Barrier Miner Tuesday, November 4, 1930. World Wheat Production
There has been a lot of talk of late about over-production as the cause of the industrial depression which has overtaken Australia and most other…
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Farming & the land, 1930
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Latest News Issue. V.R.C. Cup Carnival Phar Lap Is Successful in the Melbourne Cup Champion's Easy Victory a Farmer Wins £20,000 Melbourne
The Victorian Racing Club held its Melbourne Cup gathering at Flemington this afternoon in showery weather. Before the first race there were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer Draws Phar Lap in £20,000 SWEEP Melbourne
Mr. Sam Whitehead, a farmer at Greta (Victoria), has drawn Phar Lap in a £20,000 consultation. A syndicate of Melbourne sportsmen offered him…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Income Tax Returns Farmer Fined £180 Sydney
In the Central Court to-day, Frank Alston Witten, a grazier of Barraba, was fined a total of £180 on a charge of having failed to furnish income tax…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Pests Buffalo Fly Spreading Melbourne
Sir George Julius, the chairman of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, addressing the Rotary Club said that the blow fly pest costs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Harvest the Official Estimate
An estimate of the wheat harvest for the coming season, issued by the Commonwealth Statistician, states that the yield will be 2l5,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sales Elder Smith's Report on Sale of Local Wool
Elder, Smith and Co. Limited report that the third wool sale of the season opened in Adelaide yesterday, and was continued to-day. The quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales Some Exciting Bidding for Best Quality Clips Adelaide
The third series of Adelaide wool sales were opened yesterday when the first portion of the catalogue of 30,000 bales was submitted to a large…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Sales Elder Smith's Report on Sale of Local Wool
Elder, Smith and Co. Limited report that the third wool sale of the season opened in Adelaide yesterday, and was continued to-day. The quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmer Attacked by Bull Burra
Mr. George Parker, farmer, was attacked by a young poley bull yesterday evening. Mr. Parker, who has only one arm, went to let the cows through…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Hand Fatally Injured Sydney
James Edward Smithenbecker (42) suffered frightful injuries to the leg through being caught in a reaper and binder while working on a farm in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Letter
Mr. Walter P. Devereux, official representative of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, writes from London under date October 2 as follows:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Reported Starving at Homebush Yards Sydney
Five hundred calves in a concrete shelter shed at Homebush have lost their condition sines Monday and unless slaughtered quickly it is probable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →S.A. Harvest Red Rust in Wheat Crystal Brook
The first load of the new season's wheat was delivered by motor truck into Crystal Brook yards this morning by Mr. Howard Venning. The wheat was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Conference Advance of [?]6 a Bushel by Commonwealth Bank [?]
Mr. F. M. Forde A[?]ing Minister for Markets, anno[?]ed to a [?] of State Ministers of Agriculture and representatives of the wheat industry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sale Record Price for Season Paid by an American Sydney, Wednesday Night
There was a scene of enthusiasm at the wool sales to-day when an American buyer paid 28¼d. for a lot of super AAA wethers from Burrowa. This…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gored by a Bull Farmer Fatally Injured Launceston
James Saunders (56), a farmer, of Hadspen, was gored to death by a savage bull yesterday. He was found by his wife terribly mangled lying in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain in South Australia Pastoral Areas Benefit Adelaide
Except for parts of the interior a general rain fell over South Australia during the week end. In the agricultural areas the registrations were for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Lumpers' Award Variation in S.A. 48 Hours a Week and Reduction in Wages Adelaide
An increase in hours from 44 to 48 weekly, a reduction in the rate for day labor from 22/6 to 19/8 (2/10 a day), and a reduction of 1/, from 8/4 to 7/4 a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Cattle Sold To-day Sydney
Despite the announcement yesterday that 1200 cattle would be disposed of at auction to-day, no sales were held. Only a few buyers were…
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