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Farming & the land, 1936

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Geelong Wool Sales. Melbourne

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

The record Victorian price for the season. /29[?]. was secured for merino wool at to-day's Geelong wool sales. An attractive catalogue aggregating [?] bales, was submitted, and a good clearance…

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Low Salaries and Wool Research

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 4

Mr. H. J. Gibson told the Forbes branch of the Graziers' Association that he believed that the smallness of the Association's subsidies granted for…

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WHEAT Market Now Steadier After Decline

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 32

For the greater part of the present week overseas wheat markets have recorded steady declines, being influenced by the aggressive Canadian selling policy, which has gradually…

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Wheat Vessels. Three Vessels to Leave

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 4

John Darling & Son expect to despatch the steamers King Edward and Otterpool for the United Kingdom this evening and to-morrow evening,…

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To Stabilise N.Z. Wheat Industry

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 6

A PLAN for improving wheat prices and ending the price-cutting Wars in the baking and milling industries has been placed before the New…

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N.Z. to Have Guaranteed Price for Butter

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 10

FOLLOWING a conference between the New TLealand Cabinet and the Dairy Produce Board, the Prime Minister (Mr. Savage) said…

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Too High Wool Freights Cuts Wanted

The Sun · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 9

REPRESENTATIVES of the Overseas Shipowners Representatives Association, the Graziers' Association, wool sellers…

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Wheat Bounty "Inequitable" Says Victorian Country Party

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 6

THE central council of the Victorian Country Party, at its last meeting, carried a motion of protest against the allocation of…

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Victorian Wheat High Standard Fixed MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 7

The wheat standard for this season's Victorian crop is 63½lb. to the bushel, the highest since 1911-12 season…

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Wool Freights Shipowners and Graziers to Meet

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 7

The acting Minister for Commerce, Mr. Thorby, has convened for to-day a conference of graziers, wool-sellers, and steamship-owners to discuss…

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Sydney Wool Selling Season. Earlier Closing Date

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

The main wool selling season in Sydney will close on March 12. Sales originally fixed for March 23 to April 2 have been cancelled owing to lack of supplies…

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HIGHER Wheat Receivals at Silos Coolamon on Top

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 6

ALTHOUGH the total New South Wales harvest for 1935-36 is estimated at roughly 47,000,000 bushels, or about 2,000,000 less than…

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A Countryman's Diary Random Notes From Wool Publicity

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 2

DURING the past fortnight a good deal has been heard for and…

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£100 Prize for Dairy And Pig Farms

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 2

An offer of a £100 prize for dairy farm and pig competition to the North Coast National Agricultural and Industrial Society by Norco Co-op. Ltd…

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Crop Rotation Value Demonstrated at Wagga Farm

The Land · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 6

EXPERIMENTS which are now in progress at the Wagga Experiment Farm seem to support the claim that, for small…

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DERAILMENT. Truck Loaded with Butter. Trains Delayed for Several Hours. Dungog

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 11

A truck containing approximately 20 tons of butter, attached to the rear of the passenger train bound from Kempsey to Sydney, was derailed while rounding a bend half a…

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Our Wool Gold Countries Graziers' View Need for Action

The Sun · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 6

" ANY further delay in remedial measures to enable our old and large wool clients, who have remained on the gold standard, to…

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America a Buyer of Wool Competition Keen at Sales

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 16

The feature of yesterday's wool sales was the support given the market by buyers operating on behalf of the United States. These operators…

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Stock Sales. Prices at Flemington. Sheep and Lambs. Market Irregular and Lower

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

The sheep and lambs in the pens at the Flemington saleyards yesterday totalled 30,801. The number forwarded was 251 head in excess of the number drawn for…

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On the Land Publicity and Research. Wool Council in Reply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 9

Commenting on a letter by Mr. George Aitken, published on February 1, Mr. G. Dalziel Kelly, chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, writes:…

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