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Farming & the land, 1938

9,907 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

Indian Wheat Average. Calcutta, Feb. 1

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

The first official estimate of the all-India wheat [?]creage is 31,810,000 acres…

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Sydney Wool Averages. Value and Turnover

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

The average price of greasy wool in the Sydney wool market last month was /12.7 per 1b, compared with /13.7 in December. The average price per bale, greasy and scoured,…

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Wool Sales. Prices Unchanged. Satisfactory Clearances

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 8

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge Stuet, when the quantity calalogued totalled 10,183 bales and the clearance, including private sales of…

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MURLINGBUNG Clip Sells Well Good Wool Yield

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

ALTHOUGH the tone of the wool market at the time was [?] what depressed, the clip from Mr. J. H. Reld's Murlingbung Merino stud,…

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Wool Values No Benefits Likely from Reduced Offerings

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

SUGGESTIONS have been made that offerings at wool sales should be curtailed in view of weakened demands. Australia, however, has sold wool freely…

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Wool Market Is Steady Small Purchase by Japan

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 10

THE market for wool at yesterday's auctions held firm at the previous day's advanced levels. competition was mainly on Yorkshire and Continental account, and…

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Wool Market Very Firm Japanese Again Buy Freely

The Sun · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 2

For the fourth day this week, Japanese buyers made substantial purchases at the Sydney wool sales to-day, taking 91 of the 324 lots in…

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Farmer's Friends Help Him Sudden Death of His Dairy Herd

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 5

The "Muswellbrook Chronicle" tells how friends of a farmer who lost 28 milking cows which died after eating Sudan, grass, showed practical…

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Dairy Farming in Other Lands

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

MR. E. R PRINCE, an inspector of the Rural Bank, who recently accompanied Mr. C. R. McKerihan, president of the Bank, on his tour abroad,…

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Original Research In Pastoral Industry Many Problems Demand Solution but the State Remains Inactive

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

THE present controversy as to whether the rugging of sheep is profitable emphasises the need for a well-planned campaign of…

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Oversea Market Cables. London Wool Sales. London, Feb. 1

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

At the London wool sales held to-day the offerings totalled 8,696 bales, of which 5,993 were sold. The catalogue included 2,130 bales from New South Wales. 1,701 from Queensland. 2,242 from…

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New Night Club Was Once a Wool Shed. Historic Setting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 22

WHAT was once an old wool shed in Macquarie Street will be the novel setting for a new night club in Sydney. It will be called the Carl Thomas Club, and will be…

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The Man on the Land. Reports and Hints. Another 1000 lb. Butter-Fat Test

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 32

Plashett Pearlie 9th, an 8-years-old A.I.S. cow, owned by the Plashett Pastoral Co; has just completed a 273 days' test, in which she gave over 1000 ib. butter-fat…

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New Wool Pack May Revolutionise Package and Carriage South African Opinion

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

READERS will remember that a few months ago the writer mentioned the fact that a new wool pack had been evolved by a Bradford man made from about 40 per cent. of wool and 60 per cent. of paper. The writer induced the maker to send half-a-dozen if those packs to…

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World Wool Position Lack of Stability in Values has Weakened Confidence

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 7

LAST season the strength of wool markets was an almost continuously forcing [?]fluence on prices for tops. yarns and fabrics, and morchants and rotations…

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Some Aspects of The Wool Position CONFERENCE Woolgrowers and Brokers to Meet in Melbourne

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

A MEETING of the executive of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia will be held in Melbourne on Monday, 14th…

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Pasture Improvement on Big Scale Fonthill Studmaster Obtains Good Results Sown Fodder Puts Size on Sheep and Weight in Fleece

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

PASTURE improvement has given a fourfold increase in carrying capacity on some of the paddocks at Mr. Irwin Maple Brown's Fonthill property, Lake Bathurst. Another feature is a distinct improvement in the size of stud…

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[?] St. Marys Farm Property

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 1

Mr F. V. W. Holmes will offer at auction at his rooms, Station Street, Penrith. on Thursday, 10th February, at 11 a.m., 23½ acres of St. Marys…

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Winter Dairying Importance of Continuity of Supply

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 2

If the dairy Industry is to progress, greater effort must be made to obtain an even output throughout the year. That such continuity is possible, states…

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Dust in the Dairy Yard a Source of Cream Contamination

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 7

Dust and mud due to neglect to give proper attention to the surface of the dairy yard are not only a nuisance, but a menace to cream quality on account…

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