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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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Bulk Handling of Wheat Inspection at 2130.To-day

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 1

The Churchman or the Waterside Board of Reference. Mr. H. W. M.. Tarrant will conduct an inspection of bulk loading of wheat at While Bay…

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State Boards to Control How Wheat Advances Will Work

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Arrangements for the operation of the Wheat Advances Act, by which farmers will be paid 3 a bushel…

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Firm Prices Germany, Japan Keen To-day's Wool Sales

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 8

Keen competition, good clearances and well maintained prices, at yesterday's levels, were reported by…

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Wheat Trading Cessation Acute Position At All Silos Many Shut Down

Evening News · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 7

THE wheat position in the country will be extremely serious at the end of the week. When all silos in the country,…

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On the Land Wheat Advances Act Position Still Obscure. Buyers' Difficulties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 7

While a comprehensive statement in regard to the Federal Government's guarantee under the Wheat Advances Act was issued by the Acting Minister for Markerts (Mr. Forde)…

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Still Lower Canada's Wheat Prices the U.S.A. Peg Winnipeg

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 1

The absence of export demand forced prices down 3d a bushel, May options closing at 56 cents (2s 4d), and July at 58 cents (2s 5d)…

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Moloney Has Panacea for Ills of Wheat Growers Complete National Organisations to End Chaos Vancouver

Evening News · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 1

"THE ultimate salvation of the wheat growers lies in complete national and international control by the growers…

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The Land and the Producer Wheat Guarantee Confusion and Delay Marking Time Pending Commonwealth Bank's Finance Decision

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 14

The conditions and procedure in connection with the Federal Government's wheat guarantee were further explained by Mr. F. M. Forde, Assistant Minister for Markets, who was in Sydney yesterday…

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Vicious Snake Repeated Attacks on Farmer ARMIDALE

Evening News · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 5

WHEN William James Hyde, dairy farmer, accidentally placed his band on the tail of brown snake. It sprang backward, just missing his face,…

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Gee Gossip and GUFFAWS "Hat-trick" is His Goal—They've Got His Strength—Free Air and Retreads Required—"Mackers" at the Farm. Only Barrel Missed

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 4

OWNER J. E. Brien looked to have an excellent chance of winning both divisions of the Maiden Nursery at the Farm on…

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Drowned in Dam. Farmer and Employee. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 9

William Pallister, 26, farmer, and Norman Wingfield, 28, his employee, neither of whom could swim, were drowned in a dam on the old State farm at Brunswick on Saturday…

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Farm Produce Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 11

A correspondent writes that the remarkes of the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) on the Farm Produce Agents Act call for some comment. He states that the £4000 to £5000…

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Hawkesbury Dairy Course. Scholarships for Factory Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 7

The Department of Agriculture has arranged that persons who have had at least three years' experience in dairy factory processing and manufacture may enter the second year…

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Starving Farmers. Trouble in United States. Armed Men Demand Food. New York, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 9

A message from England (Arkaiuas) states that the prolonged drought which ruined hundreds of United States farmers last summer had a dramatic sequel when a mob of…

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Farmer Injured. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 10

When a horse attached to a sulky bolted in Wiseman's Creek-road, John Caivil, a farmer, of O'Connell, was thrown from the vehicle on to a barbed wire fence. He received severs…

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The World of Women Jennifer Tells Such a Crop of Engagements for the New Year Cupid Must Have Been Working Overtimes-- Some of His Victims--Allie Pritchard' s Party

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 15

Isn't it lucky that Mr. Lang has not thought fit to put a tax on the Cupid Stakes. But had he done so, what a run he would have had for his money just now! Romance is in the air, and engagements are being…

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Making Good Men of the Boys Influence of Junior Farmers' Movement

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 14

"The effect of the Junior Farmers' Club movement upon many lads in country districts has been little short of miraculous."…

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Dry Time for Northern Potato Crops

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 14

Early sown potato crops in the Glen Innes district need rain. About Red Range the position is becoming serious…

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'Hoppers Reduce Production Farmers Leave Control to the Birds

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 14

Grasshoppers are abundant oh the Upper Hunter, and farmers are leaving control mainly to birds, such as starlings and ibis…

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Help the Farmer

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 6

FULL silos and ruined wheat- growers seem a paradox. But it will also be a grim reality unless something better than the…

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