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Farming & the land, 1932

10,570 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

Record Loading of Wheat Ship Nearly 8000 Tons in Seven Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 6

By loading the steamer Dallington Court with 7965 tons of wheat in seven hours recently, it is believed that the Government Grain Elevators…

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On the Land the Wool Trade. a Sustained Demand. Values Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 11

Late rates were maintained at this week's Sydney wool auctions, and of the 43,556 bales offered 92 per cent, was sold at auction. The volume of sales made under the hammer is…

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Good Times Coming "Wheat Prices Back to 5/- in Two or Three Years"

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 8

prosperity will come again to farmers if they can hold on for two or three years, and wheat will return to 5/ a bushel within that…

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Selling Butter in Pats Efforts by Australian Producers to Check Blending in England Prospectus of the Proposed Company

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 7

Further progress has been made with the arrangements for the sale of Australian butter in London in pats, with the object of minimising…

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Butter for England Importations from Russia Last Year Showed a Remarkable Increase Will the Preferential Tariff Stop This?

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 7

A remarkable increase in the importation of butter into England during the eleven months that ended on 30th November last is shown in the British Trade…

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The Wheat Harvest Fewer Growers Produce Over Fifty-Four Million Bushels of Grain an Average Yield of 14.9-Bush

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 8

The Government Statistician (Mr. T. Waltes) estimates the New South Wales wheat harvest for the current season at 18,946,600 bags, or…

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What's new in Dairying

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 7

APPLICATIONS for stud goats are being received by the State herd-master, Mr. C. G. F. Grant, who states that no animals will be available for at least…

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Farmers' Debts Reduction of Interest on R.I.B. Advances

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 3

The interest rate on all debts to the Rural Industries Branch has been reduced from 6 per cent, to [?] per cent. The reduction will be…

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Agricultural, Farms and Perpetual Lease Selections. Available 1st March, 1933

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 3

District of [?], of name and Walls: Three blocks in areas ranging from [?] acres 10 440-acres, surrey fees ranging £11/18/- in £14/15/- annual rent as agricultural farm…

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Prickly-pear Development Grazing Farm. Available 1st March, 1933

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 3

District of Roma, Parish of Crowman; One block of [?] survey, fee £61, annual rent [?] provisional value of improvements £[?]/14/-…

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Back to the Land Scheme for Placing Five Hundred Families on Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 3

In expounding a scheme for placing five hundred families out of Sydney on the land during 1932, Canon Hammond said that the hour called for pioneers,…

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Share Farmers Insurance by Landowner Not Necessary

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 11

"Agriculturist" asks whether a landowner is compelled by law to insure his share-farmer, Answer.—The Workers' Compensation Act as amended by the Havin Administration…

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Licensed Butchers. To the Editor "Farmet and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 2

And proposed [?] or outchers' shops is said to be approved by most parties concerned, but would a curtailment in the number of shops reduce the…

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Letters to the Editor Comments Criticism & Hints by Readers The Farmers' Outlook

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 2

To the Editor "Farmer and Settler," Any laxity there may be in our wheat production can be traced back a long way, probably to the commencement of…

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Serf Labor "Sweating and Slavery in the Dairying Industry"

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 2

Is there sweating and slavery in the butter-producing industry in Australia, and is butter being dumped on the market from serf…

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North Coast Dairying Tenants' Rights and Landlords' Claims

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 7

The Editor has received a letter from Mr. A. E. Budd, M.L.A., in criticism of two articles in the January 23 issue of the "Farmer and Settler" dealing with…

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British Preference and Australian Produce Tariff and Quota Needed Director of Dairying Says that a 10 per cent. Preference would be Little Value to Australia Russian Competition Feared

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 7

"A TEN per cent, tariff against such countries as Russia or even the Baltic States and Denmark will not avail," said the Director of…

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Farm Notes & News

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 3

COMMENT was made in these columns recently upon the masses of lavender growing in the public and private gardens in different parts of Victoria, In…

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Late Wheats Variety Tests at the Temora Experiment Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 8

Yandilla King was used as a check when twelve varieties of wheat were tested at the Tomora experiment farm to determine the most suitable late…

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Motors and Motoring Tractors on the Farm Stubborn Water Connections

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 9

THERE is seldom any need for the tractor operator to remove the hose connections of tho cooling system, that is, the one joining the top of the water…

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