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Farming & the land, 1938

9,907 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

Country Stock Sales Forbes Sheep Sale

The Land · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 33

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd., Sydney, and W. K. Garnsey Senr. Pty. Ltd., Forbes, agents in conjunction, report holding their sheep sale on Tuesday,…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 4 February 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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North Coast Butter Pay. Increase in Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 11

LISMORE, Thursday.—The North Coast Butter Factories' Association at Lismore yesterday fixed the pay for supplies received during January at /10¾ a lb for choicest…

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Stock Sales. Prices at Flemington. Sheep Cheaper

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 10

Ihe proportion of sheep to lambs was higher at Flemington saleyards yesterday than for some time, wethers particularly being in heavy supply. The quality was only fair good…

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Stop-press Japanese Buy Wool

The Sun · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 1

Adelaide, Friday.--Japanese buyers were active, and values were firm at to-day's wool sales. CANTON SHIPS CAUGHT…

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To Barter Wool for Plant

The Sun · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 3

Australian wool is likely to be used to purchase a German turbo-alternator for the Balmain Electric Light…

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Small Rise in Price of Wheat

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 16

WHEAT locally advanced in price by ¼d. a bushel yesterday, despite the fact that options overseas weakened…

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To Load Wheat Maplewood For Geelong

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 4

The British steamer Maplewood, which brought a quantity of coal from Swansea to Electrona (Tasmania), is to leave there to-morrow for Geelong…

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Minor Revisions in R.A.S. Cattle Classes

The Land · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 25

Alterations in matters affecting Hereford and dairy cattle exhibitors at the coming Royal Show were announced by the Royal Agricultural…

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Three-day Sickness May Make Cattle Tick-resistant

The Land · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 10

MR. INIGO JONES, the noted Queensland Meteorologist, refers to an interesting possibility in connection with the outbreak of Three-Day…

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What To Do About Wool Prices

The Land · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 13

THE marked fall in wool prices in spite of a sound statistical position is a serious matter not only to the growers but to Australia as a whole. Its effect on the national economy is already…

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HENTY Another Albury Wool Sale Wanted

The Land · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 17

THE Henty branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association, at its monthly meeting, decided to submit the following resolution to the district…

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A Canadian View of World Wheat Outlook

The Land · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 34

COMMENTING on the world wheat outlook, the "Western Producer" (Canada) states: "Canada's wheat crop is much below the average and…

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Milling Wheat. Effects of Bleaching and Weathering

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 11

Mr. A. L. Jelfs, secretary of the Flour Millowners' Association of New South Wales, writes:- The paper by the cereal chemist of the…

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Spanish Inquiry for Wheat. London. Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 15

Inquiry for Australian cargoes on Spanish account is reported to have occurred after the close of the Liverpool market. The export flour trade was quiet. The local…

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Want Agric. Council to Discuss Wheat Stabilisation

The Land · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 4

A REQUEST is to be made to the Federal Government by the executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association to call an early meeting…

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F.A.Q. Wheat Fixed At 64lb

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 4

The fair average quality (f.a.q.) for New South Wales wheat this season was fixed at 64lb. to the Imperial bushel yesterday, by the…

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London Wool Series Concludes London, February 3

The Sun · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 14

The first series of the London wool sales for 1938 concluded to-day with an offering of 6522 bales, of which 4261 were sold. The moderate selection offered met with…

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Wool Sales. Prices Very Firm. Strong Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 10

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge Street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,810 bales, and the rlearance, including private sales of passed-in…

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London Wool Sales. Well-Sustained Demand. LONDON, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 15

On the eve of the close of the present series of London sales wool displayed s. slightly better [?]one, although sellers' limits again proved a deter[?]nt. Competition was brisk, Bradford buying…

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