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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

10,465 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Flour Tax Move What Farmers' Plea To Govt. West Wyalong

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 4

THE parlous condition of the which Industry was considered at a meeting of farmers graziers and business men at which representatives of the…

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Canadian Farmers Emulate the Barons Their Liberty Charter to Secede Wilkie Saskatchew v

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 3

ENDORSING the campaign of the Lloyed minister. Alberta, farmers for succession from Canada if…

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Bankruptcy Rush by 3000 Farmers! Perth

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 4

A NOVEL suggestion by a delegate at the wheatgrowers conference was that 3000 fanners should declare themselves bankrupt en masse and see what…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 11

The increased price for butter took effect among city dairy houses yesterday. Inquiry was very good, and supplies are showing a seasonable decline. The cheese market is also…

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Farmer Shot Dead. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 13

Andrew Maher, 64, farmer, of Charlton East, was found shot at his home to-day. He appeared to have fallen while climbing through a wire fence. There was a deep shotgun…

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Stock From the Royal Farms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 10

A first prize Devon steer, the property of the Prince of Wales, and a first prize Devon heifer exhibited by the King at the recent Smithfield Cattle Show in London…

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Strange Case Poultry Farmer's Story Still in Coma

The Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 11

Deep mystery still veils the case of Alfred William Goddard, the Albion Park poultry farmer, who yesterday told…

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Big Farm Factory World's Largest What Russia Is Doing Worth Noting

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 7

AN hour before my Moscow tain entered Rostov we passed a new city of large red brick, factories, red brick dwellings, wide cemented streets…

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Win Over Small Farmers Labor Has Lost Touch (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 3

Sir,--Is it not time the Labor Movement made even more strenou[?] efforts than it has in the past to win over the small and middle class farmer to our…

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Clarence Cane Crop Competition Keen Rivalry Among Fourteen Growers

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 14

Fourteen entries were received for the first sugar-cane crop competition conducted by the Clarence River Sugar Executive…

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Seven Agric. Bureau Conferences Busy Time for Farmers

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 14

The organiser of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr. C. C. Crane, and the president, Mr. W. W. Watson, win have a busy time during the ensuing…

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Drugged for Seven Days Farmer Imprisoned, Robbed

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 2

Thought to be the victim of some deadly and unknown drug, administered to him by a stranger, Alfred William Goddard, a poultry…

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Country News Up Against Taxes Lockhart Farmers Form Association

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 14

LOCKHART, Monday.--A largely attended meeting, principally of farmers, decided to form a branch of the N.S.W. Taxpayers' Association…

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Wool Stabilisation

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 34

The prevailing low price of wool and the unsatisfactory outlook in the pastoral industry are inducing growers again to discuss the question of stabilisation. ACCORDING to Mr. Bernard Tripp…

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Anthrax Kills 75 Sheep

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 14

TAMWORTH.--The first outbreak of anthrax among sheep in the Tamworth P.P. Board area for 25 years occurred at Kelvin, where 75 head…

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Finley's Wheat Harvest

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 14

FINLEY, Tuesday. -- Over 21,780 bags of new season's wheat have been delivered to the railway. Of this 12,798 bags have been placed…

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The Wheat Position

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 15

A cable message from Winnipeg published on Saturday referred to the prospect of a huge carry-over of Canadian wheat at the end of July next, which is the termination…

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Breadstuffs. Slow Wheat Movement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 15

The wheat market was again quiet yesterday. [?] wheat was offering at 2/3½ January delivery. Some business was done at that rate on Monday, but buyers yesterday were not…

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Wool and Woollen Prices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 15

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd, reports:—When world wool supplies were small compared with recent times and prices were high, large quantities of raw material were bought simply for the purpose of…

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Wheat Stackers' &c (State) Award

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 17

The following are the rates and conditions governing wheat stacking in South Wales: 1. Definitions,…

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