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Farming & the land, 1939

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 6

The State Marketing Bureau (Department of Agriculture) advises as follows regarding local and overseas wheat values and sales…

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Ford Wheat's Good Baking Qualities

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 7

Discussing some of the wheats which were most in evidence during the R.A.S. contests, Mr. Cayzer, cereal chemist, Department of Agriculture,…

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Show Sheep Shearing Regulations Inspections Carried Out

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 12

IN accordance with the shearing regulations of the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders' Association, 3165 sheep, comprising 1980 rams and 1185 owes,…

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Lamb with Wool Through Eyes

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 13

THEY say that Australian sheep breeders have put wool wherever it can be carried on a sheep. Mr. H. D…

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Wool for U.S.A.

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 12

AN exhibition of fleece from Corriedale sheep in Australia will be staged at the Golden Gate Exposition at San Francisco this year…

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Wheat Varieties Recommended for Various Districts

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 7

THE elimination of several wheats from the recommended list has already been discussed in the "Farmer and Settler." The following gives the…

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Wheat Market. Shade Easier. Restricted Turnover

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 9

The Sydney wheat market was a shade easier yesterday as the result of absence of demand overseas and sagging of the options markets…

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Stud Sheep Sales New Conditions Agents' Approval Sought

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 12

SUBJECT to consultation with the committee of the Sydney stud sheep auctioneers, a number of new selling conditions to apply at the…

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Death of Wool Man Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 3

William George Bell, retired general manager of Younghusband, Ltd., died at Essendon to-day after a lone illness…

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Yass Wool Sales at 24½d

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 3

When superior-quality wool from Yass was offered at to-day's sales, prices rose, and one sale was made at 24½d. close to the season's record…

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London Wool Sales London, February 1

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 41

Good selection was offered at the London wool sales to-day. There was improved demand and good general buying. The bulk cleared at full to firmer rates. Best…

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Granville Show Cattle Entries Declined T.B. Tests Blamed

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 5

RESTRICTION of entries to stock certified free from tuberculosis was the reason advanced by officials for the…

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Internal Parasites of Young Sheep. Need for Early Treatment

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 45

Commenting in a recent report on the trouble being encountered in many parts of the State with internal parasitism of young sheep, the Acting Chief Veterinary…

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Milk "Wool" Artificial Fibre Made in Lismore

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 5

"MANY people think the claim that artificial wool can be produced from casein is fantastic, but I can assure you that I have produced…

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Time Limit Proposed for Withdrawals of Wool

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 13

THAT a time limit be fixed for the free withdrawal of wool from sale, the grower to bear any costs involved in withdrawal after the limit,…

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Exportable Wheat Surplus May Total 103 Million Bushels

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 21

After providing for home-consumption requirements of 56 million bushels. Australia will have an exportable surplus of 103 million bushels of wheat for the…

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Kooba Herding Cattle At Tumut Unorthodox Treatment Of Brilliant Colt

Referee · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 10

IF you are invited to inspect one of Mr. F. W. Hughes' stations at Tumut, N.S.W., and happen to see a young and good-looking horse herding cattle, you can mark the drover's "hack" down as Kooba, who little more than a year…

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Germany's Wool Monopoly. South African Trade. Chaos Predicted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 7

BY A SOUTH AFRICAN CORRESPONDENT. Because of an advance in wool prices in South Africa as a result of that country's trade agreement with…

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Politics and Wool World Ramifications Why is Staple Cheap?

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 13

IF wool production and trade were the sole controlling factors in the market, the sheep's staple would probably be dearer to-day. But international affairs,…

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Noted Cattle Breeder Death of Sir James Murdoch Scottish Lad's Successful Career

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 9

KNOWN to cattle men as the owner of Bendooley (Bowral) Aberdeen-Angus stud, as well as a prominent business man in Sydney,…

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