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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

10,570 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250

Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Steadier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 13

The wheat market was steadier yesterday. Business had been done late the pr[?]ous evening in bulk wheat at 3/1½. Yesterday morning buyers were prepared to continue on…

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Wheat Stocks in Elevators

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 13

Wheat stocks in New South Wales Government grain elevators on January 28 aggregated 21,007,000 bushels, comprising 14,785,000 busheb in country silos, and 6,222,000 bushels…

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Cattle Ticks Search for Suspected Stock

The Land · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 1

Officers of the stock branch of the Department of Agriculture are engaged in efforts to trace the movements of all cattle which have, during" the past year,…

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Professor and Wheat-Rye Cross

The Land · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 16

Sir Rowland Biffen, professor of agricultural botany at Cambridge University, who has succeeded in crossing wheat and rye, has told…

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Butter Marketing. Britain's Attitude. to Dominion Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 9

Representatives of co-operative butter factories, who met at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, decided to ask the Minister for Markets (Mr. Hawker) to call a meeting of…

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Monday's Homebush Sheep and Lambs Market Irregular

The Land · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 12

The sheep market was irregular at Homehush ou Monday, when 21,564 head were forward, lambs again forming the bulk of the supply. Ewes and wethers were well in…

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Sheep Show This Year Breeders Assn. Decides

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 4

The council of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders Association has decided to hold a show this year…

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Wool Sales. Record Price Paid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 11

At the wool sales yesterday, the present season's record price of /29 per lb was paid by a French buyer for six bales of A clip merino ewes, branded Wyallia over SJ over…

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Man Falls 90Ft. Down Wheat Silo

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 7

CRASHING 90ft. down the inside of a silo at Mungo Scott's flour mills, Lewisham, yesterday. Valentine Smith,…

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Wheat Prospects Pleasing Expert's Cheering Review

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 10

The statistical position of wheat is now more satisfactory from the growers' standpoint than it has been for some…

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The Old Days Pack Horses Carried the Butter

The Land · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 5

THE Woilongong show schedule states that the first exhibition was held in 1843, and as this is going a long way back, the president, Mr. A. Cook,…

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Wool Sales Postponed London, January 28

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 2

Wool sales to-day had to be postponed on account of on BRADFORD TOPS FIRM At Bradford the wool tops market is firm…

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Queensland Must Buy Wheat For Home Use

The Land · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 4

The wheat harvest in Queensland has heen so, poor that, although there is still 600,000 bushels available from last season, it will be necessary to…

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Cattle Ticks In Cangai District. Area Quarantined. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 11

The Chief Veterinary Surgeon (Mr. Max Henry) said to-night that it had been definitely established that there were cattle ticks at Hanging Rock, near Cangai, on the…

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Thursday's Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs Improved Quality

The Land · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 12

The sheep market was irregular at Homebush on Thursday, when 29,428 were forward. All descriptions were well in evidence, the quality being better than last day. Wethers…

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Wheat Cargoes Eastern Demand Slackens LONDON, January 28

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 2

The wheat cargoes market to-day was dull. Sellers were willing to lower terms for Monitors and occasionally for Australians, owing to Shanghai trading and…

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Land and Producer Britain Wants Our Butter Unlimited Market Offering

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 10

"There is an unlimited market in Great Britain, at a price, for the fine class of butter sent by Australia," said Sir George…

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Dairying, Farm Stock & VETERINARY To answer your question, our Veterinarian must know all the facts. Therefore give full particulars of the malady when you write for advice. Don't Neglect Heel Troubles in Horses Cracks and Grease Both Require Prompt Treatment When Noticed

The Land · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 11

A RECENT correspondent was promised more detailed information on the subject of diseases of the skin of horses' heels than could be supplied in an answer to a query. When a correspondent writes for advice on so-called greasy heels, it is always difficult to say if he means an…

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Pound of Flesh R.I.B. and the Farmers' Crop

The Land · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 3

ALMOST confiscatory, is how the president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association describes the policy of the Rural Industries…

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Farm Produce Made Good Showing at Wollongong High-class Dairy Products at Annual Show Poultry, Fruit, Vegetables, Were of High Standard

The Land · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 5

THOUTH the cattle exhibits, which make such a large and important section of a South Coast show, were absent this year, there was much to interest the visitor to Wollongong Show. The fertility of this famous district was well illustrated by fine…

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