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Farming & the land, 1938

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Wool Up; Japan's Re-entry

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 3

Prices for all average to good wools showed an advance of 5 per cent. at the Sydney Wool Sales to-day,…

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Stronger Wool Market Improvement in Prices

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 10

Under improved competition from the Continent and Yorkshire, backed by a stronger demand from Japan, the market for wool at yesterday's auctions, compared…

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Wool Sales. Some Improvement. Brighter Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 8

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge Street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 9,569 bales, and the clearance, including private sales of…

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New Zealand Wool Sales. Christchurch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 13

A catalogue of 30,000 bales, consisting chiefly of fine quality half-breds, was offered at the Christchurch wool sale to-day. The sale usually attracts the best ewe clips in Canterbury Province, but this…

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Wool Slackens in London London, January 31

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 18

The London wool sales were continued to-day with an offering of 6990 bales, of which 4415 were sold. The catalogue included 2323 bales from…

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Wool Research. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 8

Sir,—When the University of Leeds initiated its wool research scheme, some two years prior to the Government developing its Department of Industrial and Scientific Research…

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Wool Prices. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 8

Sir,—In view of your Bradford's special representative's opinion, which appeared in your issue of the 24th instant, that the recent decline in wool prices is due to the January…

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Financial. Japan's Wool Supply. Official Economy Measures. Use of Substitute Fibres

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 13

A report from Tokyo states that the Japan ese Wool Import, Woollen Textile Export, and Woollen Yarn Export Associations have asked tie Minister for Commerce M.r Yoshino, to…

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Wool Position. Growers and Brokers to Meet. Joint Conference on February 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 9

The president of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales (Mr. J. P. Abbott) stated yesterday that the chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council had called a meeting…

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Wool Market. Carryover Scheme Endorsed. Wagga Meeting Suggests Finance Plan Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 7

The Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, at a meeting held at the week-end, heartily endorsed the proposal outlined by the chairman…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 13

City dairy houses are threatened with a shortage of case eggs. Stocks of all grades are diminishing each week but no acute shortening of supplies of hen and pullet eggs…

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Lismore Junior Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 9

GLEN INNES, Monday.—A party of 42 junior farmers from the Lismore district have left for home after a trip to Glen Innes. where they visited the experiment farm and…

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Butter Grading. Local Market Supplies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 15

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle, during the week ended Friday last, 16,103 boxes of butter manufactured' in…

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Butter Graded for Local Sale

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 10

The Stats butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended January 28, 16,103 boxes of butter…

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What We Owe to Sheep

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 6

If Australia knew where its duty lay a statue of a sheep would be placed in every important centre, said Sir Henry Braddon at the…

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The Falling Wool Market

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 58

The shrinkage in Wool prices appears to be due entirely to international influences, and no action in the way of restricting offerings locally is likely to assist them. With Japan and America practically out of the market, and Britain's export trade restricted, the immediate…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Steady But Quiet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 19

Steady conditions in oversea markets were reflected in the local wheat market yesterday. Only a small volume of business was done in bulk wheat. February delivery, at…

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Business in Wheat Was Dull

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 10

ALTHOUGH options overseas were inclined to weaken, the local market for wheat remained steady at the previous day's levels…

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Slight Rise in Wheat Values

The Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 18

Merchants' advices from overseas stating that markets generally were firmer, owing to reports that French and Italian crops were in bad…

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Wheat for Portugal. London, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 19

The "Financial Times," confirming Portugal's purchase of eight wheat cargoes, states that, contrary to expectations that Australia would supply the bulk, the United States sold…

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