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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

10,465 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

They Grew the Wheat. Now, Mr. Scullin!

The Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 8

NEXT to seeing that nobody who could be saved by official provision perishes from hunger or exposure, the prime duty of Government to-day is to sustain and restore to solvency the primary industries. Perhaps the order of importance could be reversed, for when the men…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 15

Chicago wheat options to-day closed:— March, 79½ cents per bushel (unchanged); May 82½ cents (down [?] cent); July, 66[?] (up [?] cent)…

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Wheat and Flour. Shipments for the Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 5

Exports of wheat from Australia in the week ended January 29 amounted to 4,916,673 bushels, and 7768 tons of flour were also shipped. Victoria…

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Wheat—a World Problem! Where Is the Solution?

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 1

After the disappearance of Russia from the comity of nations owing to the revolution which overthrew Czardom, and almost wiped out civilisation…

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Flour Tax Will Save State's Wheat Farmers Would Mean Only Slight Rise In Price of Bread, Says Country Spokesman Would Make It £74- a Ton

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 5

"The Farmers and Settlers' Association considers that a sales tax on flour of £74 a ton, as approved by the big conference at Canberra in November, the most practicable method of relieving the position of the farmers."…

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Country News Tragic End to Play at Wheat Stack

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 13

TEMORA, Tuesday. -- Rudolf Bertold Rosenberg (2) was killed instantly at Tullibigeal when six bags of wheat fell on him from a…

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To Load Wheat or Flour Two Henderson's Steamers Chartered

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 4

The British steamer Mandalay, which is owned by P. Henderson & Co., of Glasgow, has been fixed to load 6000 to 7000 tons of wheat and/or flour…

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Oversea Market Cables. London Wool Sales, London, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 15

At to-day's wool sales, 8239 bales were catalogued, including 909 bales Queensland, 2029 New South Wales, 1318 Victorian, 265 South Australian, nine Western Australian, and 2324…

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22½d Paid Top Price for Series Wool in Demand

The Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 10

Demand was well sustained at today's wool sales, and prices were firm at late levels, as all the best features at yesterday's sales were in…

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Wheat Under F.A.Q. An Urgent Problem. Government Liens Affected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 11

Further references to the problem of marketing second grade wheat are contained in the reports of agricultural Instructors in the wheat belt…

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The Harbour Bridge. a Magnificent Picture. "Gold Booms and Shorn Sheep." "Sydney Mail" Features

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 12

So much has the Sydney Harbour Bridge been photographed that It is difficult to see It from a new angle, yet in this week's "Sydney Mail" quite a new picture is shown. It takes…

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Price of Wool. a Welcome Rise. Mr. F. H. Tout's Comments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 11

The president of the Graziers' Association (Mr F. H. Tout), commenting yesterday on the rise in the wool market, said the Improvement was very welcome, but it was too soon…

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Union Smashers Exposed. Communist Tactics in Queens Pastoral Industry. Senator Rae Bites the Hand That Fed Him

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 14

THE operations of Senator Rae and his gang of Communist disrupters against the adoption of the Pastoral Award as recently delivered by the Queensland…

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Law Report. in Chambers. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen.) Advances Against Wheat. Mungo Scott, Ltd., v Barber

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 10

A report of this case appears in another column…

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Dairyman's Story Of Attack

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 5

Edward Waltho, dairyman, of Moore-st, Hurstville, has told the police that he went to the balls about 3 a.m. yesterday to milk the cows, and he was…

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Cat Destroys Farm

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 8

A cat's panic when its tail caught fire led to the destruction of a farm at Zamora (Spain). While the cat was lying by the fire a…

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In Desperate Plight. Farmers Cannot Get Credit

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 8

FARMERS throughout New South Wales are in a desperate plight owing to the action of the country storekeepers declining to advance them further credit…

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Planning Ahead in the Home Garden Sowing the Seed of Next Seasons Stocks—Trimming the Hydrangeas—Root Crops for the Winter

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 43

THERE is much to be done in the garden during midsummer. Although the weather is usually hot and dry, and the home gardener is compelled to spend much of his available time in…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 15

There was little of note in dairy produce trade yesterday. Bacon met with fair demand, but shoulders were slow of sale. Middles were most in demand. Eggs sold fairly briskly and…

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On the Land Dairy Outlook. Pastures Drying Off. Reports for January

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 11

Last week's rain must have been welcome on the North Coast, according to the reports for January of dairy Instructors In that section of the State…

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