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Farming & the land, 1932

10,570 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

The Way to Progress Reforms that are Needed by Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 3

The bulk of the nation's revenue is produced from the land, yet these very men who produced practically all the wealth of Australia are the heaviest taxed in the…

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Verses in Slang To the Editor "Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 2

The writer of elegant poetry has but a small audience in Australia, I fear. The number of persons wanting his songs is small—too small to give him the bread…

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Iniquitous Transport Act To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 2

The following information may be of interest to the public as regards the Motor Transport Act. I have a dairy farm on the far south coast, also a…

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Letters to the Editor Comments Criticism & Hints by Readers The Baneful Dole To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 2

I thoroughly approve of the articles in your paper on Mr. Lang and his deplorable government, and I admire the vigor of your attack. I should like to see you…

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Science and Farming a Digest of Agricultural Research Work for the Year

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 10

THE sixth volume of the annual summary of scientific and economic research in agriculture, bearing the title "Agricultural Research in 1930," has just…

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Like to be a Dairy Maid

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 11

"EVENING STAR" (Kunghur).—My principal ambition is to be a dairy maid. I love dairying and farm work. I often go out with my father brushing, fencing,…

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The Junior Farmers' Page Juniors' Letters to Benby

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 11

BENBY wants his young friends to write and tell him about themselves—about their ambitions, hopes work, and play—whether on the farm, at school, or in holiday hours in the paddock, on the river, or at the seaside. Benby will publish any letters that he considers are worth printing. Don't hesitate; write whenever you have anything to say, and you will give Benby pleasure. All lettes used will paid for…

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Shake Farming Notice to Quit Must be Given by Landlord

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 11

"Cereal" is a share farmer on the halves finding all the plant and labor, and his share of the bags and twins, etc. There is no written agreement between him and his…

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"Facing Ruin" Transport Act Hits Farmers

The Sun · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 5

"The New Transport Act is breaking farmers in the Hawkesbury district," declared the president of the Farmers' Defence Union (Mr. R. T…

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Forfeited Farm Soldier Settlers and Divide-up

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 7

FORBES.--The Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully, is to be requested by the Returned Soldiers' League to re-open the matter of the disposal of a…

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We Select Our Cattle Yet We Neglect Our Human Stock FEATURE No. 11 Making Australia Healthy for Unborn Generations Mrs. A. B. Piddington Pens Strong Plea For Pre-Marriage Safeguards

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 23

DISASTER by flood or fire, murders, accidents, and suicides, which are headlined in the daily Press, to live in the public mind for the briefest…

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Wheat Quotas Australia Need Not Worry London

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1932 · page 3

Australia has no need to worry about her share of the quota of Dominion wheat imports into Great Britain, it is stated in Government…

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Better Tone Good Sheep Firm Cattle Prices Hold

The Sun · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 8

The stock sold at Homebush to-day was chiefly of middling variety, and despite the small numbers values showed practically no change from the reduced figures that ruled…

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High Butter Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 7

BOMBALA.—A Cathcart dairyman, who is the owner of a Shorthorn herd, last month, supplied 10801b of choicest butter to the Pambula Dairy Company from the milk of 40…

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Produce. the Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 11

Hot weather and drying winds continue to prevail in most of the New South Wales dairying centres, particularly on the far North and far South Coasts, where supplies…

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World Wool Movements

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 4

Exports of wool from the principal wool exporting countries for the season September to August inclusive (according to the Bulletin of the…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Quiet But Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 11

The wheat market was quiet on Saturday, practically no business being done, but prices were steady, owing to support which was forthcoming from the Orient. Three steamers have…

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German Butter Duties Cause Boycott Helsingfors

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 5

The Finnish Agricultural Union has boycotted all German goods until Germany repeals the butter duties, which are regarded as a breach of…

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Second[?]grade Wheat. Complaints in Parkes District

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 7

PARKES, Saturday.—Farmers from all parts of the district at a public meeting this afternoon complained that wheat from some parts of the district had been graded at the…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 11

Chicago wheat options to-day closed:— March, 57½ cents per bushel (down ¼ cent); May, 59? cents (down ¼ cent); July, 59 cents (down ? cent); September, 60½ cents (down ¼…

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