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Farming & the land, 1936

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[?]Orbes Sheep Sale

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 35

Messrs. New Zealand Loaiv & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Sydney, acting in conjunction with Messrs.'Moore, Brooke & Co., and Lloyd's, Forbes, will hold the opening special…

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“Feed My Sheep!”

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 2

“Archbishop Donaldson left an estate worth £49,098.” — Press report…

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Wheat Bounty

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 26

"A.M.": I saw where the Federal Government was to pay a bonus of 23 per cent, on home consumption to wheat growers. How does the man get,…

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UNIFORM Brands for Export Butter Favored by Dairy Conference

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 10

A DAIRY conference, at which the Minister for Commerce (Dr. Page) and the Assistant Minister (Mr. Thorby) met the Dairy…

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Guernsey Cattle Men Meet

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 10

It was stated at the annual meeting of the North Coast branch of the Guernsey Cattle Society at Lismore that the new Guernsey blood…

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Breaking-in Cattle Pups

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 26

"Tilly": Could you tell me the correct methods for breaking in "Blue Heeler" cattle pups, as well as the recommended puberty age for both sex…

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Wheat Buyers Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 12

Practically no interest at all was taken in the local wheat market yesterday. Pending a revival of buying…

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Week in Wheat

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 32

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

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'Pool Difficulties Were Political' F.S.A. Executive Outspoken Wool, Wheat and Meat Matters

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 5

"APPARENTLY the difficulties confronting the formation of a wheat pool were, contrary to popular belief, political rather than constitutional," declared the president (Mr. E. Field) during the Farmers and…

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Better Butter Price. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 12

The North Coast Butter Factories Association, at a meeting at Lismore, fixed the price for butter supplied in January at /9½ a lb, an increase of /0½ on the December pay. The…

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Aust. Butter Firmer in London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 12

Owing to better demand, Australian butter prices in London are showing a slightly firmer tendency…

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Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 8

A penning of 31,032 sheep and lambs faced buyers at the Flemington saleyards yesterday. The number forwarded was about 2600 in excess of that drawn for. The quality of the…

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Firmer Market for Wheat

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 12

Although there was a slightly stranger tone in the market for wheat, little business in the product was transacted yesterday…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Quiet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 13

The city wheat market was quiet yesterday Very little interest was apparent on the part of either buyers or sellers, but there was a slightly steadler under tone. The market…

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Wheat Stocks in Elevators

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 13

Stocks of 1935-36 season's wheat in New South Wales Government grain elevators on February 6, comprised 15,426,000 bushels, in country silos, and in transit, and 5,913,000…

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Pastoral Award No Rate Variation This Year

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 4

The general secretary of the Graziers' Association of N.S.W. (Mr. J. W. Allen) states that there will be no adjustment of rates this year…

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Pastoral Notes. New Railway to Reduce Freights

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 9

IN an endeavor to have freight costs reduced, Mount Isa Mines Ltd., has applied to the Queensland Government, for a concession to build a railway line from…

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Butter Advertising Urged. Byron Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 12

Billinudgel branch of the Primary Producers' Union carried a resolution urging the union to influence the proper quarters, probably the Butter Equalisation Committee, to…

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WHEAT Market Easy, Values Declining

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 32

THURSDAY.—Overseas wheat markets continue to sag, due apparently to the selling pressure of Canadian wheat. The selling propaganda of the Canadian Wheat Board…

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Homebush Sales Sheep Sell at Late Rates

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 12

Competition for sheep and lambs at yesterday's Homebush sales was good, and values showed no alteration on last Monday's levels. According to the manifest,…

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