French Wool Quiet
TOURCOING, January 28.--After a period of indecision, the demand for tops has improved. Bulk business was transacted, but this was facilitated by further concessions from…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farming & the land, 1939
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Market for Wool Continues Firm
Average quality wool met a fairly good demand at to-day's wool sales. Prices were not high and ranged from about 10d to 16d a pound. Yass…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Market. Prices Unchanged. Traders Apathetic
In the Sydney wheat market on Saturday traders were apathetic, and practicaly no business was done. Quotations of buyers and sellers were at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Broom Millet Crop. Many Failures. Good Methods Succeed
Last year New South Wales produced 13,504[?]wt of broom millet fibre and 1[?],140 bushels of grain, valued at £44,230…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"The Sun's" Pictorial Feature Page Popeye, the Sailorman Farm Worries
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Continued on Trove, page 14 →Rice Crops Menaced May Sue Govt. For Water
RICE farmers in the Irrigation Area sacrificed £150,000 to help the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Near World Record in Triple Leap South Coast Farmer Paves Way For Olympic Trip
D. L. MILLER'S winning leap of 51.6⅜ in the State hop, step, and jump championship at the Sports Ground on Saturday is the best recorded in the world in 1938-39. It is only 11½ inches behind the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →American Wool Trade
American buying has been of good aid to the wool market this leason. It has not shown the volume experienced from Yorkshire the Continent, and Japan, but its…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Quiet, But Steady
Due to quiet conditions overseas, the local wheat market was very idle yesterday. Values were steady. A little business for prompt delivery…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Near Record Wool Price
Prices at the wool sales to-day neared the season's record for wool from Bookham, marked JRA over WV over Yass. A Continental buyer paid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
The State Marketing Bureau (Department of Agriculture) advises as follows regarding local and overseas wheat values and sales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death After Dipping. Mortality in Sheep. Goulburn District
A serious mortality among sheep following dipping on a property near Goulburn is being investigated by the District Veterinary Officer for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Market. Small Turnover. Steadiness of Values
Values remain remarkably steady in the Sydney wheat market. During the past week prices of bulk parcels have not varied by more than…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Losses of Sheep. Lower Darling Area. Graziers' Grim Outlook
Western graziers claim that the lower Darling country is the most drought-stricken area in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Junior Farmers' Clubs. Expansion Suggested
As a result of the recent visit of Mr. E. Breakwell, organiser of school agriculture, to numerors junior farmers' clubs overseas, it is probable that the movement in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Water Mains Not Connected. Farmers' Difficulties
Every day 100 gallons of water are transported 19 miles by motor lorry to a dairy farm at Hoxton Park, although there is a water main 200 yards from the boundary…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →HENNEBERRY v FARMER
Next Friday night at the Sports Arena, ex-champion Fred Henneberry will meet the American middle. Red Farmer, in a bout over 12 three-minute…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Down on the Farm
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Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wheat Crop Down
CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Adverse seasonal conditions are blamed for an expected fall of aproximately 45,000,000 bushels in the Australian wheat crop this season…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Gradings
During the week ended February 11, the Commonwealth graders examined for export the following quantities of butter in boxes;--Sydney, salted, 4068; unsalted, 644. Total. 4712. Butter…
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