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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

9,907 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250

Maize Crop Prospects. Increased Area Planted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 9

The area planted to maize this year is considerably above that of last season, according to agricultural instructors and crop correspondents of the State Marketing Bureau…

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Record Cane Crop. Broadwater

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 9

The cane season on the Richmond River finished this morning at 1.10, when 131,696.68 tons had been crushed. This constitutes a record. Twenty gangs, comprising…

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Governor Phillip's Landing Celebrations at Farm Cove

The Propeller · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 8

When the landing of Governor Phillip at Farm Cove is staged on January 26th, as part of the 150th Anniversary celebrations, colour will…

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Farmers' Distress Fund

Liverpool News · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

At the Liverpool Town Hall on Saturday evening last, the 30 Young Australians Co. presented a much enjoyed variety programme to a good and…

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Auction Sales to Come Sheep and Cattle at Borenore

The Land · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 29

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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Cattle

The Land · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 29

WAGGA.—A dispersal sale of the "Waltcela" 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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Won Dairy Cattle Group Trophy

The Land · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 12

J. N. King and Sons, auctioneers, of Wollongong, donated a silver cup at Dapto Show for the best group of progeny of one sire, open to all breeds in the dairy cattle section. Mr. J. N. King (on right) is handing the cup to Mr. J. Faulks, who won with his group of A.I.S. Also in the…

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Farm Sheep Moved to Agistment

The Land · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 5

The scarcity of feed has forced the Department of Agriculture to move 2,000 ewes from the Trangie Experiment Farm to agistment on Mr…

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Dairy Cattle and Farm Horses in the Ring at Dapto's Annual Show

The Land · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 11

Youthful prise-winners in the dairy cattle section at Dapto Show, on the South Coast. This class, for the best heifer calf, under 12 months old, owned by a boy or girl under 16 years, was won by Muriel Duncan's exhibit…

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Dairy Cattle Judges at Dapto Show Good Show of Dairy Cattle at Dapto

The Land · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 10

AUSTRALIA'S 150th Anniversary is being commemorated at all country shows throughout the State this year, and special attractions have been…

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Dairy Cattle Champions at Dapto Show

The Land · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 24

Champion Jersey bull, and also grand, champion dairy b[?]ll, at Dapto…

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Trading in Wheat

The Labor Daily · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 12

STILL dominated by the overseas position, the local market for wheat was a shade easier again yesterday. Since Monday there has been a steady decline in prices for…

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WHEAT Market Quiet

The Land · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 27

Overseas wheat markets are quiet with a slight sagging tendency. There is still some pressure to sell Australian, and with buyers' requirements temporarily satisfied, a quiet…

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Newcastle Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 26

At the seventh Newcastle sale of the season, which, owing to the Anniversary holiday, will be held on Tuesday next, 25th instant, Nenco will submit a catalogue of…

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Melbourne Sheep Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 13

The general tone of the market for various mutton classes was inactive at the Flemington fat stock sales carly to-day, and there was a weaker trend, but with the assistance of the wholesale and…

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The Week in Wheat

The Land · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 27

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Victorian Wheatgrowers'. Corporation Ltd. reoorts on the market this week as follows:—OVERSEAS MARKET…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Values Lower

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 13

There was a further decline in values in the Sydney wheat market yesterday as the result of continued weakness in the overses grain exchanges. A few sellers responded…

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World Wheat Area Larger

The Land · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 6

REVIEWING the international wheat position, the Commonwealth Statistician points out that the tendency to increase the area…

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A Candid Candian on Australia High Praise for Fodder Pioneer & Wheat Breeder Cora Hind Caustic on Cattle

The Land · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 4

PLEASURE at the "unsurpassed hospitality" of farm homes, high praise for the fodder conservation work of the late Anthony Brunskill, of Wagga, deep admiration for the wheat-breeding triumphs of the late…

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