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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

12,513 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Fall in Wheat Prices. Due to Over-production. Prohibition of Importations. Capetown, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 16

The Minister for Agriculture (General Kemp) pointed out to the conference of wheat farmers that falling prices were due to an increase of 40,000,000 bags in world production…

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New Dairy Blood

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 39

The Paterson stabilisation scheme has put much more money into the hands of dairymen, but the full benefit of that scheme will not be fell unless most of the extra money is put back into the…

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Farmer's Loss

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 20

Forbes, Wednesday.--Fire destroyed the seed wheat end nearly all the agricultural machinery in an outshed on the property owned by. F. B. Nllon,…

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Bush Fires Sweep Farms Man Burned to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 2

PERTH, Tuesday. -- Bushfires, believed to have been started by a spark from a chaffcutter, are raging in the northern district, and many farmers…

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Insidious Disease in Dairy Herds Only Sure Measures of Eradication

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 19

What appears to be the only dependable method of eliminating contagious abortion from dairy herds is being employed on some of the State…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 13

The wheat market was steady yesterday in the absence of sellers. Though a parcel of bagged wheat was reported to have been sold late on Tuesday afternoon at 5/3½, for prompt…

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American Wheat Chicago

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 6

wheat options are quoted at March, 124[?] cents a bushel—up 2-3 cent: May, 123 7-[?] cents—up 4 cent. July, 1291 cents—down [?]…

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Wool Down in London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 16

LONDON, January 21. -- There was a large attendance at the opening wool sales. Demand was restricted, and lower values were established all round in sympathy with the…

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Brisbane Wool Values Steady

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 16

BRISBANE, Wednesday. -- Values were steady at the wool sales to-day, at the reduced levels established earlier in the week…

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Commercial Wool Market Steady

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 45

The Secretary, Farmers' and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports:—On the 14th instant we offered 5596 bales drawn from a wide area of the State and included…

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London Wool Sales London

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 6

Of the 10.076 bales of wool offered at the sales this afternoon. 1[?]46 bales were from New South Wales. 901 from Victoria, 2621 from Queensland, 1833 from South Australia…

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Brisbane Wool Sales. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 13

The fourth serles of Brisbane wool sales for the current season advanced another stage to-day, when 13,751 bales were offered. The ottering generally was attractive, embracing a good selection…

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Commercial Wool and Its Problems

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 38

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: —No indications are in, sight likely to produce improvement in wool prices during the immediate future. To date…

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The Wool Trade. Some Aspects

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 13

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., reports:—Perplexing though the present wool situation is, it is not without some promising aspects in regard to the more or less distant future. In Germany, by way…

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Wheat Cargoes Firmer London, January 22

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 4

Following higher American closing prices, sales of cargoes to Portugal and Greece were reported with an Indian inquiry for Australian cargoes which mostly advanced threepence to…

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Wool Profits. Growers' Proportion. LONDON, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 11

Commenting on a recent speech by the Prime Minister of Australia, the "Yorkshire Post" says: "Mr. Scullin is reported as saying that it is not right that the people…

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A.W.U. Waits on the Wool Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 4

MR. W. J. RIORDAN, State secretary, A.W.U., says: "Immediately wool prices improve, and the situation is…

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Homebush Sales Big Sheep Yarding Medium Grades Cheaper (By Charles S. Clancy)

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 16

The exceptionally big sheep penning at Homebush today had an adverse effect on the middling classes. The 57,000 penned was an increase of 15,800 aver Monday's…

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On.the Land English Wool Trade. Stability of Raw Material Most Wanted. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, Dec. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 9

There is a good deal of uncertainty about merino wool values. Some are predicting a still further fall, but this can only happen through the failure of a normal development…

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Judge Beeby Makes Another Interim Award in the Coal Dispute 2-Inch Key in Baby's Body Curious Treatment Cotton=wool "Sandwich"

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 15

Doctors at St. Vincent's Hospital today removed a key more than two inches long, which had remained in two-year-old Arthur…

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