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Farming & the land, 1939

8,508 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250

London Wool Sales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 4

The London wool sales were continued on Thursday when 9522 bales were submitted, including 781 from New South Wales, 877 from Victoria,…

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Wool Men's Dual Victory

Daily News · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 2

Attempts by F. W. Hughes rand Co. Ltd. to introduce a night shift rat their wool-scouring works was checkmated by the prompt action of the Wool and Basil…

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No Wheat Acreage Reduction Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 6

Despite the present unfavorable wheat position, New South Wales farmers are not likely to reduce their acreage to any appreciable extent this year. The area sown for grain last…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 3

The State Marketing Bureau (Department Of Agriculture) advises as follows regarding local and overseas wheat values and sales:— Values elsewhere than In Sydney are expressed in English currency…

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Wheat Ships Chartered Adelaide

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 3

Two windjammers, the Pommern and Viking, were chartered to-day to carry South Australian wheat to the United Kingdom or the Continent…

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Amazing Wool Materials London

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 5

A mannequin parade showing the astonishing uses of light woollen fabrics has been staged in…

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R.a.s. Ban on T.b. Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 6

The Royal Agricultural Society has decided to restrict the exhibition of dairy cattle at the Royal Easter Show to stock…

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Old Silo Wheat May be Cleared From Terminals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 7

After to-day the New South Wales Wheat Commissioner may dispose of any wheat from the 1937-38 harvest still remaining in the terminal elevators,…

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Hundreds of Sheep Die. Arsenic in Dips Blamed. GOULBURN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 16

Between 600 and 700 merino wethers were found dead on Mr. F. Carr's Chatsbury property after they had been through a dip, Rain fell after the dipping…

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London Wool Sales. Rates Maintained. London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 9

Demand was active at the London wool sales to-day. A moderate selection was offered, the home trade bidding freely for New Zealand crossbreds, which were well…

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Wheat for China. South Australian Cargo. Excellent Flour Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 11

A notable development in Australian trade is the re-entry after a long absence of China as a purchaser of wheat cargoes. It was announced yesterday…

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Wheat Market. Easier Trend. S.A. Cargo for China

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 9

The Sydney wheat market had an easier trend yesterday. Parcels of bulk wheat were offered fairly freely, but the inquiry was narrow…

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— on the Land — the Wool Trade. Australian Prices Firm. Six Months' Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 7

There was keen competition at this week's Brisbane wool sales and at auctions elswhere in Australia, values being fully maintained on recent basis…

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Cables From The Daily News Special Correspondents Desiderate Japan Shortage of Iron and Wool Tokio, Friday. Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 3

JAPAN'S shortage of iron has grown to the point where it can no longer be concealed from the public…

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Water for Rice Crops. Commissioner Meets Growers. LEETON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 7

Commissioner W. Rawlings, of the Water Conservation Commission, arrived here to-day to discuss difficulties of water velocity with rice growers…

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Remarkable Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 6

Boggabri, in the northwest, has won its place as one of the heaviest wheat yielding districts in New South Wales. Its harvest figures will be among the…

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Farmer's Field Declared Racecourse LONDON, January. 5

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 17

Because Mr. W. G. Atkins, a Corfe Mullen, Dorset, farmer, allowed a motor cycle club to run races In one of his fields on four Sundays last year…

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Carinya The Black Sheep

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1939 · page 19

If brothers and sisters could be depended upon to gallop as well as each other, Carinya would be a champion…

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Wheat Production Ottawa

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1939 · page 1

A Bureau of Statistics estimates that the 1938 wheat production will be 350,000,000 bushels, an increase of 1,910,000 bushels over the November…

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Amazing Use Of Light Wool LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1939 · page 2

A mannequin parade showing the astonishing uses of light woollen fabrics has been staged in London. It was arranged by the Australian…

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