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Farming & the land, 1932

10,570 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 250

Turning Waste Into Profit Berry Farmers Keen on Silage

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 10

The experimental work being conducted on pastures at the Berry Experiment Farm is bearing fruit, states the assistant agrostologist, Mr. A. W…

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Taralga's Dairy Output

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 10

TARALGA, Monday.--During January the Taralga Dairy Co. manufactured 11,220lb. of butter. Suppliers were paid 91d for choicest and 81d…

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Butter Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 13

During the week ended February 20, the Commonwealth graders examined for export at Sydney 17,636 boxes of butter, comprising 12,255 salted and 5381 unsalted. They also…

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Pastoral Section, A.W.U.

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 15

A WELL-ATTENDED meeting of the Pastoral Section of the A.W.U. was held in the A.W.U. Hall, Flinders-street, Adelaide, on Monday, the 15th. Mr. M. J…

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Methodist Church. Annual Conference. Pastoral Session

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 15

The pastoral session of the New South Wales Methodist annual conference sat in committee in the Lyceum Hall yesterday. The Rev. J. W. Burton, M A., presided…

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Tax on Wool English Farmers' Demand Scouted LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 1

The "Yorkshire Observer" describes the National Farmers' Union demand for a 10 per cent, tax on wool as "ill advised," because the…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Continues Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 13

The wheat market continued very steady yesterday. In the city parcels trade holders of bulk wheat were asking 3/5. Business was reported at 3/4¾ for small lines during the…

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Treatment of Wheat for Bunt

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 38

WHEAT farmers everywhere are out to cut down costs of production. Essential as economy is on both large and small farms, there is one direction in…

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3Lb. of Butter for 2- VANCOUVER

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 1

Prices of butter in the leading Canadian cities have dropped unprecedentedly. Vancouver housewives yesterday bought 31b. for 2…

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Wool Sales. Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 13

At to-day's wool sales 9000 bales were offered Catalogues show signs of the end of the season, and the prices which ruled for the better-class merinos at the previous series here are no longer…

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Disappointing Prices for Fine Wool

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 37

So many really good fine wools are coming into the market now that growers are entitled to look for better prices, but, instead, the demand for superior lines has shown a…

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Bradford Wool Tops. London, Feb. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 13

The Bradford wool tops market is quiet, and tending easier…

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Brisbane Wool Sales Japanese Buyers Active

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 9

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The wool sales were continued to-day, when 10,722 bales were offered, the selection being of average standard…

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Season's Wool Clip. Large Percentage Sold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 13

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., reports:—"About 70 per cent of the quantity of wool likely to be available for sale in Sydney this season has now been sold. The average of /9½ per lb secured for the…

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Wool in London London, February 23

The Sun · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 3

Supplies of wool available for the next series of public sales in London, which will be commenced on March 1, aggregate 173,300 bales,…

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The Get-up of the Wool Clip

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 36

"I have been glad to read the "Mail's" repeated and justifiable complaints about the effect of bad gel-up on the financial returns from our Wool. Contract - shearing has led to very lax methods in the sheds, where everything is sacrificed to speed. Unless graziers insist…

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Playing the Game for Australia Butter Production Scooped the Pool

Referee · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 14

BYRON BAY (N.S.W.) advises that during January, Norco Ltd. manufactured 1858 tons of butter and paid suppliers, at the rate of 9¾d lb, £169,078…

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Wheat Cargoes Good Sales Overseas London, February 23

The Sun · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 3

Wheat Cargoes had a firm market, demand being good. Sellers raised their price by 3d a quarter, influenced by prospects of further large business with Russia and…

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Bulk Waggon at Wheat Silos, Finley, N.S.W.

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 10

Dave Gunn, Organiser, Vic.-Riv. Branch…

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Duty on Wool. Canadian Parliament's Decision. OTTAWA, Feb. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 12

The House of Commons to-night voted in favour of a duty on raw wool. A resolution was passed calling for a tariff "that would reasonably protect Canadian woolgrowers."…

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