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Farming & the land, 1931

10,465 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 250

30s. Car Bargain Time Farmer's Rolls Royce

The Sun · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 8

Yesterday at Parramatta an auctioneer sold a motor car for 30s. It was registered, but uninsured. Another car, slightly…

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By-election Crop London

The Sun · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 6

Polling is taking place to-day in the East Toxteth (Liverpool) by-election, vacant owing to the succession of Lord Melchett (formerly…

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Federal Plan Relief for Farmers Minister's Promise Albury

The Sun · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 7

Opening a crowded meeting of farmers, graziers, and leading commercial men in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, the Mayor (Alderman…

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Dairyman Assaulted

The Propeller · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 4

Early last Saturday morning Edward Waltho, dairyman, of Moore Street, Hurstville, was working in his dairy when he was suddenly set upon by two…

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Farmers Echo Workers' Plight Need for Fed Action in the Same Box

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 9

CONTENTIONS embodied in the statement issued by the A.C.T.U. executive on the very serious position confronting the…

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Serious Plight of Farmers Desperate Digger's Call for Help

Daily Pictorial · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 14

Scores of appealing letters from farmers who are in necessitous circumstances have been received by the general secretary of the Farmers…

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£5,000,000 to Farmers Relief Loan to Be Raised 3- a Bushel

Daily Pictorial · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- The Federal Government's plan to assist the wheat growers was completed to-day…

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Farmer Who Can Still Afford to Smile

Daily Pictorial · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 14

The present crisis in the country is not without its humorous side. One farmer in the Barellan district who is known to be heavily…

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Declined Gift of £5000 FARM Milk Board Chairman Heckled at Maitland

Daily Pictorial · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 14

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday. -- An offer to give him a farm valued at £5000 free if he would pay the owner and his family…

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Poultry Farmers Fairfield and District

The Biz · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 8

Contributed by Charles G. Parnis, J.P., F.J.A., Members of the Executive P.F.U. Smithfield-street, Fairfield. Never in the history of poultry…

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Melbourne Sales Lower Prices for Sheep, Lambs, and Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 5

Another heavy supply of sheep was offered at the Melbourne sales on Tuesday, and prices showed a further all-round decline, current rates being the…

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Butter Quality Victorian Dairymen Seek an Improvement

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 8

VARIOUS matters of interest to butter producers were placed before the assistant Minister for Agriculture in Victoria (Mr. Pollard) last week by…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 15

The wheat market was steady yesterday, and if anything there was a shade more disposition on the part of holders not to offer wheat as freely as in the early part of the week. For…

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Bradford Wool Tops

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 6

There was a sharp advance in prices at the Bradford wool tops market last week, and it was stated that a fair amount of business wot passing, but the…

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The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 19

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Wheat Loadings and Stackings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 15

For the week ended January 31 the quantity of new wheat despatched from country stations was 392,190 bags, making a total of 6,424,057 bags for the season, compared with 2,257,617…

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Wheat Stocks in Elevators

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 15

Wheat stocks in New South Wales Government grain elevators on February 5 totalled 21,092,000 bushels, comprising 15,405,000 bushels in country silos, and 5,687,000 bushels…

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Butter Boost for Production Coastal Rains

The Sun · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 2

Although the floods are likely to cause some damage, the heavy rains on the North Coast in due course will cause a…

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Swede Turnips. Value as Cattle Food

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 11

Mr. J. Douglass, vegetable instructor in the Department of Agriculture, suggests that cattle owners on the tablelands might profitably turn their attention to swede turnips for…

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Adelaide Wool Sales. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 15

The fifth series of the Adelaide wool sales was concluded to day when the balance of the catalogue of 30,970 bales was submitted. All the best features of the opening sales were apparent…

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