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Farming & the land, 1936

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Wheat Price Increase No Benefit to Impoverished Farmers

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 3

BALLDALE, N.S.W — A great deal of fuss is being made by the capitalist press about the rise in the price of wheat…

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Long-wool Staple

The Land · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 12

A STAPLE taken from a crossbred ewe, owned by Mr. Leslie Kirk, of Jelleindore, near Lithgow, measured 15½ inches long. A staple taken the previous…

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Wheat Received at Elevators

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 13

New season's wheat received at New South Wales Government grain elevators to January 30 compnsed 24,763,000 bushels, at country silos, and 296,000 at the terminal elevator,…

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WHEAT Market Very Quiet

The Land · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 28

The overseas wheat market still continues very quiet. All United Kingdom grain markets were closed on Tuesday, Jan. 28, and this further influenced a quiet sentiment in…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Inactive

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 13

The city wheat market was very quiet yesterday, reflecting the easy tone of overnight cables. At the opening, bulk wheat was offering at 3/9[?], and buyers about 3/9. There…

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Necessity Of Big Estates In The Pastoral Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 6

WITH regard to the large first-class flocks, which may be ranked as next in importance lo the studs, there are a large number of such…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 3

The State Marketing Bureau (Department of Agriculture) advises aa follows regarding local and overseas wheat values and sales:—…

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SOUND Butter Market Outlook in United Kingdom

The Land · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 7

At the annual meeting of the Producers' Cooperative Distributing Society, the General Manager (Major J. R. King) said he was…

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Wool Publicity Levy Plan Endorsed

The Land · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 12

AT a joint conference of the Graziers' Federal Council and the Australian Woolgrowers' Council held in…

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Wool Sales. Brisbane. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 13

Brisbane wool sales were concluded to-day, when 12,060 bales were offered. The selection was on a par with the previous day. Competition was again very keen and General, with prices ruling…

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Wool Market Values Firm in Brishane

The Land · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 28

THIS week wool sales have been held in Brisbane, where a big attendance of buyers competed keenly for some 45,000…

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Wool Fund Approved By N.S.W.

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 9

The general council of the Graziers' Association of N.S.W. has approved ol the action of the Graziers' Federal Council and the Australian Woolgrowers' Council in asking for…

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'Best Wheat Ever Grown in N.S.W.' F.a.q. Standard. 64Ibs. Bread, Flour, and Wheat Quality

The Land · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 5

THE exceptionally good quality of New South Wales wheat this season was the subject of comment by several speakers at the fixing of the f.a.q. standard for the 1935-36 season in Sydney last Friday…

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Does Dairy Farming Pay?

The Land · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 7

THE oft-repeated question, "Does dairy farming pay?" is answered in the returns of Mr. F. McLean, who has a 56-acre…

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Decline of 34d in Wheat Portugal Upsets World's Markets

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 14

Portugal, in deciding to sell surplus wheat, totalling 300,000 tons, has upset the world's markets for the product,…

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Will Press for Urgent Action to Launch Closer Settlement Plan Immediate Need, says F.S.A. Exec. Big Scheme Wanted Wheat Matters Wool Levy Too High SOUTH-WEST

The Land · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 4

RE-AFFIRMING its traditional strong advocacy of a vigorous policy of closer settlement, the…

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Australian Record 25d for Merino Lamb Wool at Geelong Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The 1935-36 wool selling season was resumed at Geelong to-day, when Strachan and Co. and Dalgety and…

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Mussolini Tells Cabinet Synthetic Wool to Be Requisitioned Rome

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 1

In the course of a long Cabinet meeting, Mussolini emphasised the importance of recent Italian victories on the Somali and Eritrean fronts…

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Bartering Our Wool for Cars Impracticable, Says Minister Gen. Motors Canberra

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 5

DECLARING that the Commonwealth Government could not agree to a barter arrangement with one wool-buying foreign country,…

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A Word in Your Ear On Wheat Matters of the Week Another Dull Week

The Land · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 4

THE wheat market is again in the doldrums, and prices here and…

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