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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

10,465 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Australia's Wool Clip Its Size Is of National Benefit

The Land · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 5

Wincheombc, Carson, Ltd., report: If wool markets could recover as quickly as the Australian pastoral industry can revive after a drought, prices for the staple would not be low…

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Wheat Market Weak Values Still Declining Local Quotations at 1/7[?]

The Land · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 7

WEDNESDAY. — Wheat markets overseas are described as very weak, with all values still steadily declining. Apparently, the market has…

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Produce Trade Potato Prices Go Higher Vic. Onions Advance 20/- a Ton Butter Bounty

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

QUOTATIONS for West Australian and Victorian potatoes were increased by 20/- and 40 - a ton respectively, in Sussey-street…

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The Wool Industry. Menace of Costs. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 8

Sir,—I have read Mr. Kidd's advice to the Gulargambone wool growers, as published, at length, in the issue of the "Sydney Morning Herald" on December 23. On behalf of the…

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Notes From a Countryman's Diary. Canada's New Wheat Marketing Plan—Price Equalisation of Farm and Manufactured Products—Medicine for our Governments—Where Will Labor's Folly End—A Taxless Farming Utopia—The Retreat from the Cities—Bush Fire Education—"Go On the Land"—Science and Agriculture Allied A Pill for Governments

The Land · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

THE Restoration of Industry Advisory Council, constituted at the…

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Wheat Trade Hold-up Plea to Merchants To Carry On Retrospective Act Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 6

COMMENTING on the position in the wheat industry, and the Commonwealth Government's guarantee under the Wheat Advances Act, a prominent…

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U.S.A. Attempts to Overthrow Economic Laws Gigantic Juggle in Wheat Market WASHINGTON

Daily Pictorial · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

The manipulation of the United States grain market by the Federal Government has forced up the domestic price of…

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Overseas Quotations for Wheat on December 30, 1930 (All quotations arc to the nearest one-eighth of a penny.)

The Land · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 7

London.—South Australian: The closing quote for January/February delivery was 3/l½/ per bushel. West Australian: The closing quote for…

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The F.s.a. Did Good Work for Farmers in 1930

The Land · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

"WITH the foundations of-its stability crumbling beneath it, the wheat industry to-day must reduce.: its costs of production and be given relief…

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Farmers, on the Threshold of a New Year, Arm Optimistic What Does 1931 Hold for Agriculture? Practical Recognition by Governments and Public of Farmers' Difficulties Will Pave the Way Back to Prosperity

The Land · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

To the primary producers, never was a New Year more gloomy than the one we entered upon yesterday; never before has an incoming year held less tangible promise of good fortune than 1931. But its coming will be welcomed, for, despite its apparent barrenness, it is fraught with possibilities; the affairs of the farmers will either become worse, or they will improve, and the law of averages inclines one to the view that they will take a turn…

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Labor's Amusing Farm Socialisation Propaganda

The Land · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

I HAVE before me a clipping from the "Labor Daily," headed "Socialisation—A Word for the Farmer's Ear," by C. Menzies, for the A.L.P. Sociaiisation Committee. Mr. Menzies delivers himself of fulminations against the "capitalistic system," blaming it for "the mess the farmer is…

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The Storekeeper and the Farmer

The Land · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

THE farmer grows his wheat with white labour, by the sweat of his brow, and with long hours every day. He sells his wheat in the market of…

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Junior Farmers Coraki Show J.F. Club's Fine Display

The Land · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 8

At Coraki agricultural show an important feature was the participation of the Junior Farmers' Club; and the young people's exhibits attracted the…

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An Established Dairy a Cowra District Property

The Land · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 5

Mr. H. J. Brien, Stock and Station Agent, of Cowra, has heen asked to sell the leading dairy and milk run of the Cowra district, known as "St[?]dleigh. "The particulars, as…

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Dairying Industry. New Zealand's Dairy Secret An Ideal Climate and Scientific Dairying

The Land · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 7

Prof. O. F. Hunziker, an American dairy scientist, who recently visited New Zealand, writes in the English "Dairy" an article in appreciation of New Zealand's dairying methods, and of the resultant butter. After noting New Zealand's climatic and pasture advantages, he…

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One-tree Farm a Sketch of Real Rural Life

The Land · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 7

Tomtoolery writes: —About 3.30 a.m., if you happen to be awake—awake at 3.30 a.m. is a thing that Joe never is, or in fact any one…

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Challenge and Anniversary Weights This Course Is the One for Killarney Mostly Runs Good Race at Farm the Sprinters

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

KILLARNEY seldom runs a bed race at Warwick Farm, and he will probably be favorite for the Sefton Handicap at tomorrow's…

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Filly's Chance at Farm Financial Will Be Fancied Five Furlongs

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

IN the best two-year-old company at Randwick, Financial gave a display of galloping that appealed to race-goers. Most of them decided to be on…

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Farmers' Debts To Fertiliser Companies. NEARLY £2,000,000. Credit to Be Stopped. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 9

A serious position is arising in the fertiliser industry owing to a succession of unfavourable seasons. During the last few years, the companies…

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The Farm Further Test of Tax Cleave's Chance

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 5

It is generally agreed that the betting tax will have its real test when the round of suburban meetings is re-commenced at…

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