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Farming & the land, 1930

12,513 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 250

Near Wool Win for the Sheep Mills Suffer Roubaix (France)

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 8

THE decline in prices of wool has caused a practical stoppage in the manufacture of synthetic wool from vegetable fibre…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 13

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., received the following wire from its Brisbane office:—"Good general competition opening Brisbane woll sales. Japan, France, Germany, and Bradford all competed freely,…

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Wool Lower in Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 16

Advice received by Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., yesterday stated that there was good general competition at the opening Brisbane wool sales. Japan, France, Germany,…

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The Land and the producer Champion Wheat At Chicago Show Judge Commends the Winning Sample From N.S.W. Farmer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 17

The wheat with which Mr. J. W. Eade, of Euchareena, triumphed over all-comers in the white class at the U.S.A. International Grain Show is described by Professor A. L. Stone (judge) as a most excellent sample of remarkably high…

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Values Topple Wool at Auckland Auckland

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 9

An entire lack of [?]tion marked the second Auckland [?] which opened to-day. With a view of meeting the downward trend, brokers had indeed growers to mark…

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Wheat Trade Dull Flour Down 10- a Ton

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 16

Quiet conditions ruled in the local wheat market yesterday. There was little inquiry, and prices for the most part were nominal. Sellers of silo parcels asked 53 ½ a…

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Wool Sales. Slight Decline in Prices. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 12

The fourth series of wool sales for the season opened in Brisbane to-day, when 9401 bales were offered. There was a good selection drawn from all parts of the State, and…

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Financial. Wool Prices. Dangers of a Carry-over

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 13

It is apparent from the history of controlled industry that any attempt to increase the price of wool by restricting offerings beyond the present scheme will not achieve its…

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Who Benefits ? When Wool Prices Fall Conflicting Ideas London

The Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 2

"It is amazing to find Mr. Scullin repeating the hoary misconception that people handling Dominion-grown wool make more than the growers,"…

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American Tariff. Wool Schedule Criticised. "Betrayal of Consumers." New York, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 11

The New York "World " in a leading article commenting on the forthcoming review of the Tariff Bill before the Senate, states "That body will then have an opportunity to…

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Fat Lamb Trials. Results at Cowra Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 9

For several years past the breeding flock for the lamb-raising experiments at Cowra Experiment Farm has consisted of crossbred ewes, while Dorset Horn and Ryeland rams…

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Farmers Rush for Nabawa Go Slow, Says Expert

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 17

In a review of the wheat variety trials and crops in the middle-west (Parkes centre) in the past season, Mr. H. Bartlett, divisional…

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Many Entries Await the Judge Potato Crop Competitions

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 17

The first inspection of the crops in the field potato crop competitions is to commence at Taralga (Southern Tablelands group) to-day, by the…

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Dairying on Manning

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 17

JONES ISLAND. -- The Manning River Co-op. Dairy Society for December supplies paid 13 for choicest butter and 11½ for second grade, with…

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Damaged Fruit Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 18

GOULBURN.--Recent high winds have played havoc with district apple and pear crops. Limbs have been wrenched off heavily laden trees,…

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Farmers' Cereal Experiments High Yields in Riverina

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 18

Exceptionally high yields were obtained in farmers' experiment plots with wheat and oats this season in the Riverina and southern districts…

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How Do Boomerangs Grow English Folk Think They Crop on Trees

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 11

Some English people still believe that boomerangs grow on a tree, and that we speak a foreign language! This information was given…

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Wool Slump and the Pastoral Future

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 38

Last week's conference between representatives of the Government and the pastoral industry has done something to clear the air, but it has produced no pana[?]ea—hardly even a suggestion—for the cure of the troubles that are weighing so heavily on Australia's wool-growers…

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Butter Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 17

During the week ended January l8, the Commonwealth graders examined for export at Sydney 14,168 boxes of butter, 10,949 being salted, and 3219 were unsalted. They also…

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Wheat Firm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 18

Though trading was quiet, prices remained firm in the local wheat market yesterday. Buyers' limits for bagged parcels were on the basis of 55[?] a bushel, and for…

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