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Farming & the land, 1938

9,907 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250

Butter for Export

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 10

During the week ended January 29, the Commonwealth, graders stationed in N.S.W. examined for export 21,697 boxes of butter at Sydney and 7577 boxes at Newcastle…

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Wheat Fixtures

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 4

According to a cable received from London, the following full-cargo wheat fixtures have been made:— Six vessels from New South Wales,…

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Wool improvement

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 1

THE local wool market took an upward tendency this week as the result of resumed operations by Japanese we buyers. A sustained…

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St. Marys Cattle Sale

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 7

The next cattle sale of the Farmers and Graziers' Co. will be held at the Newmarket Saleyards, St. Marys. on Friday, 4th February…

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Sheep Dipping. Care Needed

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 44

The only known method to combat lice and ticks (ked) in sheep successfully is to dip. A preparation of proved efficiency should be used. If a powder…

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Bank Man Tells Farmers of Synthetic Wool

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 12

WHILE in Europe Mr. E. R. Price of the Rural Bank, had an opportunity to study synthetic wool at first hand. He told Merriwa Agricultural…

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Cape Wool Prices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 13

Average prices realised for Cape wool are: Seventies /22 per 1b, and sixty-fours, /21…

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Antwerp Wool Futures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 13

The Antwerp futures market for dry combed Australian wool tops is quietly steady. Quotations: March /24, May /23[?] per 1b; July /23[?] per 1b…

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Quality of Butter. Storage Difficulties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 9

LISMORE, Wednesday.—The president of the Richmond River district of the Primary Producers' Union (Mr. R. C. Gibson), addressing the Lismore branch, said that butter…

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Melbourne Cattle Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 13

At the Flemington stock sales to-day, the offering consisted of 1,630 fat bullocks, 1,450 young cattle and calves, end 370 store cattle. There was a firmer trend for prime station classes…

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Partial Recovery in Wheat

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 10

THE market for wheat firmed by [?]d a bushel. Trading early was done at 45[?] a bushel for bulk grain, but later in the day the price fell…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Slightly Firmer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 13

Reflecting the improvement, in the oversea options the local wheat market opened [?]mer yesterday, and sales were made in new season's bulk wheat at [?] to [?]…

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Butter Market Quiet. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 13

The butter market is firm. Quotations:—Choicest sailed New Zealand 100/ per c[?]t, Australian 103/ per c[?]t; unsalted. New Zealand 112/ per c[?]t. Australian 110/ to 111/ per c[?]t…

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Japanese Buy More Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 9

Japanese wool-buyers did not compete to the same extent at yesterday's Sydney sales as they did on Tuesday…

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Big Increase in Carrying Capacity Self-Feeders Aid Sheep Farmers to Withstand Hard Conditions

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 13

THE carrying capacity of a holding could be increased by as much as fifty per cent by the intelligent use of self feeders, said Mr…

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Bleached Wheat Millers' View Dockage Question To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 3

Your article of the 6th January, headed "Bicached Wheat," suggests that recent laboratory experiments bring the millers and the Department of…

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Heavy Rain Saturates Wheat Areas

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 10

THROUGHOUT the northern districts following has been extensive, especially on self-mulching sells, said Mr. M. Reynolds,…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 4

Values elsewhere than in Sydney are expressed in English currency. Liverpool Values: March delivery—closed at 4/6½ per…

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Special Cattle Awards at the Kiama show

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 4

A CLASS at Kiama show last Friday that attracted considerable attention was for the best [?]ddered cow, under 4-yrs., of any breed…

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Golf Hill Important Purchase Top Line Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 9

TWO bulls and two heifers, the best Herefords procurable in England, have been purchased for Mrs. J. Biddlecombe's famous Golf…

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