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Farming & the land, 1934

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 12

Messrs Dalgety and Co, Ltd. report:--"Offered 5400 bales to-day (Monday) fairly general mainly German, French account good support…

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Theft Of Wool

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 5

At Tumut Police Court, Colin Donald Fullarton, for stealing 108lb of lambs wool was fined £15, with £3 14 costs and ordered to refund £2…

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Corriedale Sheep For Japan Export Restrictions

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 12

Advice will be sought from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research by the Federal Cabinet before it makes a decision on an…

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U.S.A. Wheat Failure

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 12

Investigators sent to North Dakota and Iowa report that 15 per cent of the intended acreage has not been planted and 50 per cent of what is…

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Fixing Wheat Prices Pre-election Move

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 7

Although no information has been available in Canberra of the Government's reported intention [?]nx a home consumption price for wheat,…

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Markets Abroad Liverpool Wheat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 3

A private wheat agent in Sydney has received the following cable message from Liverpool: "Unchanged, wheat shipments increasing; Russia,…

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Australian Wheat Its Quality and Improvement Part III.--Need for Improvement In The Baking Quality

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 8

To the late William Farrer, pioneer wheat breeder in Australia, a vast amount of credit must be given for the improvement in the quality or…

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Blake Cup Farm Wins Again

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 16

At the cricket ground this afternoon the Farm defeated Militia by 30 points to 2. At half-time Farm led by 7 points to 2, but Militia…

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Cabbage Moth How to Prevent Damage to Crops

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 14

The attention of cabbage growers is directed to the necessity for taking measures against the cabbage moth, the grub of which often…

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Wheat Commission Stockinbingal Farmer Gives Evidence

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 May 1934 · page 4

Mr. Ben. Witenden, of Stockinbingal, gave the following evidence at Temora: As a wheatgrower in this State for the past 42 years, I am…

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 May 1934 · page 2

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., reporter on 17th: We offered a catalogue of 4474 bales to-day which included a few clips from the farmer climates…

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Sensational Robberies in Wagga Four Premises Entered Three Oil Depots And Farmers' Home Hotel Thieves' Poor Haul

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1934 · page 1

Four business premises were entered by thieves at Wagga late on Friday night or early on Saturday morning, but the thief or…

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Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 4

Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report under date 17th May:- For our sale last Tuesday we submitted a catalogue of 3,511 bales…

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Barellan Sheep Dip

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 3

Dtr. Hume at the first meeting of the new P.P. Board stated that he had made inquiries into the matter of the erection of a sheep dip at…

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Markets Abroal Liverpool Wheat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 6

A private wheat agent in Sydney received the following cable message from Liverpool: "Holiday in London and Liverpool. Flour 15/. North…

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Wheat Rally Fair Local Clearance 100,000 Tons Sold Overseas SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 2

The rally in the wheat market resulted iu a fair clearance of Australian stocks, and the Lindley Walker Wheat Co. estimates that fully 100,000…

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Tobacco Crop Sales Opening of Negotiations by Federal Ministry

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 1

It is believed that the Federal Ministry will soon open negotiations with the tobacco manufacturing companies for the purchase of the coming…

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Plant Food Advisory Council Root Crop Committee

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 4

Over the past three years the Plant Food Advisory Council, which is better known for its activities in pasture improvement, has been carrying out…

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Junior Farmers' Club Committee Formed

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 1

At a meeting of the Lockhart F. and S. Association on Saturday, the president (Mr. Drummond) said that as requested at the last meeting, the…

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Items of News Dairy Produce Act

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 2

Arrangements by the Federal Department of Commerce to hold a poll of dairy farmers in Australia are nearly complete. The poll will determine…

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