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Farming & the land, 1936

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Helping Australian Farmers to Produce Export Pigs "Farmer and Settler" Competition Attracts Attention of Breeders

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 14

INQUIRIES are being received daily from pig breeders regarding the competition arranged by the "Farmer and Settler" in conjunction with the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture and the Newcastle Abattoir Board to encourage the breeding of pigs…

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Farmer's Relief Act Criticised Inverell Meeting Hears Personal Experiences and Decides to Approach Government ?

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 2

WHEN a meeting of farmers operating under the Farmers' Relief Act was held at Inverell, some unpleasant experiences were related. Several motions, as suggestions for the better working…

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Farm Notes and NEWS

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 2

DETERMINED to make every effort to stamp out skeleton weed, Wangoola Shire Council decided to prosecute land-holders who make no effort to rid their…

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Empire Farmers British and South African Agrarians Visiting Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 2

NEXT week a party of Empire fanners, including men from Great Britain and South Africa, will arrive in Sydney en route for New Zealand, where they…

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Doings in Dairying

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 12

AN attractive, well-illustrated booklet entitled "Achivement" has been issued by the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Co., Ltd to celebrate 30-years of…

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Rain Mars Nowra Show Opening Splendid Line-up of Pick of South Coast Dairy Studs Pleases Judges

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 3

HEAVY rain seemed likely to mar Nowra show, which opened this morning, but the weather cleared later and dairy cattle Judging began. Only a few classed were paraded when tho downpour…

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Bruised Live Stock To the Editor, "The Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 9

IN a communication Just received from my correspondent in the U.S.A. where was recently created a National Live Stock Loss Prevention Board, he advises…

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The Buying Service Farmers Offered Wide Range of Petrol Engines of Well-known Make and in Good Order

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 10

NCLE WISEMAN has made it clear on previous occasions that, as a general rule, he does not undertake the purchase of…

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Tractors on the Farm Care of the Machine

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 10

WORKING on rough land there is a tendency in the case of some farm tractors for the fuel to splash out through the vent hole in the filler cap…

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Dairy Produce. Suggestions to Dr. Page. Preference in Britain. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 15

Important recommendations aflecting the producing and marketing of Australian dairy produce were submitted to the Minister for Commerce (Dr. Page) by the Australian…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 13

The new price of 1/3 per dozen for case eggs came into effect as from yesterday morning. Supplies of this variety have been fairly light. Agents handling rail and river…

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Improved Dairying. North Coast Competitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 9

LISMORE, Wednesday.—The council of the North Coast National Agricultural and Industrial Society, at a meeting in Lismore, resolved to accept the offer of a £100 prize…

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Maize Prospects. Reduced Yields from Early Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 9

Summarising the position in regard to prospective maize yields, Mr. W. D. Kerle, special agricultural Instructor, states that the early-sown maize crop in this State is…

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Shooting Foam Veils Lighthouse -- Nature Allied To Modern Farming

The Sun · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 44

Above: A misty veil of foam shoots high in the air, as if from on active…

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Developing Our Land. -- No. 2. Settlement Plan Community Farms Increase Production

The Sun · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 30

IN a previous article, Mr. C. E. Prell, of "Gundowringa," in the Goulburn District, one of the State's leading Corriedale breeders, advocated pasture improvement and closer settlement as the solution…

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Market in Britain Dairy Produce Board Asks for Preference

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Australian Dairy Produce Export Board asked the Minister for Commerce. Dr. Page at a deputation…

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New Sheep and Wool Instructor

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 3

The vacancy in the sheep and wool department caused by the death of the late Mr. Wildman, has been filled by Mr. D. Thompson, who has been…

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Sheep Down in Price Prime Cattle Were Scarce

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 16

Competition was slack at the Homebush sales yesterday. when 30,650 sheep were offered. The yarding, which was considerably below the usual Thursday's offerings,…

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Forbes Butter Pay

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 10

THOUGH their production for 1935 was below the previous year's by 2,000 lb., the Forbes Co-operative Dairy Society distributed £3,000 more to their…

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Increased Butter Price

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 10

AS a result of the improved export market, the North Coast Butter Factories' Association have fixed the price for butter supplied in January at 9½d a lb.—an increase…

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