Wheat Market. No Business. Paucity 0F Offerings
The Sydney wheat market was idle yesterday. Offerings of bulk parcels were very small, and sellers declined to reduce…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farming & the land, 1939
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Slump in Wheat Prices. Greatest World Production in History
Never in history has world production of wheat in any one year reached the colossal total recorded in 1938. Exporting countries had nearly two bushels available for every…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Future of Wool. Reply to Sheepbreeders' President. Artificial Fibres
Mr. Harold Sims, of Kamilaroi Station Bellata, disagrees with some of the opinions expressed by Mr. E [?] Body, president of the Sheepbreeders…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lower Wool Prices. Smaller Production in Two States. a Period of Stable Values
THE stability experienced in values for almost the whole of the period was the outstanding feature of the 1938 wool year. Prices from February until December only displayed minor variation in marked contrast to a fluctuation ranging up to 35 per cent. experienced in 1937…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Dairying Industry. Better and More Stable Prices. Oversea Market System
A more satisfactory picture than for some years past emerges from a review of the dairy industry in Australia for the calendar year 1938. More favourable seasonable conditions in…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →— on the Land — Dairy Output Increased. Coastal Pastures. Top-dressing Benefit
The deterioration of many coastal pastures has resulted in recent years in a marked falling off in production in some of the dairying districts…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Manning Dairy Society. Jones Island
During January, the Manning River Co-operative Dairy Society paid £25,049 to 775 suppliers, at the rate of 1/[?] per lb for choicest butter, 11½d for second grade. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm Life for Migrants Group Of 21 Arrive Ready for Life Here
Looking forward eagerly to farming in Australia, 21 youths from England and Scotland arrived in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmer Is Thorough in the Gym
LIKE his opponent, Fred Henneberry, the American fighter, "Red" Farmer, believes in being trained to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On a Queensland Cattle Station
Stud Shorthorn cows and their polled calves on Netherby Station, Warwick, owned by Mr. James Scrymgeour, the well-known blind breeder and show judge. The calves are by the imported polled bull Red Victor…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Market. Values Unchanged. Small Turnover
Little business was done in the Sydney wheat market yesterday. Sellers were reserved, and inquiry was narrow. Values were unchanged…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wool to Pay for Granville Plant
Machinery brought from a German firm with Australian wool will be installed at the new Granville works or Atlas Portland Cement (Australia) Ltd. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Evening Coats of Wool. Autumn Fashions
Schiaparelli has introduced yet another daring note into women's fashions with her sweeping wool evening coats and capes, which were shown at Farmer's fashion pre-view…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat and Flour Cargoes For The East
The British motor ship Rothley left Sydney late yesterday with 8000 tons of wheat for Shanghai, on account of L. Dreyfus & Co…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oversea Wheat Position Lindley Walker's Special Report
Our cable reviewing International, wheat markets this week reads:— "Westralian February shipment valued 22/9 per quarter. Steady…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ayshire Cows Lead. Butter Fat Tests. Some Heavy Yields
A mature Ayrshire cow, Denbigh Modesty, owned by McIntosh Bros., topped the list of purebreds that, in January, completed their 273 days' test under…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Turf Facts I & Fancies Warwick Farm Reversals Big Betting Plunge Forecasts Waireka's Success
Staging marked reversals of form the fillies Waireka and June rose to great heights to win their respective races—Ingleburn Nursery and Glenfield Handicap—at Warwick Farm on Saturday, and in the case of Waireka the success…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Plans to Save Rice Crop. Growers Meet To-morrow LEETON
The extension of water supplies from the Burrinjuck reservoir until March 4, and the proposed co-operative agreement among rice growers, may save up…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →North Coast Dairy Factories. Big Amalgamation Scheme. BELLINGEN
A meeting of the Raleigh District Butter, Bacon, and Cheese Factories' Association, at which representatives were present from the butter factories at Bellingen, Bowraville, Coff's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →BOXING. Henneberry and Farmer
The Australian, Fred Henneberry, and the American. Red Farmer, are showing much dash in training for their contest at the Sports Arena on Friday night…
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