
Japanese buyers operated strongly at to-day's wool sales and in the first half hour secured at least half the offerings…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →PRODUCE. Special Hams Advanced. DAIRY
Agents for special brands of ham advanced prices yesterday morning by /0½ per lb, the new prices being, 1/5½, and in seed 1/6½. Owing to the shortage of hams and bacon,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Boy Migrants. Fairbridge Scheme. Farm at Molong Bought
A Fairbridge Farm School will be established shortly at Molong, in the western district, and the initial draft of 50 English boys is expected to arrive…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Only Road to Darwin." Mail Man Complains. "Invader Could Grow a Rice Crop." Tennant Creek
Mr. Sam Irvine, who carries the mail once a month between Alice Springs and Birdum, 1300 miles, the longest mail route by road in Australia, strongly criticised this week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →River Cut Into Farmland Owner Now Minds Cars In City
Deeds of what used to be Allan Cordner's farm at Windsor show its area to be 45 acres, but actually, it is only 35 acres…
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