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Farming & the land, 1936

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Wonderful Season Urangeline East Wheat Crops Improve

The Land · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 11

IN a comprehensive report of the combined fallow and crop competition and the open crop competition conducted by the Urangeline East…

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Week in Wheat

The Land · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 21

The Victorian' Wheatgrowers Corporation Ltd. reports on the wheat market this week as follows:— OVERSEAS MARKET…

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High Yield It Pays to Keep the Best Dairy Cattle Jersey's Excellent Return

The Land · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 20

MR. NORMAN EAST, of East Valley Jersey Stud, Gum Flat, has put up a most creditable performance with his cow, Gunawah Post Card, on an…

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Cattle Disease Home Breeding Gives Protection

The Land · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 24

The rare occurrence of mammitis in a certain dairying centre on the ceutral coast has been thought to be due to the fact that the great majority of…

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Grade Rams Warning to Sheep Breeders

The Land · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 6

ALTHOUGH several warnings have been issued to sheep breeders not to jaurchase grade or unregistered rams, the sale of…

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Pastoral Union Conference to Approach A.w.u

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 6

The annual conference or the Pastoral .Workers' Union. Just concluded, decided to approach the A.W.U, with a view to determining upon common action in the event…

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Australian Wheat in Strong Demand

The Land · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 5

Cabled advices received, from London during the week indicate that the improved demand for Australian wheat in Europe continues…

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Sheep Flies Three Main Groups of Attackers

The Land · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 20

A number of different blowflies are concerned in the attack on sheep in Australia. The parts played by these differ greatly one from another…

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German Sheep Big Increase in Recent Years

The Land · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 23

GERMANY'S flocks of sheep have been increased by a third in the past three years in the great drive for economic self-sufficiency…

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4s Now Wheat Rises New Record

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 7

YESTERDAY'S record price for wheat in Sydney was eclipsed to-day by a further 1d rise, taking…

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Butter Standard Advocated by Member of Export Board

The Land · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 8

IN brder to retain the goodwill created overseas for Australian butter by the Dairy Produce Export Board a member of the board (Mr…

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Wheat Market Firm Tone, Prices Steadily Advancing

The Land · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 21

THURSDAY.—There was no great activity in wheat overseas last week-end due to the holidays, although the market was fully steady with values for Australian wheat…

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Killed 11 Sheep Dogs Among Flock Meet Swift Fate

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. George Clarke, of Kilmore, awakened about three o'clock this morning by continuous barking, found two strange…

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Sixpenny Rise in Wheat Three Weeks' Price Gain

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 9

A YEAR ago to-day wheat went down 1d to 1½d, and sold at 210 a bushel in Sydney[?] Yesterday it went up 1¼d…

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Oversea Wheat Position. Lindley Walker Company's Special Report

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

Our cable this week roads:—"N.S.W. January shipment 30/3 per qr. Steady—demand small. Greece reported to be inquiring for…

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A Countryman's Diary. Random Notes From Wheat Quality

The Land · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

A NEW ZEALAND scientist has been telling us this week that we in Australia do not pay sufficient attention to cereal chemistry. It wouldn't be a bad…

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Wool Trade Prospects for 1936 Sales Are Bright

The Land · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 6

NO wool sales were held this week. The Sydney auctions will be resumed next Monday and catalogues…

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Wheat. Prices Advance. Highest Since 1930. Heavy Shipments Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 9

The highest price for wheat since August, 1930, was realised in Sydney yesterday, when sales were made at 3/11¼ a bushel for bulk and 4/ a bushel for…

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Harvest Reports. Lower Wheat Averages in Parts of the West

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 7

Discussing conditions during December in that part of the western district of which Dubbo is the centre, Mr. B. M. Arthur, senior agricultural instructor, states that the month…

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£20,000 Storm Damage Wheat Ruined Hail 2ft. Deep Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 7

ALTHOUGH confined to a small area, the intensity of a cyclonic storm that swept through the Mallee last night…

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