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Farming & the land, 1939

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Firm Wool Prices in Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 21

BRISBANE, Wednesday.-- Compared with yesterday's rates, wool prices were fully firm today for all descriptions. A very high proportion of the offerings…

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Wool Sales. Adelaide. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 9

Yorkshire was the most prominent operator at the wool sales to-day, with Australian mills, the Continent, and Japan giving good support. Of the 8,193 bales offered in the main saleroom, 8,600…

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The Wool Position Supply Situation

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that the demand for wool has been maintained, competition being well distributed, but no general advance…

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Wheat Review Grain Consumption is Increasing

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 10

UNFAVORABLE reports or the condition of the U.S.A., winter wheat crop for 1939 suggest the possibility of an casement of the…

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Wheat Market. Quiet Trading. Prices Slightly Lower

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 9

Trading was very quiet in the Sydney wheat market yesterday, and prices eased. Holders of warrants for old silo wheat…

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More Canadian Wheat Is Sold Ottawa

The Sun · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 44

Overseas clearances of wheat since August 1 total 76,000,000 bushels, compared with 46,000,000 bushels for the corresponding period last year…

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More Exports, But Lower Cheque for Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 19

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Australia's greasy wool exports in the second half of 1938 exceeded those for the corresponding 1937 period in quantity, but the…

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Due Soon Stud Cattle from Britain First Lot for 1939

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 8

SEVERAL stud beef cattle, imported from Great Britain by N.S.W. breeders will arrive in Sydney by the Pakchas on 30th…

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Views and hints of the month Commercial. Wool Sale

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 45

Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co. Limited report:—We offered a catalogue of 6686 bales on January 9 which included a good proportion of…

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Views Differ Germany and South African Wool Barter Agreement

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 9

GERMANY'S almost monopolistic control of tho wool sales in South Africa is perturbing British, Continental, and local buyers, according to the Capetown…

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Wool and Patriotism Let Us Utilise Both in Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 1

WHILE the woolgrowers of Australia pay a levy from their own pockets to popularise the use of their product in overseas markets, the organisation that controls the expenditure…

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The Future of Wheat Hopeful Factors in To-Day's Situation

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 10

Editor's Note: This article was written at the request of the "Farmer and Settler." Mr. McKerihan has a comprehensive knowledge of the country, and of the wheat industry, and by virtue of his official position is able to write from a detached…

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Opening of Wool Sales. a Good Selection. LONDON, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 11

The first series of wool sales for 1939 commenced yesterday with an offering of 9,429 bales, of which 7,253 were sold…

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U S. As Wool Market Pact Chances Raise Hope of Duty Cut Lower Rates May Expand American Consumption

The Sun · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 44

Possibilities of a trade agreement with the United States again raise hopes of a reduction in the U.S. duty on Australian wool and an expansion of wool exports to that market…

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Junior Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 12

MR. O. T. GARDINER, acting State organiser of the Junior Farmer's Clubs, reported a year of progress for the movement during 1038 at the Council…

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Smithfield, as Good as Ever, is Claim To the Editor "Farmer and Settler"

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 8

In your issue of 12/1/'30 appears a statement made by Sir Charles McCann, Agent-General and Trade Commissioner for South Australia, in connection with…

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Tractors on the Farm Removing Rings

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 7

It seems a simple enough Job to remove the rings from the piston, and so it is, but since these rings are brittle and snap easily they are a like as not broken…

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Important Part of Mixed Farming in Erosion Control

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 2

BEST hope for the prevention of soll erosion lay in mixed farming, where both stock and grain produced, and where grasses and…

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National Defence To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 11

All article in the "Our Country As I See It" Column of the "Farmer and Settler" of January 5th begins thus: "The champaign to double the strength of…

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Junior Farmers Exhibits at Sydney Show

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 3

FOR the fourth year in succession. John Fairfax and Sons. Ltd., will sponsor the Junior Farmers' section at Sydney show. Prize money this year will total…

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