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Farming & the land, 1930

12,513 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Five Shilling Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 17

COWERA.--The chamber of Commerce has been informed through the Federal member, Mr. Gibbons, that the Government intends to call a…

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Wheat Trade Dull

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 16

Sellers were hard to locate in the local wheat market yesterday, and no business was reported. Silo parcels were quoted at 54[?] a bushel, prompt delivery, and bagged…

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Bounty on Wool?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 17

ARMIDALE.--The local branch of the Graziers' Association carried a motion that the annual conference be asked to approve of a request to…

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Outlook for Butter Supplies Increasing

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 2

After several meetings of the Australian Butter Stabilisation Committee, it was decided not to make any change in the levy and export bounty under the Paterson scheme…

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EDITORIAL Surveying the Wheat Paddocks

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 1

THE wheat-grower will find much to interest him, and perhaps, to nettle him, in the articles that appear under the heading of "What is wrong…

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Dual-purpose Sheep Good Mutton Conformation and High Quality Wool Can be Grown Together the Corriedale and Polwarth Breeds

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 7

The great differently in breeding sheep of dual-purpose type is to preserve a proper balance between mutton and wool requirements. In Australia there is…

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Skin Disease Sheep Affected with Mycotic Dermatitis

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 7

According to the chief veterinary surgeon of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture (Mr. Max Henry), outbreaks of the fungus disease of the skin of…

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Pastoral Industry Graziers to Meet Mr. Scullin in Melbourne

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 7

With the object of placing reliable information on the pastoral industry before the Federal Government, representatives of the Australian Woolgrowers'…

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Dastoralists Disagree on Sheep Embargo The Menace from South African Competition in the Wool Market Futile, Selfish, and Cranky Legislation

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 1

The embargo upon the exportation of stud stock was roundly condemned by Mr. Arnold Weinholt, who returned to Australia last week, after his seventh big…

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What Is Wrong with Wheat Growing?

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 11

THE men who see the wheat industry from the producing end are the instructors of the Department of Agriculture. Their one interest is to raise…

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Butter Export Bounty and Levy to Remain Unaltered

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 8

The Australian Butter Stabilisation Committee this week decided to maintain the butter export bounty at 40½d. per lb. and the levy at 1[?]d. per lb…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 17

Chicago wheat options are quoted:—March 128½ cents per bushel (up ½ cent), May 132½ cents (up ½ cent), July 133½ cents (up ½ cent)…

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Heavy Loss Cargo of Australian Butter and Mutton Damaged

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 6

A message from London states that eleven hundred cases of butter were damaged owing to the stoppage of the refrigerating machinery of the steamer…

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Tick Control Regulations Interfering with Shows and Sheep Sales

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 7

Contending that the rigid enforcement of the sheep tick regulations was running country shows and militating seriously against the success of stock sales, the…

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Baling Wool Thorough Methods Mean Better Returns

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 7

So us to keep the bales as even in weight as possible it is advisable to weigh of the fleeces and calculate how many of each different lot it will take…

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Wool Marketing Restriction of Offerings has Limitations

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 7

Referring to wool marketing, at the annual meeting of the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company in London a few days ago, the chairman of…

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The Live-stock Markets Good Sale for Sheep and Lambs at Homebush (Sydney) Saleyards on Monday, Despite a Heavy Supply Further Advance in the Price of Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 6

An unusually heavy supply of sheep was offered for sale at Homebush (Sydney) saleyards on Monday, but despite this fact, a strong demand was…

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Wool Prices No "Bears" on the Bradford Market

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 6

Mr. George Whitaker, president of the British Wool Federation (says a London cable), denies chat the lowered wool prices are due to a "bear" movement. It was…

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Unwanted Calves How N.Z. Dairy Farmers Saved £150,000

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 8

Not long ago unwanted calves on dairy farms in New Zealand were knocked on the head, their skills saved, and their carcases given to dogs or buried, but…

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Wheat Yield Original Estimate Not Likely to be Reached

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 6

Late fronts and heavy rains have caused a reduction in the estimated wheat yield over most of New South Wales, and reports from divisional…

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