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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

2,253 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 113

The Wheat Guarantee Will Bank Finance It? Mr. Fenton Anxious Melbourne

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 3

Although two reminders have been out by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fenton) to the Commonwealth Bank Board, no reply has yet been…

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3/- for Wheat Commonwealth Bank Considering Mr. Fenton Urges Immediate Reply MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

The Commonwealth Bank Board has not yet replied to the letter in which the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fenton) asked whether the…

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Canada Shows Generosity to Its Distressed Farmers Ottawa

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 1

A relief grant of at least 20,000,000 dollars will be made to prairie farmers during the coming session of Parliament as a straight-out gift. It is…

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Millthorpe News. Potato Crop Competition

Leader · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4

Euirles for the potato-growing competition to date number 20. The secretary or the A. and P. Society (Mr. T.P. Smith) hopes that a number of…

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[?] An Open Letter to the Farmer

Leader · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

The Wheat Man “The Sheep Man The Cow Man “The Fishman” [?] After [?] to be many [?] connected…

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Wool [?]

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 10

Pitt, Son and [?] port on January [?] The quantity [?]yesterday's sale [?]…

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Wool Market

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd. report January 2: During the Christmas recess, there was practically nothing…

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The First Wheat Crop. Where Australian Agriculture Had Its Beginning

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 14

To most visitors the Sydney Botanic Gardens represent something essentially ornamental—a leafy retreat from the bustle of the…

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Wool Market. General Tone Better

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 9

The Secretary Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. writes: At our sale on 7th January we offered 6416 bales comprising a…

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The Wheat Industry. What Does 1931 Hold In Store?

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 12

After a year of vicissitudes and misfortunes unequalled in its history, the wheat industry of Australia stands at the beginning of a…

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Standardised Farming. Aiming At Redaction in Costs

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 13

In these days, when Australia is facing an economic crisis, there is heard on all sides a plea for efficiency of production. Meeting in…

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Orange Sales Cattle Firmer Sheep Market Unaltered

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 12

Messrs. Leeds Bros. Ltd. report: About 750 head of cattle were forward for the weekly sales on Thursday, January 8. About half…

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Due This Week. Sheep and Wool Forms Reminder to Flockmasters

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 12

Owners of fifty or more sheep who have not yet filled in and returned the special sheep and wool form posted to them in December last by…

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Homebush Sales Cattle Unaltered SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson report that at Homebush this morning, twenty two hundred cattle were yarded Prices for prime sorts were…

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Wool Market. General Tone Better

Leader · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 2

The secretary Farmers and [?] Co-operative Co. writes:— At our sale on 7th Januar[?] we offered 6,416 bales, comprising a good…

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Wool Market General Tone Better

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 12

The Secretary Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Coy. writes:— At our sale on 7th January we offered 6416 bales comprising a…

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An English Politician Discusses Our Wheat Problem

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 4

Mr. A. M. Samuel, M.P., said that the Australian breakdown had given a deadly blow to Socialist economics. He declared that if Australian wheat…

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Wool and Skins Trade in Latter Paralysed

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 4

During the six months ended December 31, gales of wool in Sydney totalled 481,230 bales, which realised £5,223,628. The average was £10 17s…

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Russia’s Export Wheat. 200 Million Bushels. WASHINGTON, Saturday

Leader · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 2

Recently returned from an extended [?] tour or Russia, Dr. Harhut, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that Russia will…

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Shipments of Wheat Western Australia Heads List Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 1

For the week ended January 8 shipments of wheat from all States of the Commonwealth for overseas ports totalled 3,563,000 bushels…

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