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Farming & the land, 1938

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Melbourne Sheep Sales. Melboorne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 17

The offering at the Melbourne fat stock ssles to-day consisted of 33,000 fat sheep. 33.000 fat lambs, and 14,500 store sheep. Fluctuations for fat sheep were slightly in favour of buyers. Export…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Quiet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 17

The Sydney wheal msrket was quiet and steady yesterday. Sellers did not show any anxiety to trade, and most buyers preferred to await developments. Farmers, apparently…

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Firmer Trend in Wheat

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 20

The Sydney wheat market to-day reflected the firmer tendency which had developed in overseas markets. Buyers showed more interest and…

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Sudan Grass. Not Recommended for Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 13

Owing to the number of mortalities occurring in 1931-32 and 1933-34 due to cattle grazing on Sudan grass, the Department of Agriculture has for several years advised…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 3

The State Marketing Bureau (Department of Agriculture) advises as follows regarding local and overseas wheat values and sales:— Values elsewhere than in Sydney are expressed in English currency…

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Wheat Variety Trials. Additional Results

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 13

At Iona, Narrromine, the property of Mr. Evan Jones, wheat experiment plots were sown on old land which had been spelled since 1931. Sowing took place on May 3 and 4, and 605…

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Business in Wheat Was Quiet

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 12

BUSINESS in wheat on the local market was dull yesterday. Despite the rise in options on the world's principal grain exchanges…

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Japanese Shy at Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 7

Bidding at yesterday's Sydney wool sales was comparatively quiet, and a considerable quantity was passed. Japanese buyers snowed little interest…

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Wheat Yields Better than the Estimates

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 43

The estimated total wheat yield for Australia this year is 162,000,000 bushels, but so well have the crops stripped in many parts that this figure…

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Wheat Price Slump. Federal Action Urged

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 20

CONCERN at the reported moves abroad which have been responsible for the slump in wheat prices was expressed last week by Mr. H. L. Simpson…

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Wool Problems Under Review London

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 20

Details of a programme of scientific research were approved at a joint meeting of the International Wool Publicity and Research…

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Wool Values. Factors in Easier Trend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 17

Winchcombe. Carson, Ltd., reports:—The variation in wool values this week has been due to the reduction in Japanese purchasing compared with December, the continued…

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Wool- Sales. Good Competition for Best Descriptions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 17

At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday the quantity catalogued totalled 10,551 bales. The clearance including private sales of passedin and fellmongered wools, amounted to 9378…

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The Expanding Wheat Belt in New South Wales

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 42

The most notable extension of wheatfarming in New South Wales in recent years has been in that far northern area near the Queensland border known as the Northern…

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The New Year Offers Bright Prospects for Wool

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 46

How keen buyers are to secure wool was amply demonstrated at the first sale of the new year on Monday, when, despite the fact that 90 per cent, of the community were holidaying, buyers put in a strenuous day's work valuing and buying; and the prices they paid in Sydney indicated that the rising tendency in values has not yet reached its limit.—By "Warp." THE general alteration in the tone of the Sydney…

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Japan Silent at Wool Sales Inferior Lines at Lower Rates

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 4

The absence of strong Japanese competition at the wool sales has been responsible for a large quantity of fleece and skirtings being…

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Splendid Attendance at Warwick Farm. More Reversals

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 9

FEATURES of Monday's racing, at Warwick Farm were the splendid attendance, increased tote turnover, record times in two races, and the…

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Holiday Racing: Tattersall's Club Meeting: Demonstration Against Billy Boy —At Warwick Farm Tattersall's Club Cup Finish—Billy Boy Stalls Off Bourbon An Angry Demonstration

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 27

BILLY BOY'S winning of Tattersall's Club Cup on Saturday caused one of the worst demonstrations that has ever occurred at Randwick. For more than a quarter of an hour a…

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Magnificent Teams in a Twelve-Bag Crop on the Outskirts of Parkes

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 37

No district in New South Wales has harvested better crops than that of which Parkes and Forbes are the main centres. Although the season's rainfall was light, occasional thunderstorms helped to keep the wheat growing end many heavy yields. were recorded. Our picture shows an H.S.T. header drawn…

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A Sturdy Team in an Eight-bag Crop of Nabawa at Forbes

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 42

If fewer horses are seen in the harvest field to-day at least it can be said that the quality of those pulling the strippers is much better than it was some years ago. The man who prefers horses is naturally the type who wants good ones…

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