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Farming & the land, 1936

11,450 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 250

More Diversified Farming Value of Oats and Field Peas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 15

Now that farmers in the more favoured wheat districts are paying more attention to the raising of sheep and are making an effort to diversify their methods, the cultivation…

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"Farm Jobs For Boys In Aust." LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 1

SIR HENRY GALWAY, chairman of the "Big Brother" committee, says that his organisation is ready and anxious to resume the scheme in Australia. Information disclosed that…

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Storm Damage In Country Towns Hit Hail, Rain, Wind Floods Rise Farms Suffer

The Sun · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 3

PARTS of several towns in the central-west were flooded, and fences, fallow land, and roads washed…

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Secret History of the Day S.P. Goodwill -- Lord Apsley Works As a Farm Laborer -- Observing the Sabbath Pays -- Tinned Hare's Pranks

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 24

SEEING his wife being kissed by a man one evening at Southport during the holidays, the husband, awaiting no…

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Driving Farmers Off Land

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 8

RELENTLESSLY pursuing its policy of driving the farmer off the land, the Stevens Government, through the Farmers' Relief Board,…

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Death on Farm Man's Body for Post-mortem Examination

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 1

PERTH, Friday.--A post-mortem examination is to be made of the body of Emil Anderson, 66, who died last Monday at Jardee, near…

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Wheat, Bread, Flour?

Truth · Sunday 16 February 1936 · page 18

NEARING completion, and now compiling its final report the Royal Commission on wheat has cost the taxpayers…

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Wheat Trading Charges Canadian Board's Sales Ottawa

The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1936 · page 5

Wheat exporters at Winnipeg are alleged to have rushed to the 'phones yesterday to secure orders from Liverpool to take advantage of the…

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Wheat Trading Charges When the Argentine Raised Prices OTTAWA

Truth · Sunday 16 February 1936 · page 15

CHARGES that wheat exporters at Winnipeg rushed to their phones to secure orders from Liverpool, and to take advantage of the Wheat…

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Good Demand Sheep And Cattle

The Sun · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 5

Due mainly to a reduced yarding, sheen met a ready market at Flemington to- day. At the opening sales bidding indicated a general rise of 1s and more. However, this…

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Butter

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 3

On Friday the butler market in London was steady. Australian salted and unsalted were down 1/- on the week…

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Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 3

On Friday last the city wheat market was quiet, on the slight reaction of overseas cables, but there was no pressure to sell. On the…

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Wool

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 3

Keen competition prevailed at last week's Sydney auctions and elsewhere in Australia. In Sydney at the closing sales on Thursday…

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Wheat Bounty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 7

Mr. J. Crowley, Kadungle, writes:- A recent remark by Mr. Elliott, member for Ashburnham, to the effect that the Government had practically decided to pay the bounty…

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Commercial. Exports of Butter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 11

Butter exports from Australia for the period July 1, 1935, to February 1, 1936, totalled 58,052 tons, as compared with 71,371 tons for the corresponding period a year ago. Details…

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Canadian Wheat Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 11

The Canadian Wheat Board has sent a representative to England, says "The Times'" Ottawa correspondent, to promote goodwill among British importers. This is in…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Very Quiet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 11

The city wheat market was very quiet on Saturday. Buyers of silo wheat were offering 3/7½, but sellers would not go below 3/7¾, There was very little doing. Bagged wheat was…

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U.S.A. Dust Storms. Wheat Crops Damaged. Amarillo (Texas), Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 10

Clouds of shifting dust, in places mixed with fine snow, blew in parts of Oklahomn, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas, the centre of last year's storms that cut…

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Business in Wheat Was Slack

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 10

The unsettled state of the overseas exchanges for grain was responsible for the slackness in trade on the local wheat market…

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Wellington Wool Sale. Wellington (N.z.), Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 11

The Wellington wool sale was characterised by stronger Bradford buying than hitherto. The offering totalled 30,650 bales. Prices were fully firm. Compared with recent sales, finer sorts and…

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