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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

9,907 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

Collins' Farmers' Diary

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 10

CONSIDERING its importance, it is amazing the small proportion of farmers who know actually what is costs them to produce a pound of butter, a…

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Real Threat Australian Competition N.Z. Farmer's View

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 10

"IN the part I have always regarded the threat of Australian competition as a bogey, but it is definitely a reality now," said Mr…

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Norwegian Farms

The Broadcaster · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 2
Also in Liverpool News

Ladders are the only approaches to some Norwegian farms, which are mere [?]edges on the mountains. The farmers used to pull up the ladders when the tax…

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Immediate Help. Grant for Needy Farmers. Rehabilitation Plans

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 8

The Premier, Mr. Stevens, in confirming yesterday a promise of a grant of £25,000 for the purchase of seed wheat and fedder, also…

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"Tenner" Handout to Distressed Farmers £25,000 Divided Among 2500 Govt's Answer to Plea "Drop In The Ocean" "STARVING"

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 5

TOLD by a deputation of wheat farmers from the south-west district that many settlers in the area were on the verge of starvation, the…

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From Farm to Market Heavy Pigs Fall Back in Price

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 10

WITH a falling-off in the demand for pork, wholesale butchers in Sydney, yesterday reduced prices for large pigs by 3d. a lb., but kept the…

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Cattle

The Land · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 25

WAGGA.—A dispersal sale of the "Walt[?]ela" Hereford stud will be held at the Wagga saleyards on Friday, January 28, commencing at 2 p.m. The sale will be…

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London Butter

The Land · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 22

The Australian Producers' Wholesale Coop. Federation. Pty. Ltd. reports having received a cable from London dated January 11, stating: Butter: The market is steady,…

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Stock and Property Market Auction Sales to Come Sheep and Cattle at Borenore

The Land · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 25

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance and Agency. Co., Ltd., Sydney, have been instructed by Mr. W. H. Hibble to effect the dispersal of the…

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Sheep Values Firm

The Land · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 23

Values for good to prime sheep and lambs were well maintained at Homebush on Monday, and generally, on the day, the market was very firm at the best of Thursday's…

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Wheat Charters

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 4

John Darling & Son have chartered the steamer Harbledown to load 8250 tons of wheat at New South Wales, lay days Jan. 15-31, rate 34/9…

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Wool Sales. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 15

Wool sales were concluded yesterday, when 10,500 bales were offered. The selection was an aveiage one. competition was keen and seneral, and was a little wider than on the preceding day…

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Butter Production May Reach Record

The Land · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 9

WITH the weekly production of butter at Norco factories now at a total of 470 tons, it is possible that in the next few weeks the record output of…

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WHEAT Market Fully Steady by Our Wheat Market Representative

The Land · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 23

The wheat market continues firm overseas, the most outstanding feature being the large sales of Australian wheat to the United Kingdom, it being estimated that since the 7th…

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Melbourne Sheep Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 15

The general tone of the fat stock market to-day was unsteady. The offering consisted of 37,000 fat sheep and 26,000 lambs. Quotations; Prime comeback wethers to 22/, Rood crossbred and…

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Market Easier for Wheat

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 14

FOLLOWING on a pause in buying on the overseas markets, together with a fall in options on the principal world grain exchanges, the…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Quiet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 15

The Sydney wheat market was qu[?] and steady yesterday. With values from [?] [?] above over[?] parity, and charter rates firm at the higer levels, shippers were again…

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Wheat and Flour Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 15

Exports of wheat from Australra in the current season, December 2 to January 11, were the equivalent of 12,914,916 bushels. WHEAT AND FLOUR EXPORTS…

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The Week in Wheat

The Land · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 23

The Victorian Wheatgrowers Corporation Ltd. reports on the wheat market this week as follows: OVERSEAS MARKET…

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