Vegetables on Farms
Sir,—The appeal from the Hon. Secretary of the Unemployed Workers' Movement (Wallsend), for surplus and unsold produce grown by the Hunter Valley…
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Farming & the land, 1931
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Farmer Escapes Caught in Flooded Creek Two Horses Drowned Taree
Rex Small, a farmer of Monbrook, was recrossing a swollen creek with a waggonette and a pair of horses when the vehicle caught in a log used as a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Meeting Boycotted Farmers and Government Bathurst Conference Grafton
There will be no delegates from Grafton to the Bathurst Farmers and Consumers' Conference called by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn) for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Production Record Consumption
The Director of Dairying (Mr. L. T. MacInnes) has furnished the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn) with data concerning butter trading accounts of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Sales Sydney
Of 11,047 bales offered at auction at the wool sales to-day, 9914 were sold, while a further 347 were disposed of privately. The selection was an average one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overseas Market Wool Sales in London. London, April 28
At the London wool sales, 9369 bales were offered, including 418 Queensland, 486 New South Wales, 752 Victorian, 116 West Australian, 4579 New Zealand, of which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sentenced to Death Youth of 17 at Adelaide Double Murder on Farm Adelaide
Giving evidence at the trial to-day of Leslie Skilbeck, 17, who was charged with the murder of Walter Dall, grazier, and his wife at Kumorna in December, Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Yarding Newcastle Stock Sales Sheep Market Irregular
John Hogan, Fat Stock, Wool and Produce CQy., Ltd., report that there was a heavy supply of fat cattle at Newcastle stock sales yesterday. Every pen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Homebush Sales Big Penning of Sheep SYDNEY
There was a penning of approximately 32,000 sheep at Homebush to-day. The quality was good. Consignments of good trade sorts were well in evidence, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Duty on Wheat London, April 29
The "Daily Express" understands that the German Government is about to reduce the import duty on wheat. It is expected to apply to 20,000,000 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Good Competition Sydney Wool Sales SYDNEY
Of 9808 bales offered at auction at the wool sales to-day, 8859 were sold at auction, and a further 1140 disposed of by private treaty, making a total disposal of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rain in Victoria Wheat Districts Benefit MELBOURNE
The beneficial rainfall yesterday was supplemented almost generally by further falls in Victoria last night and to-day. Experts state that the rain came at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Buffalo Fly Dairy Herds Threatened Pest Drifting South Canberra
Mr. Riordan (Kennedy, Q.) mentioned in the House of representatives to-day the threat of the buffalo fly, which, he said, was drifting southward through…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Maitland District West Maitland Distressed Farmers Question in Assembly
In the Legislative Council to-day, Mr. W. F. O' Hearn asked the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. Dunn) if he were aware that serious distress prevailed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Helping Themselves Maitland Farmers' Task
Farmers in the Maitland district, whose embankments have been swept away in the flood, are not content to rely on the Government to safeguard…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →World's Wheat Influence of Pools Interesting Viewpoint
The "People's Weekly," on Moonta, S.A., discusses the wheat position as follows.—"Wheat to-day is worth, in our depreciated currency, about 1/7½ per bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Overseas Markets Wool Sales in London. London, April 30
At the London wool sales 9040 bales were offered, comprising 2727 New South Wales, 23 Victorian, 298 Queensland, 448 South Australian, 168 West…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairymen and Politicians
Sir,—On the occasion of the floods of this and last year, many dairymen were compelled to remove their herds. As it does not seem to be generally known by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Produce
Business in dairy produce generally was fairly quiet. Less buying owing to the end of the month was one of the causes. The only-alteration in quotations was a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trade and Finance Markets Review Tomatoes Scarce Potatoes Cheaper Farm Produce
A reduction of 10/ a ton was made in the price of potatoes in the Newcastle farm produce market at the beginning of the week, as a result of the large crop…
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