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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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General Markets. Overseas Quotations for Wheat on January 13 (All quotations are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny.)

The Land · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 7

London.—South Australia: The closing quote for January/February delivery was 2/11¼ per bushel. West Australia: The closing quote for January/February cargoes was 2/11¼ per…

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A Farmer's Letter to an M.L.A.

The Land · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

THIS is the text of a letter received by a Country Party M.L.A. from one of his farmer-constituents in the south-western mallee: I am troubled to know what…

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Here's Faith in Farming!

The Land · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

DESPITE the depressed state of our primary industries, and in spite of the spirit of gloom that pervades the whole countryside, if…

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A Challenge to Farmers Demand Immediate Reduction of Administrative Costs

The Land · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

Mr. Robert B. Black, Braemar, Greenethorpe, writes: Butchered to make a Labor holiday! That is what is happening to the…

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Advertise Australia Delegation of Business Men and Farmers for England

The Land · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

Mr. W. V. Rudder, of Kempsey, writes: —Having lately spent twelve months in the homeland, I am completely in…

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On the Stockyard Fence: The Men on the Land Make their Own Politics Unity Is Strength New Staters, Parliamentary Abolitionists and Farmers

The Land · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

Mr. Wilfred Wyndham, Kyogle, writes: Some time ago I noticed that at a meeting of a Chamber of Commerce…

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The Country Man's Inquiry Department Legal a Share-farmer's Employees

The Land · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 8

Mangain asks: (1) If a share-farmer (under agreement with me) employed at harvest time one or two members of a family whom I do not like or…

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Grain Quality Below Normal Official December Crop Review

The Land · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 4

THE general-quality, of, the grain of this harvest is considerably, below normal, due to pinched grain, as the result of rust damage, in some…

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W.A. Farmers and Unscrupulous Firms

The Land · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 3

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN wheatgrowers are about to take strong and concerted action against any firm found to be engaging in unscrupulous practices…

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In West Australia Strong Action Urged at Farmers' Conferences

The Land · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 3

THAT Western Australian wheatgrowers are resolute in their determination to preserve their rights is indicated by resolutions passed at two…

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Mechanical Farming Memories of Old-time Opposition

The Land · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 4

THERE is some strange defect in the human make-up which, in spite of education, enlightenment, emancipation, or any movement for…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 13

The new rates for Board eggs took effect yesterday among city dairy houses. Agents were taken by surprise at the increase and a good deal of inconvenience was caused, as a…

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Practical Aid to Farmer. Gulgong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 12

Farmers of the Tallawang district recently took their harvesting machines for the second time into the paddock of Mr. J. Back, a sick farmer, and harvested the balance of his…

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Rural Workers Terrible Plight of Small Farmers and Youth on the Land the Agrarian Situation

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 7

With the deepening of the present world crisis and the intensification of class conflicts every part of the proletarian class has been brought into…

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Down on the Farm

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 7

A few weeks ago I went to draw my rations at the Sydney Labor Bureau. I was offered a job at 25/- per week with an increase after a few…

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Milk Down Less for Farmer New Prices

The Sun · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 5

Farmers will obtain less for milk than they have for 10 or 12 years by the latest determination of the Milk Board--a…

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Lose All Outlook for Farmers Will Fight Desperate Remedies

The Sun · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 6

Thousand of men on the land are faced with the prospect of losing farms which it has taken them a lifetime to…

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Up Go Food Prices France Will Take Steps to Help Farmer PARIS

Daily Pictorial · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 4

THE cost of living in France will, it is expected, soon begin to soar, as the Government intends to take energetic measures to save the farmers,…

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Rural Schools Are Doing Fine Work Boys' Field Experiments Interest Farmers

Daily Pictorial · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 14

The work the boys of the Scone District Rural School are carrying out is receiving much interest and support from the local farming…

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Only Half Wheat Crop Delivered

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 14

DUBBO. -- With only half the district crop delivered to the sidings, operations in wheat are at a standstill…

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