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Farming & the land, 1936

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Melbourne Wool Sales Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 8

Prices obtained at the earlier, wool sales this week were maintained today when, under keen competition, a good selection of 7465 bales was…

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Wool Sales. Values Very Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 9

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,547 bales, and the clearance, including private sales of…

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Season's Record Average Wool Prices

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 7

Wool sold at auction in Sydney this week realised the best average price so far this season-- £19 Is 4d a bale, and 16d a lb…

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Big Yields In Championship Wheat Entries

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 6

AN eve[?] of 35 [?] at the [?] for the 72 plats [?] [?] in the R.A.S. [?] [?] championships is regarded…

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From the Deep to the Sheep! Goulburn

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 1

EVIDENTLY content to rest on his laurels at any rate for the time…

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Overseas Wheat Quotations on Tuesday, February 4

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 32

(All quotations are to the nearest oneeighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are expressed in English currency.) London Values.—South Australian: The…

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Take More Australian Butter U.K. Co-operative Societies

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 10

POINTING out the possibilities of greatly increased trade of wheat, butter, eggs and fruit with the United Kingdom, Mr…

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Andrew Charlton To Take Up Sheep-raising. GOULBURN

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

Andrew Charlton, former swimming champion, is going to take up sheep-raising on part of the well-known Woolowolar property, four miles from Tarago, in the Goulburn…

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Dunedin Wool Sale. Wellington (N.z.)

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

At the Dunedin wool sale there was a strong demand throughout. Prices were fully firm at recent rates, and there was a 94 per cent. clearance. The top price was /29 for a line of merino wool…

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R.A.S. Field Wheat Contests Altered Conditions

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 6

The Council of the R.A.S. have [?] the following [?] for the [?] field whant [?]:— [?] the [?]…

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To Prevent Spread of Weeds in Chick Wheat

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 4

THE existing anomaly in the Act which allows the sale of chick wheat infected with skeleton weed, will be rectified in amendments of the…

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Wool Research. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 6

Sir,—The decision to provide ample funds for scientific Wool research and publicity is a good one only somewhat belated. There is no need to impose a levy on each bale…

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Dairy Farmers Strike Against Distributing Companies

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 3

ADELAIDE.—The milk supply of Adelaide has been reduced by over three-fourths by the strike of the dairy farmers against the powerful…

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Dairy Farmers Fight Evictions

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 3

MANINJUP, W.A.—The Agricultural Bank has served notice to quit on more than twenty settlers in this district. The settlers are…

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Dirty Feet in the Wheat, a Menace to Health

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 9

GOULBURN, Thursday.--"A menace to public health," was how Railway Detective Baxter described William James Gladman, 19, and Herbert…

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Spirited Bidding at Wool Sales United States a Buyer

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 12

Yorkshire, Japanese and Continental buyers were exceptionally keen bidders at yesterday's wool sales, and under the strong competition prices…

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A Countryman's Diay Random Notes From From Wool to Cream

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 2

LOOKING down from the top of Malebo Hill the other day across the rich Murrumbidgee flats to the west of Wagga, I was struck by the…

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On the Land Wool Publicity. Sub-committee's Report. Competition of Substitutes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 9

A copy of the report of the sub-committee of wool publicity, which was submitted to the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, has just been made available. It will be recalled that…

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Butter Output Maintained Winter Outlook Satisfactory Rain Effects Cream Quality and Weather More Second Grade

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 10

REPORTS received from departmental instructors in the dairying districts of the State reveal that as a result of…

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Tariff and Exchange Balance Wanted To Remove Barrier to Sale of Wool

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 8

ADEPUTATION from the Graziers' Federal Council and the Australian Woolgrowers' Council waited on the Prime Minister (Mr…

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