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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

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Butter Consumption

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 9

"North Coast" writes:— I notice that Mr. R. H. Webster has been turning his attention to the dairy industry, and I write to correct some of his statements…

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Wheat Tends Easier

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 16

Business was almost at a standstill in the local wheat market yesterday, and prices tended easier. Buyers mostly held oft, and offerings were limited…

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Marketing of Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 9

"Selector" writes:—This is a matter, the gravity of which to Australia can hardly be overstated. It calls for the widest view of the situation and the plainest speaking…

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On the Land Wagga Farm. Comprehensive Tests. Wheat and Oat Trials

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 9

The work in testing out new varieties and methods, which is carried out each season at Wagga Experiment Farm, is always of the greatest interest and value. Second only in…

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Australian Wool Brokers' Sale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 16

The Australian Wool Brokers and Produce Co., Ltd., offered a catalogue drawn chiefly from Central Western districts. The selection was an average one, consisting mostly…

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Tasmanian Wool Sales. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 12

The drop in prices received at the Tasmanian wool sales which were oppned at Launceston last week and continued at Hobart to-day will mean a loss to the growers of between £400,000 and…

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Wool, Sales Active Bidding All Descriptions

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 13

POSSIBLY due to the influx of visitors for the [?] Week tennis carnival, the public gallery at the Royal Exchange to-day was unusually filled when the wool sales were…

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Graziers' Hopes Helping Wool Industry Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 12

Wool graziers' organisations are hopeful that out of the conference on Saturday next with the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) will come some concrete…

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Wheat Losses From Wind and Rain Melbourne

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 14

REPORTING on the condition of the wheat crops of Australia at the end of December, the Commonwealth Meteorologist, Mr. Hunt, said cool conditions…

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Farmer's Shock Found Wife Hanged Blayney

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 19

Mrs. Alf Death, 45, wife of a well-known district farmer, was found by her husband hanging in a shod outside her home early this morning…

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Empire Farmers Big Parties Coming

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 9

Big parties of farmers and their womenfolk will shortly arrive on a tour of Australia from overseas. A party of 20 is expected in…

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Dairy Course Hawkesbury College

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture announced yesterday that the twelve months' special course in diary produce manufacture, which was inaugrated at Hawkesbury…

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Junior Farmers for Royal Show Free Passes and Camp Accommodation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 17

The Government has decided to provide 40 members of the Junior Farmers' Clubs of the State with free railway passes, in order to permit the…

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Neighbor Must Have Felt Sorry Potato Crop That Turned Up Trumps

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 9

DORRIGO, Monday.--A large consignment of potatoes is expected to be sent to Sydney from Dorrigo this season. They are of excellent…

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Dairy Science Officer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 17

BYRON BAY.--Mr. C. J. McDermott, late dairy instructor at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, and recently appointed dairy science…

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Pastoral Problems

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 3

THE annual conference of the Graziers' Association of N.S.W. will he held in Sydney from April 7 to 10, and will he followed on the 11th by the annual general…

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Australian Pastoral Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 17

Australian Pastoral Co., Ltd., in its accounts for the year ended June 30, 1929, discloses a net profit of £14,363, cables our London correspondent. There is a divisible surplus…

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Wheat Lumping and Wheat Yard Work Award

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 20

The following agreement has been entered into between Central Branch, A.W.U., and the wheat handling and shipping firms (represented by Bunge…

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Steady Wheat Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 18

Conditions were steady but quiet in the local wheat market yesterday. Buyers of bagged parcels offered 54½ a bushel for prompt delivery. Sellers held for 55. Small…

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Sheep Returning to Home Pastures

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 19

BROKEN HILL. -- Pastures have improved in parts of the district, and Mr. A. Crossing, of Burta Station, has received 3500 sheep back from…

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