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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

10,465 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 250

North-west Maize Crops

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 14

Summer crops are in good condition in the north-west. Maize crops are showing greater promise than for some years, and a considerably…

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Green Feed All the Year Round New Era for Dairying in Wagga District

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 14

Striking results have been achieved with irrigated pastures in the Murrumbidgee River Valley, oil the property of Mr. A. R. Martin, of…

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Settling Bills of Farmers £5,000,000 Plan Before Premiers

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.--It was explained to the Premiers in conference here today that £1,250,000 of the £5,000,000 farmers' loan would…

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To Open Rich Farm Belt

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Friday.--Cessnock Chamber of Commerce will renew the agitation for the Minimbah-Morisset railway, which, it is contended, will…

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Farmer Left to His Fate! Almost Hopeless Outlook In U.S.A. New York

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 4

"The artificial maintenance of wheat prices will have to be abandoned, and adjustment left to the old principle of the survival of the…

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In Despair Plight of Wheat Farmers Griffith

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1931 · page 2

The delay of the Governments in coming to the assistance of the farmers is increasing the danger of families in the wheat-growing areas becoming absolutely destitute. To-day I travelled extensively between Griffith and…

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Starving Farmers Demand Help Credit or No Wheat May Be Sown

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 8 February 1931 · page 2

GRIFFITH, Saturday.--Farmers are starving, and unless credit is made available for superphosphate, chaff, and tractor fuel, there may…

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£6,000,000 Loan Approved; Aiding Farmers Allocation oh Wheat Production Basis

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 8 February 1931 · page 3

CANBERRA, Saturday. -- The Loan Council to-day approved the immediate raising of a loan of £6,000,000, to aid wheat-growers…

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LOAN SPURT--Buoyancy On 'Change Sharp Gains Rally in Wool Market Trade Balance

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1931 · page 7

Most heartening of developments on 'Change in many weeks was the recent remarkable rally made by Commonwealth loan values, following on the Nationalist victory in the Parkes by-election. Discomfiture of the inflationists and a consequent revival of…

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Gold Fleece Merino to the Rescue Wool Hopes a £5,000,000 Prospect London

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1931 · page 4

The excess of merino wool over the world's requirements is so small that a 10 per cent, increase in consumption would make a demand greater than the supply, declared Lord Luke, director of Australian Mercantile,…

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SECRETS of the Town Gossip from my DAIRY In the Early Days

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1931 · page 15

THE seismic upheaval that wrecked Napier (New Zealand) during the week is not the first that has overwhelmed the district, is a youth, I was friendly with a…

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Bitter Pill For U.S. Farmers WASHINGTON

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1931 · page 4

The Soviet aims at dominating the world's wheat markets, and the American farmer will have to give up riding around in motor cars if…

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Cattle Stealing

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 6

Francis Knott, at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions an Wednesday, was charged with having stolen six cows, the property of Samuel B. Jones, at Penrith,…

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5s an Acre Wheat Farmers' Needs

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 7

"The farmers must get an advance of 5s an acre cash--that is the only means by which we are going to get the next season's crop…

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Produce. the Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 11

Very heavy falls of rain have been experienced on the North Coast, in fact, several of the rivers are in flood, low lying areas being under water. In due course there should be…

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Western Wheat Men Turn to Dairying New Industry Likely At Lake Cargelligo

Daily Pictorial · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 14

LAKE CARGELLIGO, Sunday.-- Interest in dairying has been aroused in this district owing to the poor prices offering for wheat and the…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat and Flour Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 11

Shipments of wheat and flour combined from the exporting States in the Commonwealth during the first two months of the current cereal year—December and January.—in the…

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Quick Work at Wheat Silos

Evening News · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 3

The British freighter, Nolisement, left Sydney early to-day lot Continential ports, with 8200 tons of wheat. The vessel arrived here last…

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Australian Butter. Exports Increasing. Victorian Quality Improves

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 7

In a statement embodying figures for the exports of butter for the current season, the Minister for Markets (Mr. Parker Moloney) said yesterday that it was gratifying to find…

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Prices Up Sheep at Homebush Short Supplies

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 8

With only 22,850 sheep in the pens at Homebush this morning, a dearer market was inevitable. There was very little improvement…

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