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Farming & the land, 1935

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Wheat Trials Tests of Varieties In Farmers' Plots

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 24

THE results of a number of wheat variety trials in farmers' plots were announced during the past week by Mr. H. C. Stening, chief…

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Week in Wheat

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 29

The Victorian Wheatgrowers' Corporation, Ltd., reports (Wednesday) upon the wheat market this week as follows:—OVERSEAS MARKET…

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Wheat Bounty Payment

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 24

"A Farmer": What does a farmer who sells wheat to his neighbor have to do to receive the bounty of 3d per bushel on that wheat?…

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Shipping Argentine Wheat

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

Huge grain elevators at the port of Ingeniero White, near Bahia Blanca. Through the methods of eradication adopted, Argentine farmers have been saved heavy losses from grasshoppers…

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Pastoral Workers 5th Annual Conference Sydney

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 6

The fifth Annual Conference of the Pastoral Workers’ Industrial Union of Australia indicated that the union had started to develop…

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Type in Dairy Cattle Progeny Test No Short Cut To Perfection

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 10

SOME interesting observations on the breeding of dairy cattle and dual purpose cattle are contained in an article by A. D. Buchanan Smith,…

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Newcastle Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 28

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—The New England North and North West Co-op. Co. Ltd (Nenco.), report: We submitted our fifth catalogue of the season comprising…

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Wool Prices Current

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 13

following are prices current in the Sydney wool market:- Greasy Merino Fleece (Free).—Best, to /18; good, /14 to /16; ordinary, /12[?] to /13[?]…

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Wheat Stocks in Elevators

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 13

Stocks of old seasons wheat in New South Wales Government grain elevatois on January 10 consisted of G9G000 bushels in country silos and in transit, and 2,433,000 bushels in…

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Little Interest in Wheat

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 14

Little interest was displayed by shippers and brokers in the wheal market yesterday, and there was no selling pressure by farmers, The volume ef…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Very Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 13

The local wheat market was again very steady yesterday, due to the reserve of holders, while revival of demand from the East tended to create a firmer tone, inasmuch as…

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Wool Sales. Keen Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 8

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchangc Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,473 bales ind the clearance, including private sales of…

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Stud Sheep Railway Transport to Queensland

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 9

COMPLAINTS that consignments of registered sheep from New South Wales to Queensland were being charged the ordinary full freight…

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Wheat Market Firm Orient Buying

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 29

THURSDAY.—Overseas wheat markets are firm, mainly on reports that the Orient has been purchasing Australian wheat. This week two cargoes each have been sold from…

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Lifting Power of Expanding Wheat

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 6

Apparently as a result of the swelling of the wheat which it contained a solidly built brick and cement grain silo on a farm…

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Homebush Stock Sales Thursday Prime Sheep Firm

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 29

The yarding in the sheep section at Homebush yesterday showed a large increase to that of Monday and, although values for prime sheep and lambs were well…

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Prime Sheep Firm Heavier Supplies at Flemington

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 5

Prime sheep and lambs sold well at Flemington yesterday, and despite the increased supply showed no alteration. Plain lines, however, were 1[?]…

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Buying of Wool Was Maintained

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 14

Keen competition was again in evidence at yesterday's wool sales Yorkshire and Japanese buyers were particularly active,…

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Overseas Wheat Quotations on January 9

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 29

All quotes are to the nearest 1/8d. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are expressed in English currency.) London Values and Sales.—Three cargoes…

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Stud Stock Pig and Cattle Imports from Scotland

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 14

AN Important shipment of pedigreed cattle and pigs from Scotland reached Australia this week. They were the first direct imports…

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