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Farming & the land, 1935

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What's to Be Done for Wool and Wheat? An Illness and the Remedy Primary Producers "in the Red" "FREEZE" 12½ Per Cent. of Debts and Reduce Interest to 4 Per Cent. (2)

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 4

"THE LAND" is fortunate in having a Mr. Peter Snodgrass who writes a weekly column. I have never met Mr. Snodgrass, to my knowledge, and I do not know whether that is his right name. It does not matter. He…

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This Week's Sydney Wool Sales Reviewed Little Change Steadiness Apparent Towards Close

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 24

GENERALLY this week's Sydney wool auctions differed very little from those of last week, values being…

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On the Land Wheat Standard. 61¼lb to the Bushel. Protest by Millers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 9

The fixing yesterday of the f.a.q. standard for wheat at 61¼lb to the Imperial bushel for the current season's harvest was by no means a unanimous…

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Wool Trade. Price-fixing Deprecated. Sir Graham Waddell's Address. PHOENIX (Arizona). Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 11

Sir Graham Waddell, chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, in an address at the United States Woolgrowers' Convention, deprecated price-fixing and governmental…

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Bringing in the Wheat: F.a.q, Standard Fixed: Sights for Duke Gloucester in Fiji

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 14

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Fear of Big Mill Combine Govt. Not Eager To Fix Price Of Wheat Govt.'s Stand

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 7

INDICATING that the Government is not anxious to clash and intercede on behalf of struggling wheat farmers with the…

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Great Display of Stud Merinos Wool of True Warp Style Our Stock-man on Tour

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 8

THE notes of travel over the northern parts of the State, which appeared in "The Land" last Friday, concluded with a reference to the yarding by Messrs. Livingston Bros., of 1600 tops of their Bullawarrie merino stud on…

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Rabbit Pest Farmers Unite for Concerted Action

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 28

It was decided to take steps to control the rabbit pest in the Robertson district at a largely attended meeting of farmers this week…

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On a Murray Valley Farm Noonday Rest

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

Almost every farmer in Southern Riverina breeds his own horses. In the picture are some of Mr. Arthur Bosse's stock on his farm, "Waroongah," near Mathoura, in the Murray Valley. Study by "The Land" Camera-man, A. M. Spence…

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Crop Cut for Hay

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 19

"Mug Cocky": You are eligible for "bounty" on the 70 acres sown for grain, and for the super, subsidy for the 10 acres sown for hay…

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A Section for the Poultry Farmer Promising Young Birds Wyandotte Club's Twelfth Annual Show Was Successful

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 19

THE twelfth annual young bird show, conducted by the Wyandotle Club of N.S.W., was held in Carey's Hall, Parramatta, on January 28. Entries to the number of 71, as against 81 last year, which was a record, were still well in advance of other shows…

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Govt. Breaks Silence on Exodus of Experts Fill Some Vacancies P.S.B. Will Move But It Must Go Further Keep Farm Scientists

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 6

AT last an official statement has been made that some of the vacancies caused by resignations or retirements…

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Science and the Problems of the Men on the Land Reducing Interest Burden on Farms Mortgage Corporation Plan Administration of Farm Relief Central Control Bodies in All States

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 9

AT the concluding sessions of the Science Congress in Melbourne, Mr. E. R. Hudson, of the Tasmanian Agricultural Department, outlined a scheme to set up a central controlling authority in each State to…

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Credit for Farmers Freer Circulation Of Short-Term Loans Producers Are Hampered

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 9

IN the course of an address at the Science Congress in Melbourne on the problems of intermediate and short-term credit in depression…

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On a Clydesdale Stud Farm

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 9

Clydesdales at Mr. A. W. Cunnington's well-known stud at "Cleveland," West Wyalong. "Widgewa Donna Roma," dam of "Cleveland Donna Roma" and other well-known mares, is nearest the camera. PHOTO: THE LAND…

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Tenterfield Homestead Farms

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 31

AT a meeting of the Tenterfield Land Board there were 77 applications for two portions of land in the Acacia Creek parish set aside for homestead farms…

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Crop Loss by Fire

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 6

A BUSH FIRE an Junee Risis destroyed 50 acres of Messrs. Maxwell's eggs, and considerable grass lands begining on Messrs. F. Fingnes and S. Nash…

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New Crop F.A.Q. Standard 61½lb. Second Quality, 57½lb. Millers Protest

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 6

THE f.a.q. wheat standard for the 1934-35 crop was fixed at 61¼ lb. to the imperial bushel by the grain trance sectional committee of the…

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with The Junior Farmers Bolong Membership Increasing

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 11

CLUB membership is increasing at Bolong, and the standard of members' work continues on the up-grade. The president (Jim Henry) sets his…

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Farmhouse Brawn

The Land · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 20

½ pigs head pickled, ½lb. beef, 6 black peppercorns; ½lb. veal, 1 blade mace, salt to taste. Wash head well, and trim, then…

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