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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

8,508 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Brokers' Views The Wool Position

The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 22

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON LTD. report: The demand for wool has been maintained, competition being well distributed, but no general advance in the market has been…

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Wool Men's Fight for Increase

Daily News · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 9

WOOL and Basil workers are incensed at the fact that, up to the present, declaration of the 44 hours has not been followed by an increase in rates. At the annual meeting of the union this week matters…

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U.S. Needs More Wool

The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 26

THE Victorian Graders' Association, in a recent statement, refers, to the capacity of the United States to use more high-class…

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Want Review of Wheat Stacking Regulations

The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 3

BECAUSE of the now conditions of transport and acreage increase the silo authorities and Railway Commissioners aro to be…

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Give Your Sheep A Chance on Dry Feed

The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 20

As feed in most parts of the State is now very dry, pa.storalists who are faced with the necessity of handfeeding: sheep should consider the…

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Firm Rates for Wool in Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 17

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Values were very firm at tire wool sales today. There was occasionally a firmer tendency for a few super lots of fleece…

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Germany Will Take Less Of Our Wool

The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 2

A LONDON cable message states that decreased exports of industrial products from Germany to Australia leads to the assumption that…

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A South Coast Dairy Farm

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 3

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Rice Farmers' Fears. Water Shortage. Crops Endangered. Griffith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 7

In addition to the grave anxiety being felt here as a result of the continually falling level of Burrinjuck Dam storage supplies, difficulties are being…

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Continued Fall in Butter Production Causes Concern Weekl Exports Again Reduced

The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 8

THE continued serious decline in butter production is causing concern in official dairy produce marketing circles. The Australian Dairy Produce Board has decided to reduce weekly shipments of butter jrovn Australia to the United…

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German Wool Purchases. Monopoly in Africa Denied. CAPETOWN, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 12

In a letter to the "Cape Times," Mr. Gerard Bekker, president of the Woolgrowers" Association, declares that it is nonsense to speak of a German monopoly in a free wool…

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Stabilising World Wheat Prices International To Consider life Scheme Five-year Agreement Suggested

The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 4

AFTER almost a week's discussion the Wheat Advisory Committee, at its meeting in London, decided to convene an international wheat conference…

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Argentina Has Export Wheat Surplus of 219 Million Bus. Disposal Presents Big Problem

The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 5

THE official estimate of 31.5,000,000 bushels wheat production in Argentina for the current season, issued a feiv weeks ago, considerably exceeds the optimistic private forecasts, which had averaged about 260,000,000 bushels, stales the Commonwealth…

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More Restrictions on Use of Wool. Japanese Ration System. TOKYO, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 12

Evidence that the wool situation is more acute is contained in the announcement that the Department of Commerce and Industry has decided further to intensify the…

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Market News and Reviews of the Week Wool Market Safes in Brisbane and London Sydney in Recess

The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 22

SYDNEY wool sales are in recess this week, buyers moving to Brisbane, where auctions commenced on…

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Buying Control at Sydney Wool Sales Position Reveals Need For a Minimum Reserve Price Plan Would Offset Rigging of the Market

The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 2

ALLEGATIONS concerning the attempt being made by foreign buying interests to gain control of the Sydney wool auctions, as exclusively published in "The Land" last week, have aroused keen interest among…

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S. African Farming Outlook

The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 14

THE annual congress of the South African Agricultural Union expressed concern at the critical [?] position of farming in…

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Sewish Refugees Form Farm Colony

The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 14

A FARMING [?] expressed of 100 [?] refugees, aged from 15 to 21. is being started in O[?]…

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Breeding Farm Stock Veterinary To answer your question, our veterinarian must know all the facts. Therefore, give full particulars of the malady when you write. Balanced Food Ration for Pigs Essential

The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 20

FAR too little care is paid to the feeding of pigs, and as a result, production is not as great as it should be, and a…

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A Section for the Poultry Farmer Autumn Hatching Can Be Made a Payable Proposition

The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 21

THE recent heat wave has done extensive damage to many poultry flocks, both in the metropolitan area and throughout the country. The long continued, heat has been responsible for the deaths of thousands of laying birds and pullets, and this serious…

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