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Farming & the land, 1937

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Youths From England Training Farm for N.s.w. Extending Fairbridge Scheme

The Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 17

WITHIN two and a half years, it is expected that 200 boys and girls from various English cities will have been brought to New South Wales under the Fairbridge Farm School scheme…

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From Farm to Market Potatoes Rise by £4 a Ton

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 10

POTATOES, as anticipated in these columns last week, were advanced by [?]4 a ton yesterday when a light shipment arrived from Tasmania…

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Fireball Strikes Governor's Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 1

MOSS VALE, Monday.--Three young heifers were found dead beneath a pine tree, in paddocks at Hillview, the country residence of the New South…

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On the Land English Wool Trade. London Sales Offerings. Prices of N.S.W. Clips. (From Our Special Correspondent.) By Air Mall. BRADFORD, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 9

This week about 47,000 bales have been offered in London, comprising 34,750 bales Australian, 9000 bales New Zealand, 3000 bales South American, and 470 bales Capes. Though…

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Wheat Values Recede

The Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 4

Weaker markets overseas caused an easing in the Sydney wheat market to-day. Quotations opened about 1d a bushel down all round on…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 17

Condition, in the local wheat market were quiet and easier yesterday. For silo parcels, February delivery, business was done at 5/4, then at 5/3[?] and later at 5/3[?] The…

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Dredging Leases. Pastoral Bodies Protest. GUNDAGAI

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 13

The hearing of the Adelong Creek dred[?] applications was continued to-day before Mr. Frank Grugeon in the Warden's Court. The applicant, Henry Bailey, a nominee of…

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Reaction in Price for Wheat

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 10

WHEAT on the local market yesterday declined in price by ½d a busthel. The reaction was attributed to the slackening in the demand for…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 5

Values elsewhere than in Sydney are expressed in English currency. Liverpool Values: March delivery—closed at 5/2? per…

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Cattle Disease "Cures" Are Discounted by Department

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 8

THE Chief Veterinary Officer of the A Agricultural Department, Mr. M. Henry, last night discounted reputed "cures" for three-day sickness among…

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Wool Sales. Market Ruled Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 12

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 12,896 bales, and the clearance, including private sales of…

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Co-Ordinating Empire Wool Sales

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 48

LAST week's wool sales saw a general improvement both in the quality of the offering and also in the inquiry, especially from the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 10

Keen competition marked to-day's wool sales and values improved. The earliest high price was 29½d a lb…

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Canadian Wheat Exports. Ottawa, Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 17

Canadian wheat exports for the twelve months to January 31 totalled 245,000,000 bushels, valued at 232,000,000 dollars, compared with 167,000,000 bushels, valued at…

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Cattle Disease in Humans? Drs. Investigate Fever Symptoms

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 1

GRAFTON, Tuesday.--Many people, mainly women and children, are suffering from a sickness that has all the…

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Australian Wool Goes To 37 Countries

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 20

Wool is being more widely distributed this season than for a considerable period, going to 37 overseas countries, as well as to local mills. The…

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Japan Freely Buys Wool Animated Bidding

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 10

Under exceptionally keen and animated bidding by representatives of Japan, Yorkshire and the Continent, the market for wool at yesterday's…

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Wool in Widespread Demand. Argentine Production Aspects

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 17

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., reports: With wool this season being exported to 37 oversea countries and also used in large quantities in local mills, the Australian clip certainly…

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Wool in Widespread Demand Argentine Production Aspects

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., in their special weekly report, state: With wool in the course of this season being exported to 37 oversea countries and also used in large quantities in local mills, the Australian clip certainly commands a widespread array of consumers…

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Oversea Wheat Position Lindley Walker Company's Special Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 5

February 8. Our cable this week reads:— "N.S.W. February shipment valued 43/6 per quarter. Steady—Spain…

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