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Farming & the land, 1936

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Newcastle Wool Sales Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 8

[?] the wool-selling season will open at Newcastle to-morrow, with a catalogue of 3111 bales. These are drawn mainly from the Northern Tablelands and…

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The Future Of Our WOOL

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 6

THE encouraging sales this season justify the general confidence in wool. Now that such splendid rain has come to so many districts,…

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What? No Beer! Potatoes, Butter Too BRISBANE

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 37

Local supplies of beer, potatoes and butter have petered out at Mount Isa, due to interruption to the railway service. The damage to…

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Butter in Pats. Board Member's Views. Outport Shipments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 7

In a report of his investigations on the United Kingdom butter market, Mr, H. E. Handbury, a member of the Australian Dairy Produce Export Board, states that, if Australia…

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Earmarking of Sheep. Owners' Obligations Under New Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Main) invites the attention of all sheepowners to the fact that, in terms of the 1934 Pastures Protection Act. He points out that it is…

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Sheep Yards Are an Asset In All Paddocks

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 9

THE aim of all sheep famous should be to provide mustering yards, for every paddock on their holding, If this were done, sheep could be treated with…

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Still Rising Sheep Selling Increases in Central West

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 8

THE central-west has made rapid advancement in recent years as a stock selling district, Figures for stock sold at Forbes during 1035 show that this town…

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£542,000 PAID Wool Fire Loss

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 32

The payment by the Associated Tariff Insurance Companies to Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., of an additional £100,000 has brought…

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Market Firm To-day's Wool Sales

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 21

Under general competition the market at to-day's wool auctions ruled firm at late rates for all descriptions. Good clearances were…

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Albury's Loss Wool Scouring Plant Closes

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 14

A DISPUTE between the Health Department and Amalgamation Textiles (Australia) Ltd., In regard to the disposal of waste water, has curtailed…

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Sheep Firm at Homebush on Monday Rains Cause Reduction of Numbers, and Lamb Prices Rise 1/- a Head Prims Cattle Sell Well, But Inferior Cheaper

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 6

Sheep buyers operated keenly end prim for grown sheep were to 2/- in sellers' favor at Homebush (Sydney) on Monday. Lambs were firm…

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North-west Records Remarkable Yields Prove Fertility of Soil, Ability of Farmers, and Value of Adopting Right Wheat Varieties

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 3

Remarkable figures, emphasising the wheatgrowing capacity of north-west soils when worked by competent farmer, have been supplied by Mr. J. A. O'Reilly,…

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Southdown Sheep Some Points to be Observed in Judging

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 9

AN Interesting article on the points to be observed in Judging Southdown sheep was published by a recognised authority on the breed, Mr, A, L…

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No Menace "Wool" From Milk LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 1

Leeds experts agree that yarn made from milk as a substitute for wool leaves much to be fulfilled before it can become a menace to the wool…

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Commercial. Smaller Wool Stocks. Prices for Skirtings

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 30

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—For some time topmaking merino fleece wools were on a relatively higher basis than spinners types. Increased demand…

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Butter Exports Decrease Shown in Shipments for Last Half Year

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 11

FIGURES issued by the Department of Commerce show that exports of butter from Australia from 1st July to 28th December, 1935, totalled 47,062-tons,…

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World's Champion. Claims of College Jersey. Record Butter-fat Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 7

New South Wales can probably lay claim to another world's champion cow. The Hawkesbury Agricultural College Jersey, Richmond Honour, has just achieved the distinction of…

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Sheep at a Premium General Rains Cause Prices to Jump

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 8

GENERAL rains throughout New South Wales last week stirred the sheep marked into unusual activity, and agents in the central-west report enquiries from…

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Wool Publicity World-wide Scheme to Be Considered

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Strong support for Lord Barnby's proposal for a world-wide wool publicity campaign is expected at the meeting of…

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Japan and Wool Australia Need Not Fear Competition

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 8

DR. Y. CLUNIES ROSS, director of the McMaster Animal Health Laboratory at Sydney University, who is studying sheep-raising prospects in…

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