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Farming & the land, 1938

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Wool Sales. Resumption in Sydney. Fall in Values

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 8

Wool sales were resumed in Sydney yesterday. The quantity catalogued totalled 10,710 bales, and the clearance including private sales of passed-in and fellmongered…

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Silk and Wool Mixture Ideal for the Summer Cruise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 19

THIS well-tanned girl has included several jumpers in her cruise wardrobe, but the one she finds most useful is this green and white sports model, made of a silk and wool mixture. MATERIALS: 5oz of green silk and wool…

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Wool Exports Decline Big Fall In Sales To U.S.A. CANBERRA

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

Exports of greasy wool from Australia for the second half of 1937, at £22,143,267, showed a decline in value of £4,879,345,…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 13

In view of the mid-week holiday, city dairy houses were more than usually busy yesterday. A good demand ruled for all provision lines…

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Woman Shot and Clubbed. Farmhand Arrested. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 11

Shot several times in the back and hand, and battered on the head with the butt of a rifle, Miss Kitty Bradley, 53, of Richmond Park, Robe, is in a critical condition at the…

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Dairymen's Requests. "Do Not Receive Fair Consideration." North Coast Complaints

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 9

MURWILLUMBAH, Monday.—Stating that he could not come before members and say that the Primary Producers' Union could claim any major achievements on behalf of…

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Dairy Chief Hurt by Cricket Ball Auckland

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 1

A. J. Murdoch, chairman of the New Zealand Dairy, Control Board, was batting for the Oneraki cricket team. when he was [?] in the face…

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Harbor Under Control Restrictions At Farm Cove

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

Arrangements have been made by the Maritime Services Board to ensure that the Harbor will be as clear as possible to-morrow for the…

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Wheat Charter

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 3

The Victorian Wheatgrowers' Corporation have chartered the Mount Myrto to load 7100 tons of wheat at Victoria, lay days March 10 to April 5, rate 38/9…

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T. B. Tested Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 7

PROCEDURE to be followed after cattle from herds tested under the milk Board's tuberolo-free, raw milk scheme have been exposed to possible…

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A Wool Council

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 12

THE Queensland Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Bulcock), in opening the now wool store of Starmfel's Primary Producers' Co-operative Association at…

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Wool Market Firm

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 14

With increased competition on Yorkshire account, a continuance of support from the Continent and moderate assistance from Japanese buyers, the market for wool at…

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Melbourne Sheep Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 15

The stock market to-day disclosed a firmer trend: Local trade competition was active and early sales of quality lambs gradually hardened to improved quotations. A representative yarding of store sheep…

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Marsden and the Sheep Industry

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 58

Important as was the part played by Rev. Samuel Marsden in establishing the woolgrowing industry in Australia, there is no possible room for doubt to-day that the first in the field was John Macarthur (to whom reference was made in last week's issue), and that the "pastoral…

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Sheep Dog Killed by Car

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 12

A CASE of interest to motorists and drovers was decided at Wagga on Wednesday, when James T. Stockton was awarded £10 damages for the loss of a…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Quietly Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 15

The Sydney wheat market was quiet steady yesterday. During the greater part of the any transactions in bulk wheat for prompt' cc ivory took place at 4/5[?] per bushel, Sydney…

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150 Years of Wool

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 58

Whilst the wool industry can look on one hundred and fifty years as but a short span in its long history, most of its great developments have come within the period since the founding of Australia. —By "Warp."…

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NUTRITION Essential Mineral Salts for Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 12

DISCUSSION of factors influencing the standard of the Australian wool clip empha[?] the necessity for providing sheep with a plentiful food supply of…

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Wheat Production. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 15

Replying to the Wheat Advisory Secretariat's suggestion that a policy of drift in both wheat-producing and importing countries could easily produce in three years a…

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Butter Quality. High Standard for Local Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 11

The State butter grading stair of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended last Friday, 10,560 boxes of butter manufactuied…

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