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Farming & the land, 1939

8,508 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

London Wool Sales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 4

At the continuation of the London wool sales on Wednesday, 7522 bales were offered, including 463 from New South Wales, 221 from Queensland,…

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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. Blackleg Attacks Both Sheep & Cattle

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 18

BLACKLEG is sometimes known as Black Quarter and Symptomatic Anthrax. It is an acute specific infections…

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Good Exhibition of Dairy Cattle at Wollongong Show Main Honors to Friesians

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 8

WOLLONGONG A.H. and I. Society was founded in 1844 and, accordingly, ranks as one of the oldest in the State…

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Radio Talk on Wheat

The Sun · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 11

A national talk, "It All Depends on the Price of Wheat," will be given over 2FC at 7.40 to-night by Mr. C. T. Timms. Mr. Timms has…

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Russia Buys Aust. Wheat

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 3

AT the end of last week there was more animation in the export wheat market in Sydney than since the opening of the season. Following good sales…

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Higher Quotas for Butter and Cheese

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 24

Slightly higher quotas for butter and cheese have been determined by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Reid) on the recommendation of the…

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Guernsey Cattle News & Notes Promising Stock

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 18

THREE Guernsey Island bulls, recently imported for the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture's Wollongbar Experiment Farm, were the sires…

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Wollongong Staged Good Diary Cattle Show

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 9

Mr. Athol Richardson (Minister for Social Services) at Wollongong Show presents to Mr. V. J. Lanmond a silver cup, donated by J. N. King and Sons, for the best dairy cow, any breed, in the Show. The winner was Mr. Lamond's Friesian cow, "Brundee's Why Not 3rd." Champion Australian Illawarra Shorthorn cow at…

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Import Duty on Sheep. Breeders' Claims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 7

Contending that, there is nothing at present to prevent inferior and unregistered stud sheep coming into Australia from New Zealand, the New South Wales committee of the…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 4

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

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Wheat Chartering Ten Vessels Fixed

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 4

Chartering of vessels to load wheat from Australia received a decided impetus when ten vessels were fixed early in the week to load for the…

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Sheep Parasites; Radio Talk by Leading Vet

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 26

During the Rural Bank's "Man on the Lund" session on Wednesday night, February 8, Dr. H. G. Belschner, D.V.Sc., Acting Chief…

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Quota Plan for Wheat London

The Sun · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 5

The sub-committee which Is preparing for the International Wheat Conference is likely to adopt a recommendation to the conference that,…

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Poor Demand at Stud Sheep Sales in Tas

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 6

Disappointing demand was experienced at the Launceston (Tas.) annual stud sheep sales this week. Though drafts of Merino rams from…

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London Wool Sales. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 8

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

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Should Bounty Be Paid on Seed Wheat?

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 12

"Interested"; Could you explain why the Government is paying bounty on seed wheat sold? We, as sellers of seed wheat, have to apply for the…

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Wool Sales. All Lines Recover. General Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 9

At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday, 11,421 bales were catalogued. The clearance, including private sales of passed-in and fellmongered wools, amounted to 11,609 bales, as…

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Improvement of Beef Cattle is Aim of United Breeders' Assn

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 19

THE Constitution of the newly-formed United Stud Beef Cattle Breeders' Association, which was approved at the recent inaugural meeting, aims at the improvement of beef cattle in Australia, by the creation and maintenance of the highest possible standards in…

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Duty on Imported Sheep Sought by N.S.W. Breeders

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 25

CONTENDING that there was nothing at present to prevent inferior and unregistered stud sheep coming into Australia from New Zealand, the New South Wales committee of the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheap has decided to press for a duty £2 per…

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Slavery On Dairy Farms

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 4

Just an instance of what some of our rural womenfolk have to endure, not in Nazi Germany or fascist Italy, but in the Richmond River district of New…

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