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Farming & the land, 1938

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Our Dear Old Cattle Dog

The Sun · Sunday 20 February 1938 · page 3

OUR cattle dog, Blue, is very old, very fat, and full of wiles and tricks. He will watch his opportunity to push himself through the…

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Attractive Accessories Made With Wool

The Sun · Sunday 20 February 1938 · page 21

Angora wool is used in the darned motif worked on the collar and cuff set illustrated in this article, and the white wool daisies with yellow centres, which form the collar…

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Tempers Frayed Sale of Czech Farm BERLIN (By Air Mail)

Truth · Sunday 20 February 1938 · page 12

ANOTHER incident-this time the sale of a farm—has served to embitter tempers of the Sudeten-Germans (the German…

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Butter

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 3

Dominion butter on the London floor is quiet. Australian is quoted 113/- for choicest salted, 115/- for unsalted…

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Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 3

While the feeling in the local market is more optimistic, due to advances on oversea grain exchanges, little business has been…

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Wool

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 3

At Sydney auctions during the week there was a hardly quotable decline in prices, in the worst cases to 5 per cent. This…

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Wheat Charters

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 5

John Darling & Son have chartered the steamer Julia to load 6,600 tons of bulk wheat at Western Australia, lay flays April 10-30, rate 31/-…

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Produce. the Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 13

Dairy production figures in New South Wales continue to improve as a result of the rains, except in the western areas. In the near future storage against winter…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 13

Weakness in the oversea grain exchauges on Friday resulted in a decline in the value of bulk wheat in the Sydney market on Saturday…

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Weakness in Market for Wheat

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 10

THE decline in options on the world's principal wheat exchanges was reflected on the local market on Saturday, when quotations for the…

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Women Passengers in Wheat Barque. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 19

The Finnish barque Penang, which arrived to-day from Juan de Nova (Madagascar) after an [?]eventful wyage of 71 days. carries as passengers two young women, Miss Dorothy…

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Wool Prices. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 6

Sir,—Mr. H.K.Nock, M.P., implies that I fail to recognise the advantage of consistently remunerative and stable prices foi our wool clip. On the contrary, I would be delighted…

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Promoting Wool. New Committee Established. PARIS, Feb. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 11

The International Wool Textile Organisation has decided to establish an international co-ordinating committee for wool promotion The delegates include Dr. Ian Ciunies-Ross…

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Australian Butter in England. Irregular Supplies. Sol Das "Empire" Product. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 13

In a letter to the Premier's Department, the Agent-General for Western Australia, Sir Hal Colebatch, says that dealers in London sell Australian butter as "Empire" butter. because…

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Wool Marketing. London as Selling Centre. LONDON, Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 9

The wool trade in Bradford is puzzled at a report that the chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, Sir Dalziel Kelly, and the president of the Graziers' Association of…

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Farmers' Congress. Canadian Delegation Selected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 9

The chairman of the Australian organising committee of the Empire Producers' Conference (Mr. M. P. Dunlop, M.L.C.), has received advice that the Canadian delegation to attend…

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Real Aid to Farmers. Settement in Victoria. Commission's Success. by Our Melbourne Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 10

It is difficult to recall a more fruitful record of public service than that of the Closer Settlement Commission, whose five-year term of office expires…

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Canadian Farmers' Delegation

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 4

The chairman of the Australian Organising Committee of the Empire Producers" Conference, .'Mr. M. P. Dunlop M.L.C.. has received advice…

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Larger Butter Output

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 12

CANBERRA, Monday.--Australia's butter production during the first half of the current trade year was 1,866,223cwt., the average monthly production being 33,918cwt, greater than that…

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World Wheat Shipments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 13

World shipments of wheat to Europe during the week ended February 17 totalled 1,085,000 quarters, and to other countries 250,000 quarters, an aggregate of 1,335,000…

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