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Farming & the land, 1931

10,465 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

The Farmer and the Tariff

The St George Call · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

Under some such title the Sydney Chamber of Commerce has made one of its natural attacks on the Australian tariff and Australian…

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Hawkesbury Diploma in Dairying

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 13

It will now be possible to obtain the diploma in dairying at Hawkesbury Agricultural College in one year instead of two…

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Struck Coal Seam Farmer After Lease At East Maitland

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday. -- An application for authority to enter 210 acres in the parish of Alnwick to search for coal and shale was made…

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Warwick Farm Crossing

The Biz · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

"The Railway Commissioners and the Main Roads Board have agreed to a scheme for the construction of an overhead bridge on the site of…

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Wheat and Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 11

"BLUE-BIRD" (Temora).—I live on a large farm of about 2000-acres, six miles from Temora. We have about five hundred acres of wheat in and about two hundred acres of…

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Sheep and Wool Returns Wanted

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 4

The date for the return of sheep and wool forms issued to sheepowners under the Census Act is January 15…

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Sheep

The Labor Daily · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 6

How unconcerned the grazing sheep Behaving in such manner; They stand upon their breakfast, they Lie down upon their dinner…

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Enoggera Sales Market Firm for Sheep and Dearer for Cattle By Special Telegram

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 5

About 10,000 sheep were penned at the Enoggera (Brisbane) live-stock markets on Thursday. The quality was good, more prime sheep being noticeable than…

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Bradford Wool Tops

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 6

The year opened with a more hopeful tone in the British Wool trade, and the prices for wool tops at Dradford, although low, were firm, the demand being…

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½d Rise Butter Up Again

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 2

Butter will be ½d a lb. dearer on Monday, when the new wholesale rate will be 1s 4d a lb. The price over the counter will probably be…

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Sale of the King's Cattle

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 1

Wintry conditions prevailed for the Buchinghomthire fat stock show, of which some of the King's cattle was sold. A snowstorm swept the ground during the show…

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Wheat Loadings and Stackings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 15

For the week ended January 3 the quantity of new wheat despatched from country stations was 645,532 bags, making a total of 4,234,331 bags for the season, while old…

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Quieter Tone in Wheat

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 12

The local wheat market was quieter yesterday. buyers generally holding off. Silo was offering at 25, buyers' offers not exceeding 24 to 24¼. For…

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Farmers Stack Grain in Paddocks Bagged Wheat Damaged in Middle-West

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 14

No wheat, is being received at the sidings on the line between Mudgee and Baradine, states the local agricultural instructor, Mr. G…

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Boat Want Our Butter Ottowa

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 7

"CANADA in two years time will be producing all the butter it requires," the Dominion Dairy Commissioner. Dr J A, Ruddick, told an…

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Large Flock of Sheep at Kosciusko

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 16

A flock of 6550 sheep on the way to summer pasturage at the Kosciusko snow leases. They belong to Dr. Foreman, of Cooma…

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What Wheat Pool Means to Farmer Minister Explains to Deputation Stable Price Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 5

Representatives of wheat pools and other bodies connected wish wheat marketing in the various States conferred…

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Licks for Sheep. Experiments in New England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 11

An experiment in feeding licks of various types to sheep has recently been completed at Glen Innes under the direction of the Chief Veterinary Surgeon and the sheep and wool…

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Returns From Sheep Owners Due Jan. 15

The Labor Daily · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 8

The date for the return of sheep and wool forms issued to sheepowners under the Census Act is January 15 next. The Statistician reports that…

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Wool Stabilisation. Suggested International Pool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 11

Mr. Bernard Tripp, of New Zealand, former president of the New Zealand Sheepowners' Union, and a member of the Sheepowners' Federation, passed through Sydney yesterday on…

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