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Farming & the land, 1936

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Lice-infested Sheep

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 6

LICE-INFESTED SHEEP L. JENNINGS, a drover, was fined £5, with £1/9/ costs, at the Wagga Police Court this week for driving lice-infested…

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Silo Wheat

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 26

"W.S.": In reply to your enquiry, the Manager, Government Grain Elevators, writes: "I have to advise that the grower who delivers wheat to the elevators receives…

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Illawarra Dairy Cattle on Parade at Berry Show

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 7

Copies of all pictures on this page and of "Land" photographs on other pages in this issue may be obtained on application to The Manager, "The Land," Regent Street, Sydney. Price…

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London Butter Market Quiet

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 32

The Australian Producers' Wholesale Cooperative Federation Pty., Ltd., report having received a cable from their London office dated February 11, reporting.—Butter: The…

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Tracing Inferior Wheat

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 6

BEULAH District Council of the Victorian Wheatgrowers' Association has recommended the compulsory branding of wheat bags so that inferior wheat can be…

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Week in Wheat

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 32

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

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Sydney Wool Prices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 13

Following are prices current in the Sydney wool market:- Superfine merino f[?]eece (free), hest to /29[?]. Greasy merino f[?]eece (free or nearly), best /24…

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Danish Butter Diverted to Germany

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 10

Private advices received in Melbourne state that Denmark and Germany have concluded an agreement under which larger quantities of…

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New South Wales Wheat

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 32

SYDNEY, February 12.—Sydney millers' quotations this morning are 3/7½ per bushel for bulk and 3/8½ per bushel for bagged wheat. The market is a little easier…

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For Federal Wheat Pool

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 4

BEULAH District Council of the Victorian Wheatgrowers' Association carried a resolution, for submission to the…

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Bleached Wheat in Victoria

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 6

FOLLOWING protests from farmers against the dockage imposed on bleached wheat, the Victorian Director of Agriculture has instructed experts to make tests of…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Firmer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 13

The local wheat market wns firmer yesterday on the better tone of overnight cables. and advance in all overseas grain exchanges. The city parcel trade opened with sellers of…

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Great Display of Dairy Cattle at Berry Show Historic Society Celebrates Its Jubilee

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 11

IN officially opening the 50th (Jubilee) Show of the Berry Agricultural Association, the Minister for Lands (Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw) referred to the showground as being one of the most picturesque in the State, and he…

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Wanted, Bigger Home Market for Butter

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 10

A RESOLUTION that the proper authorities, probably the Butter Equalisation Committee, be urged to launch an extensive…

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Wool Sales. Hardening Tendency

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 8

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 12,170 bales, and the clearance, including private sales of…

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New Appliance for Dipping of Sheep

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 21

A new sheep-dipping device, patented by Mr. R. E. Picker and advertised elsewhere in this issue, has been successfully demonstrated in the…

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Transport of Infested Sheep. Temora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 12

Alfred Lionel Rose, inspector under the Stock Diseases Act, proceeded against William McCrone, farmer and grazier, on a charge of transporting infested stock through the…

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With the Junior Farmers' Clubs Current News and Notes Young Wheat Men

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 21

WINNERS of wheat growing competitions in the west include Arthur…

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Wheat Cargoes London, February 13

The Sun · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 5

For wheat cargoes the market is firm. Australian sellers asked an advance of 3d to 6d a quarter. United Kingdom buyers appeared unwilling to add to their…

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Advance in Price of Wheat

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 16

There was a firmer tone on the local market for wheat yesterday, when buyers, following the rise in options overseas,…

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