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Farming & the land, 1932

10,570 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250

The Junior Farmers' Page Club Activities Albury Members Not Discouraged by Unpropitious Weather

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

SINCE the beginning of November until the beginning of this week no rain had fallen in the Albury district. Members have had a hard…

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Farmhouse Tragedy. Four Generations Murdered. LONDON, Feb. 11

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

Attracted by the neighing of a horse, neighbours entered a farmhouse near Agen, in the French department of the Garonne, and found the dead bodies of six members of the…

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"Smith's" Shopping Bureau Tea-set From Farmer's Wins £10 Order

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 16

"I WANTED a new tea-set," said Mrs. N. Fryer, of 6 Lindsay Street. Neutral Bay, winner of the £10 prize order, and I tried several shops before…

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Expert to Help Dairymen Welsh Agrostologists' Important Tour

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 6

Between now and April Mr. W. Davies, agrostologist, who has been lent to the Australian Dairy Council by the Welsh Plant Breeding station,…

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Farms for 500 Hammond's Plan to Place Families

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 5

To a gathering of 700 unemployed men and women in St. Barnabas' Church yesterday Canon Hammond outlined his scheme for placing 500…

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Wife for Trial Poultry Farmer's Story in Witness Box at Kogarah Court Sutherland Shooting

Truth · Sunday 14 February 1932 · page 21

A SHIRT and an undershirt, blood-stained and shot-tattered, figured as grim exhibits in a case at the Kogarah Police Court daring the week when Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Shepherd was committed for trial on a charge of…

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Homebush Sales Firm Cattle Prices Sheep Irregular

The Sun · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 8

The features of the early stock sales at Homebush to-day were the firmer tone for cattle and the slightly lower values for middling class of sheep…

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Stud Sheep Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 7

ORANGE.—The annual western sales of stud rams, conducted by Messrs. McN[?]lly, Crampton, and Martin, Ltd., were the most successful since the sales were inaugurated nine years ago. The…

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Produce. the Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 11

Early last week the Sydney butter market was dull, and oversea buyers wore not interested, but the position improved later, and a good clearance of the surplus was made…

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British Wheat Quota

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 11

The proposed wheat quota in Britain has created widespread comment in milling and grain trade circles in the United Kingdom, owing to the complications which arise when…

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Second-grade Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 7

In order to assist the marketing of wheat that cannot be included in the f.a.q. standard quality, the Grain Trade Sectional Committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, at…

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"Tirade" Holy Week Pastoral Secretary Replies

The Sun · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 7

TO Dr. Crotty's pastoral, urging a boycott of the Sydney Harbor Bridge opening in Holy Week, the…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 11

The local wheat market was easier on Saturda[?] Bulk parcels were offering at 3/3 and 3/3¼, with buyers holding off. Millers had purchased fair quantities during the week and…

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To-day's Wool Sales

The Sun · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 8

The agents reported that there was good general competition at to-day's wool sales, and prices were mostly equal to the closing rates of last…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Feb. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 11

Chicago wheat options are quoted:—March, 58? cents per bushel (up 2[?] cents); May, 61 cents (up 2 cents); July, 61¾ cnets (up 1? cents); September, 63? cents (up 2 cents)…

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Austn. Wheat Many Buyers Abroad London, February 13

The Sun · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 3

For wheat cargoes the market continued firm. There was renewed demand for Australians for Britain, the Continent and…

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Potatoes Short of Demand Prices May Rise Soon Butter Dearer

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 8

Interest in to-day's marketing will be confined to potato prices. An inadequate shipment from Tasmania should ensure merchants reaping a…

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Country News. Dairy Farmer Injured West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 10

While training a trotting horse at [?] hampton yesterday morning. Harry T[?] 55, dairy farmer, of Oakhampton, co[?] with a telegraph pole. He was admitted [?]…

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Oversea Market Cables. European Wool Position. London, Feb. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 11

Mr. W. P Devereux, representative of the Australian woolgrowers, reports that in the better outlook for an Anglo-French reparations agreement, and the strength of disarmament…

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A. Record? Wheat Shipments for January. Over 161,500 Tons From Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 4

Wheat shipments from Sydney (N.S.W.) for January, 1932, were exceedingly heavy, the total exceeding 161,500 tons. This…

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