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Farming & the land, 1939

8,508 stories in Sydney's papers · page 71 of 250

Feed Sheep on Wheat While Grass is Making Growth Supplementary Feeding

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 11

WITH wild at present low prices every effort should be made to use it to the greatest possible extent in all branches of primary industry…

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Fewer Cattle Dairy Totals Show Decline

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

OF the 1,020,000 cattle in New South Wales at 31st March, 1038, 1,003,000 wire cows in registered dairies. The figures show a decline since 1936, when…

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Butter Box Timbers

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

A CONFERENCE in Melbourne between the Australian Dairy Produce Board and representatives of timber and box making interests discussing the possibility…

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Cattle Numbers Decline

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 14

BEEP cattle in New South Wales declined from 2,160,000 for the year ended 31st March, 1937, to l,925,000…

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Sheep Dog Trials

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

THE Royal Agricultural Society has appointed Mr. Malcolm A. Mcleod, of Valley Vista, Coolao, to Judge the sheep dog trials at the 1039 show. Mr. McLeod…

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Wheat Fixtures

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 4

According: to a cable received from London, the following full-cargo wheat fixture has been made:—One vessel from Western Australia…

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Wheat Market

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

Sydney wheat market win firmer to-day following an encouraging asks in overseas options and the sale of 200,000 torn of Argenttne wheat to Spain…

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Farmers Confer Marketing of Wheat Problem Grenfell Discussions

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 2

INCREASED use of wheat An European countries was looked forward to by Mr. G. A. Gibbons, general president of the Whestgrowers…

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Scare Period Northern Hemisphere Crops Wheat Market Prospects

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 10

THOUGH wheat prices continue low, the market is firm, and is likely to remain m pending the receipt of more definite news of the…

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F.C.T. Wheat Trial

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 10

IN wheat variety trials in the Capital Territory, Baldmin (39-bush, 30-lb.) and Bencubbin (38-bush. 15-lb.)…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 2 March 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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Sheep at Homebush January Dealing Figures Tell Story

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

IRREGULARITY of sheep supplies during January was particularly noticeable and wad responsible for fluctuating values at Homebush saleyards. A…

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FINANCED Wool Exhibit For Royal Show

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

MANUFACTURING interests are so confident that the Sydney Show Wool Industry Exhibit will be a success that, at a meeting of the Wool…

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Wheat Market. Weakening Tendency. Buyers Lack Interest

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

The Sydney wheat market was steady at the lower levels yesterday morning but in the afternoon further weakness was apparent…

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Still High N.S.W. Sheep Figures Statistical Evidence

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

AN estimate by the Government Statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver) indicates that sheep losses over the past two years, as a result of dry…

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OPTIMISM "Wool Worth Stocking" British Merchant's Views

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

MR. EDWARD HOLMES, recently re-elected president of the British Wool Federation, in his presidential address sounded a hopeful…

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Wool Outlook Steady Market Settled Conditions Wanted

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

THE wool market has retained its freedom from quotable variation, but Continental top markets have not been as cable, probably…

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News and Notes From The Sheep Industry Three New Studs

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

THREE new stud flocks have been registered by the N.S.W. branch of the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep. They are:—…

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Corriedales for New England Farms Tests at Experiment Farm Reveal Breed in Attractive Light Good Lamb Drop; High Wool Yield; Small Growers' Ideal

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

SEVERAL years ago the Department of Agriculture, actuated by the criticism very generally levelled at the size of New England bred sheep, decided to commence breeding trials at New England Experiment Farm, with the object of developing a…

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Wealth from North West Crops Maize, Bananas, Tomatoes, Sugar Add to Dairying Riches Diversified Products

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 3

RECOGNISED as one of the wealthiest parts of the Commonwealth, the North Coast of N.S.W. has many strings to its bow in the matter of primary production. Maize is second only to dairying in importance, and the last…

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