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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

10,465 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250

Forde's Failure Bank Cannot Finance the Wheat Advances Act Continued from Page One

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 2

assisting the wheat growers in some other way. To that end, the Prime Minister and he have had repeated consultations with the Chairman of the Commonwealth…

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Mr. Forde's Failure Commonwealth Government will Abandon its Wheat Act Bank Cannot Finance It

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 1

MONDAY last saw the end of Mr. Forde's futile efforts to handle a desperate situation in the wheat trade, mainly of his own making. Following a…

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Information and Help Uncle Wiseman Answers Questions Suspect Cattle Must an Owner Obey the Orders of an Inspector?

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 11

"Dairyman" tells me that his Jersey cow recently developed a swelling between the point of the jawbone and the windpipe which broke, discharged, and subsequently healed…

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Milling Wheat at 4- Caucus Agrees to Plan Surplus for Necessitous Growers Bill Introduced Next Week

The Labor Daily · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 5

THE Parliamentary Labor Party yesterday agreed to the wheat marketing proposals of the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, as forecast in this paper. The price of milling wheat will be fixed by proclamation at 4 a bushel,…

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The Land and the Producer The Wage Cut and The Pastoral Industry A First Step in the Essential General Reduction of Costs

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 14

The reduced rates to be applied to Federal awards only affect a section of workers in the pastoral industry. They do not touch shearing rates, and the wages of shed and station hands will still be over 100 per cent. above pre-war…

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Several Lines Cheaper Heavy Supplies and a Dull Market at Alexandria (Sydney) Saleyards This Week Potatoes and Wheat Down Again

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 5

Heavy supplies of train and forage were again received at Alexandria (Sydney) goods yards this week. The demand was not very strong and many lines were…

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The Milk Board Hawkesbury Dairymen's Dissatisfaction Penrith's Co-operation Wanted

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 4

Dairymen in the Hawkesbury district, who strenuously opposed the establishment of the Metropolitan Milk Board, which was created for the purpose of…

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Five Requests for Aid Farmers See Ministers at Parkes PARKES

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 5

A DEPUTATION of farmers waited on the Minister for Agriculture. Mr. Dunn, and the Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully, to-day, requesting:—…

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Around the Shops "Merrythought Specials" for the Woman of the Home and the Man on the Land Kitchen, Laundry and Farm Requisites

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 12

AUNT MERRYTHOUGHT has decided to devote this space to the interests of housewives and to the men on the farm, as she has selected necessities for…

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Farm Notes £ News

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 7

A "CROW more barley" campaign is to be undertaken next season. This season growers had good crops, and received up to 4/6 a bushel form the…

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What's new in Dairying

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 8

A PROPOSAL that the Hastings Dairy Co.'s factory at Port Macquarie should cease operations was discussed at an extraordinary meeting of shareholders…

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Dairy Shorthorns Illawarra Breeders Pleased with the Amalgamation

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 8

The first annual meeting of the Illawarra and Southern branch of the Australian Illawarra Shorthorn Society was held at Kiama yesterday (Friday)…

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Cane Competition Prize Winners in the Clarence Crop Contest

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 3

Judging of the fourteen entries in the first sugar-cane crop competition conducted by the Clarence River Sugar executive has been completed by Mr. L…

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Pure Foods Act Department of Agriculture Loses Case Against Dairyman

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 3

A judgment of more than ordinary importance to dairy farmers was delivered at the Hornsby (N.S.W.) police court on Tuesday, by Mr. May, S.M…

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Crown Tenants Needy Farmers Ask That Payments be Deferred

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 3

Owing to drought conditions, settlers at Mungery, in the Peak Hill and Narromine (N.S.W.) districts, are in bad financial straits, and a deputation asked the…

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Foreign Exchange To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 2

I was most interested in what you had to say ("F. and S.," 17/1/31) on the question of foreign exchange. Did I got the point rightly? Do we now get in…

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Undaunted by the Slump (To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler.")

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 2

At the moment, every farmer's thoughts are centred on wheat prices. Looking at a graph, showing prices for the last 160 years, one will see there is a rough…

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A Final Rally To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 2

Our new government appears to be almost as indi[?]erent to the national peril as its predecessor was, when it is so loath to make any movement in a real…

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Useless P.P. Boards (To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler.")

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 2

In a recent issue of the "Farmer and Settler" there was a letter front a correspondent at Bindogundra, in which the writer advocated the abolition of…

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Empire Farmers Tour of Great Britain Being Arranged

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 3

The N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) announced this week that the British National Union was organising a tour of Great Britain for the…

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