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Farming & the land, 1930

12,513 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

Sales Are Different Early New Year Trek to Farmer's Yesterday

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 18

IT is only a few days ago (certainly last year) that women were declining that, having finished Christmas shopping, they simply would not go…

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Maize Crops Are Backward Dry Weather Retards Growth

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 15

Last month was not favorable to the growth of early maize on the Upper North Coast, the weather being far too dry…

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Variety of Favors World Tourists Entertained at Farmer's

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 18

THERE were all manner of favors for the guests at Farmer's yesterday, when Miss Josephine Marks entertained a party in honor of Mrs…

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Bookmaker's Horses Mystify Sydney Turfmen Rosbercon and Clear Ice Accepted for Warwick Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 21

Rosbercon and Clear Ice, Victorian performers raced by Mr. E. Lyons, one of Melbourne s best-known bookmakers, became the…

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Newsore's Luck May Change Favorite for Warwick Farm Sprint

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 21

Will Newsore terminate her long run of defeat in the metropolitan area at Warwick Farm to-morrow?…

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Sheep on the wheat Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 6

More sheep to the acre is the object of all progressive pastoralists find to them the results of experiments with superphosphate on natural pastures, and…

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Sheep of Good Quality

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 6

Merino Ewes and Crossbred Lamby at the Clen Innes Experiment Farm…

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Canadian Wheat Pool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 17

Beyond stating that the gross turnover for the year amounted to dollars 288,097,071, the annual report of the Canadian Wheat Pool for 1928-29 makes little reference to the…

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Champion Wheat Grower

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 11

CUTHBERT KING. Winner of the Waggs Junior Farmers's Club Wheat-Growing Competitions. Cuthhert scored 133½ points for his ten acres of Nahawa Wheat…

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Steady Wheat Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 16

Steady conditions ruled in the local wheat market yesterday. Inquiry for bagged parcels was on the basis. of 55 12 a bushel, prompt delivery, and 56 to 56 12…

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Wheat Research Dr. Waterhouse's Great Gift to the Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 9

As a reward for his success in wheat research, Mr, Walter L. Waterhouse recently received the degree of Doctor of Science in Agriculture from the…

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Prize Crop Competition Wheat Gives Owners 36-bush. an Acre

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 9

Mr. W. Burrell, of "Woodside," Gllgundra, has finished harvesting the crop that won the first prize in the local fieldwheat…

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Wheat Overseas Wheat Cargoes Slightly Cheaper I On, January 3

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 2

For wheat cargoes market had a quieter tone to-day, owing to lower American closing rates and a more favorable Argentine exchange. Quotations receded 3d to…

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Better Prices for Wool and Wheat in 1930 Grading and Classing Undermanning the Wool Room—A Great Mistake Improvements Needed in the Sheds

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 1

THE most up-to-date methods must bo employed in classing wool, If we are to receive full value for the wool clip in Australia…

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Sheep Mortality. Negative Tests for Anthrax

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 19

In regard to the heavy mortality in sheep at Oaklands, the Ravensworth property of Mr. W. E. Fielding Jones, which has been reported as being due to anthrax, the owner…

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Blowfly Pest Oil Dressings for Infested Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 6

Oily dressings are probably the most common in use for the treatment of cutancous mylais of sheep (the condition caused by infestation with sheep…

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Wool Offerings. Limits to Curtailment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 17

The operations of the wool market were touched upon by Mr. R. H. Caird, the chairman of directors of the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company, at the annual…

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Wool Sales Sydney Next Week

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 2

Wool selling at auction will be resumed, in Sydney, on Monday next, and will be continued until January 15. Catalogues for that series comprise 73,500 bales, daily offerings…

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Wool Tops, Oats, and Peas

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 16

LONDON, January 2.--Results of the coming Australian sales of the raw material are being awaited before new, business in wool tops is attempted. The situation…

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Pastoral Leases Rentals in Federal Capital to be Reviewed

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 6

The Federal Cabinet has decided to appoint a board to determine whether the rents now paid by pastoral lesses in the Federal Capital Territory are…

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