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Farming & the land, 1938

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Here and There Warwick Farm Bridge

Liverpool News · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 2

Workmen are now preparing the approaches to the new overhead traffic bridge at Warwick Farm…

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Outstanding Exhibition of Dairy Cattle at Nowra's

The Land · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 12

All five of the principal pure breeds of dairy cattle in New South Wales were well represented at the 63rd annual exhibition of the Shoalhaven A.H. and I. Society at Nowra. Here are some of the first prise cows in the Jersey section, parading for the championship judging. The champion (nearest the camera) is J. J. Butler's "Ellerdale Wonder's Bonnie."…

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Pastoral Conditions Variable in January

The Land · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 34

THE State Marketing Bureau, in its review of pastoral conditions for the month of January, points out that rains during…

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Cattle Improved in Quality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 10

After the sequence of poor yardings in which cattle in store condition were very plentiful, it was pleasing to note the number of good stock available yesterday. Pennings of…

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WHEAT Market Easy

The Land · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 30

Overseas whear markers are very qulet, with an easier tendency, following on reported beneficial rains in South-Western areas in the United States. The demand in the United…

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Why Tas. Opposes Butter Stabilisation Attitude of the Small Dairymen

The Land · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 10

HOBART, February 13.—Apparently the majority of dairymen on the Mainland are unable to understand the attitude of…

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Wool Prices Current

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 15

Following are Sydney wool prices current:- Greasy merino ficece (free from fault): Beat to /23[?] good /18 to /20. Graasy merino [?]ce (light seed or light' burry…

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Wool Exports Decrease

The Land · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 29

The Commonwealth Statistician (Dr. Wilson), announces that heavy wool exports from the opening of the season to the end of January totalled…

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What is a Comeback Sheep?

The Land · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 24

A DEAL of misunderstanding seems to exist amongst smaller graziers as to what constitutes a Comeback. How evident this is…

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Melbourne Sheep Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 15

Demand was inactive for the various classes of fat sheep at the Fiemington sales to-day. Steady coinpetition was maintained for fat lambs. The offering consisted of 18,000 [?] sheep and 11,000…

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Steadier Market for Wheat

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 14

THE slight recovery in options on the world's exchanges was responsible for a firming in the price of wheat on the local market…

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The Week in Wheat

The Land · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 30

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Victorian Wheatgrowers Corporation Ltd. reports on the wheat market this week as follows:—…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Dull

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 15

The Sydney wheat market was dull yesterday. Shippers were not opersting, and buyers generally displayer great caution. On the other hand. sellers were not anxious to trade…

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Wheat Stocks Tn Elevators

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 15

Current season's wheat in Government grain clevators in New South Wales on February 17 comprised 18,640,012 bushels in country silos and in transit, and 6,898,728 bushels in…

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Wheat and Flour Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 15

Exports of wheat and flour from Australia in the current season, December 2 to February 15, were the equivalent of 26,935,057 bushels of wheat…

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Tariff Bd. Inquiry? on Butter Costs

The Land · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 10

The quarterly meeting of the Raleigh district council of the P.P.U. decided to ask the central executive to approach the Equalisation…

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Ergot in Paspalum No Affecting Cattle

The Land · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 33

It is still remarkable to not but notwithstanding a prolific growth of paspalum on the North Coast and the heavy infestation with ergot in…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 6

Values elsewhere than in Sydney are expressed in English currency. Liverpool Values: March delivery — closed at 4/5 3/8 per…

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Stock Sales. Prices at Flemington. Sheep Cheaper

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 10

A good attendance of the tiade opeiated on [?] mixed quality yarding at Flemington saleyards yesterday. Although the draw slip showed that 38,100…

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Buyers Oppose Wool Draft Abolition

The Land · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 8

THE proposals being made in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa to abolish the draft allowance on wool are being strongly opposed…

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