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Farming & the land, 1931

10,465 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 250

Wheat in London London, February 6

The Sun · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 2

The market for wheat cargoes was less active on the receipt of disappointing American closing advices, and sellers were willing to accept an occasional decline of…

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Butter Grading Factory Managers Confer with Federal Supervisor

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

Contentious matters in the Federal and State grading of butter for export were discussed last week at a conference in Sydney between the executive of the…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Feb. 5

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

Chicago wheat options to-day closed:- March, 79[?] cents per bushel (unchanged); May, 83[?] cents (up [?] cent); July, 67 cents (down [?] cent); September, 65[?] cents (down…

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F.A.Q. Wheat Standard Greatly Reduced Weight Product for This Season's Crop Huge Quantity of Second-grade Grain

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 10

The fair average quality of wheat for this season's wheat in New South Wales was fixed this week at 59½-lb., as compared with 61¾-lb. last year. The…

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Butter Making Report on the Management of Port Macquarie Factory

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

A proposal that the Port Macquarie butter factory should be closed because some of its suppliers had transferred their support to Kempsey was considered…

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Growing Margin Lower Prices for Sheep, but Increased Selling Costs

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

Allegations of job control at the Homebush (Sydney) abattoirs were made at a meeting of the Tamworth branch of the drapers' Association this week…

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Wool Sales Sharp Advance on Previous' Week's Prices

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

The average price of wool sold in Sydney last week was 7.3d. per lb. Sales were resumed on Monday. The market was most animated, and the…

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Profits and Losses Testing is the Book-keeping of the Dairy Farmer

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

Herd testing is just as important to the dairy farmer as book-keeping is to the business man—it reveals the source of his profits and his losses…

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Dairy Council's Better Pastures Scheme Farms Selected in Nine Districts

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 14

The scheme inaugurated by the Australian Dairy Council for the improvement of pastures in the dairying districts of New South Wales has…

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Wheat Under F.A.Q. Fixing a Second Standard

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

Finding difficulty in arriving at a definition of representative under-quality wheat, the grain section of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday postponed the determination of a…

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Under-quality Wheat Grade Fixing Problem Not Yet Solved

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 14

After a long sitting, the grain section committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce yesterday failed to arrive at a final decision as to a…

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Wheat Market Prices Recede but London Trade Remains Steady

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

Prices for wheat in Sydney this week were considerably easier, and each day saw a slightly lower rate quoted. On Thursday parcols of bulk wheat were sold…

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Wheat Accumulation. American Growers Warned. New York, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 13

The chairman of the Federal Farm Board (Mr. Legge) has written a letter to the Governor of North Dakota, saying that the board sees no improvement in the export…

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Wool Prices Graziers' Scheme for a Board of Control

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

THE present system of selling wool has been strongly criticised lately by growers in different parts of the State, the contention being that the producer…

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Wheat Entries Most States to Compete at Royal Sydney Show

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 3

Entries in the wheat section of the Sydney Royal Show at Easter total 150, and this is considered by the council of the R.A.S. to bo a very gratifying…

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Glum View U.S. Wheat Outlook Fewer Cars Washington

The Sun · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 1

The American farmer will have to give up riding around in motor cars if he is to compete with Russia in the World's wheal markets,…

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6d a Bushel Bounty Australian Wheat Exports Loan Decision Canberra

Evening News · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 4

The Premiers conference to-day unanimously resolved that a loan be raised to enable the Commonwealth to pay a bounty of 6d a bushel on wheat…

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6d Bushel Bounty on Exports Premiers Agree Helping Wheat Industry Canberra

The Sun · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 5

A bounty of 6d a bushel on wheat exported from Australia will be paid out of the loan which is to be raised to help the wheat…

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Fed. Aid for Wheatmen Plan Is Secret Moloney Discusses Exports Butter in Demand Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 5

ALTHOUGH it is reported from Canbarra that the Federal Government proposes to float a £5,000,000 loan to assist the wheatgrowers…

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On the Land the Wool Trade. a Market Advance. Very Strong Demand

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

For the first time since last May values for merino wools showed an average rise of 10 per cent, at this week's Sydney sales. The advance was very pronounced on fine…

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