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Farming & the land, 1938

9,907 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

North Coast Butter Pays

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 36

Suppliers to Bellinger. River butter factories during December received a total pay of £12,277. The output of cream was almost…

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To Check Sheep-Stealing

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 32

As a check to sheep-stealing, Cowra branch of the Grazier' Association this week passed a resolution urging that each pastures…

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Loyal Supprt for Butter Plan

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 25

"IT is pleasing to note that butter factories in all principal States are unanimously behind the butter equalisation…

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Four-Compartment Sheep Vans Favored

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 32

WHILE in Melbourne recently with the Homebush Select Committee the chairman (Mr, H. C. Carter, M.L.A.) was impressed with the type…

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Melbourne Sheep Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 15

A moderate yarding of fat sheep at the Flemington sales today included a sufficient share of prime wethers for immediate famity trade needs. The offering consisted of approximately 14,500 fat sheep…

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Exported the First Wheat

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 11

TASMANIA has the honor of being the first State to ship wheat abroad. In 1820 the little island State exported zvheat to Rio…

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Poisoned While Pickling Wheat

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 27

0EVERE poisoning was suffered by Mr. G. T. Magrath, a farmer of Yanac (Vic.), when he inhaled some copper carbonate dust…

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Breadstufes. Decline in Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 15

Appreciable dcclines in values in the oversea grai exchanges on Wednesday resulted in a weakening of the Sydney wheat market yesterday, sales of bulk parcels for prompt…

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Efficient Wheat Seeding Plant

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 22

A 20-run Shearer combine being hauled by a McConnick-Deering WD 40 Diesel tractor in top gear. This plant sowed an average of 92½ acres per day on Mr. B. J. Kupkee's farm, "Greenwood," Forbes…

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Wool Brokers' Views Wool Values and Demand; Russia's Industry

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 46

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: The simultaneous offering of wool in Australia and London did not have ill effect of prices. Continental and Yorkshire competition has…

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Wrap Butter to Prevent Wood Taint

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 30

THE necessity of packing butter in parchfoil, to avoid wood taint and oxidisation, was impressed on directors of butter factories by Mr…

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Stronger Demand for Wool

The Labor Daily · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 16

Competition at the Sydney wool auctions yesterday was a little more general than on Tuesday. The market ruled firm, throughout the day…

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Schoolboys on Wool History

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 8

THE part played by John Macarthur in the development of our wool industry is well of the period has been re-written in a rather known to most Australians, but the history…

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Strike at Homebush Affects Sheep Sales

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 32

ANOTHER hold-up occurred at Homebush Abattoirs last week-end when 600 mutton slaughtermen went on strike…

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Wheat Receivals in the South

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 27

To the end of last week, railway stations in the Goulburn sections, which included Young, received 501,566 bags of bagged wheat, and…

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More Wheat in Cowra District

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 27

The total of 142,400 tons of wheat handled by the Cowra railway authorities this season was 25,000 more than that handled last season…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 4

The State Marketing Bureau (Department of Agriculture) advises as follows regarding local and overseas wheat values and sales…

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Trading in Wheat at Standstill

The Labor Daily · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 16

A POOR demand for wheat on the oversea markets, coupled with a decline in world options, caused the local market for wheat yesterday…

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Country News. Butter Factory Burnt. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 11

The back-firing of a crude oil engine caused a fire which destroyed the Mallanganee butter factory of the Casino Co-operative Dairy Society, Ltd., this afternoon. Employees,…

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Well Grown Sheep at Bowral Merino Stud

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 33

I CAN recommend this stud to woolgrowers who desire to improve their wool both for character and as a commercial proposition."…

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