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Farming & the land, 1940

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The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 13

WHEAT entries for this year's Royal Show total 182, compared with 161 lost year. The biggest class will be the…

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Well-Stacked Wheat At Homehush

The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 3

Section of one of the huge stacks of bagged wheat at the Abattoirs siding at Home bush, Sydney.L The wheat is well stacked and well protected…

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Wheat Union Asks Net 34

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 7

WEST WYALONG, Thursday.--After a spirited debate, the annual conference of the Wheatgrowers' Union of Australia today decided to ask the Federal…

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Horses and Cattle in Railway Horse-boxes

The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 29

The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hurtigan) recently reviewed the rates charged for horses and cattle conveyed in horseboxes by passenger and goods trains, and has…

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Homebush Stock Sales Monday Sheep Values Firm

The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 41

If The State Marketing Bureau reports:—There was a slight improvement in the number of sheep and lambs available at the Homebush saleyards on Monday, when a…

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Wool Price Fair; Menzies Emphatic

The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 6

"I say emphatically that the wool price is a fair price, and in this I am supported by the leading men in the wool…

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Wool for U.S.A.

The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 6

A total of 125,000 bales of Austinlian wool had so far been allocated to the United States, and not 75,000 bales, as stated by Sir D. Kelly, sa[?]…

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Pastoral Profits Q.N. Co. Pays 4 p.c

The Sun · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 14

Queensland National Pastoral Company Ltd., will pay a dividend of 4 p.c. on preference shares the…

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Stabilised Price for Wheat. 3/4 Asked for Current Crop. Grower Control Wanted. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 5

Following a spirited debate the annual conference of the Wheatgrowers. Union of Australia decided to press the Federal Government for a stabilised…

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Sheep Stud Notes Sale of Stud Border Rams

The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 29

JANUARY sales effected by Mr. W. A. O'Neil. of the Yarraview Border Leicester stud, Cowra, include in well-bred rams to breeders in…

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Wool Council Does Some Shadow Sparring

The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 8

AFTER meeting for two days behind, locked doors the Australian Woolgrowers' Council announced certain decisions in connection with the administration of the wool appraisement scheme, and the problem of…

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Wool Purchase. Appraisements of March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 5

Appraisements of clips on Tuesday, March 5, have been supplied by the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association. AUSTRALIAN WOOL BROKERS AND PRODUCE…

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Pool Charges For Wheat; What You Pay

The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 3

PAYMENTS to licensed receiver and country agents of the Australian Wheat Board for bagged wheat total 2 7-16d. a bushel ia…

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U.K. Pays More for Wool from other Countries

The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 6

"IF Britain buys wool on the world markets at prices higher than that paid for the Australasian clips, have Australia and New Zealand a…

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Adjust Wool Price As Costs Rise F. S. A. Lead is Supporteed by Woolgrowers' Council U. K. Wool Policy Criticised

The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 2

REQUESTS by the N.S.W. Farmers and Settlers' Association and West Australian producers' organisations for automatic adjustment of prices to cover any increase in production costs, and the consultation of…

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Premier's Wheat Proposals are Supported By F.S.A. Branch

The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 3

THE views of the Premier (Mr. Mair) on wheat stabilisation, a[?] published in a recent issue of "The Land," were supported by a special…

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Culcairn Beef Shorthorn Breeder is Making Big Strides Calool Stud Cattle Are First Class

The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 22

A KEEN and enthusiastic breeder of stud beef Shorthorns, who is later sure to make his presence felt in the ranks of stud breeding, is Mr. W. R. Raper, of Calool Shorthorn Stud, Culcairn. Mr. Raper, up to the present, has contented himself with showing only at local shows and…

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Limited Subsidy Would Increase Production F.S.A. Man's Reply to Premier's Wheat Proposal "Acreage Control First Step"

The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 3

WHILE admitting that it was refreshing to find a man like the Premier (Mr. Mair) courageous enough to come forward with constructive criticism on the difficult question of wheat stabilisation, Mr. B. Cole, a…

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Formula for Fixing Flour Tax Rate W. A. Wheat Chief Critical; Growers Should Get More £600,000 Lost Last Year

The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 4

CRITICISM of the formula adopted for varying the rate of flour tax under home price scheme was made recently by Mr. J. W. Diver, acting-president of the Primary Producers' Association of Western…

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£100,000 More for Silos; 3/10 fob Guarantee for Wheat Sth.-west Bureau Conference Requests by Our Special Representative

The Land · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 6

WOODSTOCK, Thursday.—That an extra £100,000 should be set aside for silo construction in this State, and that the Federal Government should be urged to provide 3/10 a bushel f.o.b ports for this season's wheat, were important decisions of the South Western…

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