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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

10,570 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

Wild Oats Control in the North Expert's Useful Advice To Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 7

Discussing weed control in a report of the crop-growing competitions in the northern wheat area, the manager of the New England…

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Potato Crops Need Rain Yields Affected at Oberon

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 7

The dry weather of the past two months has considerably reduced the yielding possibilities of the crops entered in the Oberon…

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£50 BITE Woman Attacked By Cattle Dog

Truth · Sunday 21 February 1932 · page 15

COMPENSATION to the tune of £50, together with £8/1/- costs, was secured by Mrs. Blanche…

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Knitting Time Needles are Clicking, for Biggest Wool Winter We Have Ever Had

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1932 · page 23

It is getting its victims Sydney has all the symptoms of a knitting fever again. Last year's attack was as nothing compared to the "epidemic" which is sweeping over the country this winter…

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Homebush Sales Sheep Market Improves Cattle Irregular

The Sun · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 8

Sheep buyers were particularly active today at the early sales at Homebush and the prices realised for, wethers and ewes showed a slight advance on Thursday's firm…

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Queensland Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 7

BRISBANE, Saturday.—It was stated at the annual meeting of the Queensland Wheat-growers' Association at Toowoomba that owing to the assistance of a sympathetic State…

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European Wheat Position

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 11

According to trade reports to hand from London, the chief bull factors in the wheat position appealed to have been the steady demand from China and the belief that Europe…

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Gold Standard and Butter Prices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 11

It was recently stated in the "Times" that since the United Kingdom had suspended the gold standard there had been two periods of marked contrast between the price of Empire…

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Our Butter Britain Buys More

The Sun · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 7

Britain is a big buyer of Australian butter. During 1930, imports into the United Kingdom from the…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Firm But Quiet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 11

On firmness overseas the local wheat market developed a stronger tone on Saturday. Holders of silo wheat asked 3/5 for parcels, and buyers offered 3/4½ freely, but there was little…

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Slump in New Wheat Crop But Prices May Not Rise World Report London, Sunday. (Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 1

The Imperial Economic Committee, in its report reviewing the wheat situation, says that during the last 30 years the…

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A.I.S. CATTLE Quest for an Ideal Type

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 7

KIAMA.—Since the amalgamation of the Illawarra Milking Shorthorn Society and the Australian Milking Shorthorn Association, forming the Australian Illawarra Shorthorn…

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Volunteers to the Rescue Saved Sheep From Bush Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 9

CANOWINDRA, Sunday.--Sheep stations and wheat-farming properties were severely damaged by yesterday's bush fires, and total losses…

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Cheerful Tone in Wool Centres Bradford Manufacturers .Well Employed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 11

LONDON. Saturday.--Most manufacturers in Yorkshire, whether of tops, yarns, or finished goods, are well employed, according to the Australian Woolgrowers'…

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Speech Costs Over £10 a Word Cattle-breeders Want More for Money

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 10

KIAMA, Sunday.--The newly elected president of the southern branch of the A.I. Shorthorn Society, Mr. G. Grey, said at the last…

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Wheat. World Position. Price Slump Analysed. the Russian Factor. London, Feb. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 10

A valuable survey of the world's wheat position in 1931, issued by the Imperial Economic Committee, discounts the idea that the causes of the…

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World's Wheat Area Expansion Hundred Million More Acres in 30 Years LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 10

Reviewing the wheat situation, the report of the Imperial Economic Committee says that during the last 30 years the world's wheat area has…

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Weed Control on the Farm Methods That Spell Success

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 10

Weed control frequently becomes a major problem to the farmer, particularly when some species firmly establish…

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Lower on His Farm Pretty Busy, But No Profit He Departs

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 7

This craze for leading the simple life and getting "back to the land'' leaves us unperturbed, and even glacial…

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Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 11

Due to the Improved conditions overseas the local wheat market retained a steady tone yesterday. Buyers offered 3412 a bushel for bulk. but sellers' ideas were…

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