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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

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Homebush Stock Sales Thursday Sheep Market Firm

The Land · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 25

Values were well maintained at Homebush yesterday for ewes and wethers, while lambs were generally without material alteration. Sales opened to a weaker tone, but as the…

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Readers' Views Quality Wheat Farmer in Defence of Millers to the Editor of "The Land."

The Land · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 6

Dear Sir,—I do not agree with the views of the Wheat Commissioner, who condemns millers for securing special…

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Q'land Wheat Yield Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 8

The original estimate of 5,000,000 [?]ustles for the Queensland wheat crop should be realised. Despite the damage caused by recent rains over…

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Wheat Stocks. In Government Grain Elevators

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 3

The quantity of 1933-34 wheat received in New South Wales Government grain elevators yesterday consisted of 20,024,000 bushels in country…

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Steadier Wheat Overseas London, January 11

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 7

Wheat cargoes had a steadier market under the combined influences of Winnipeg advances and a "bullish" report that reserves in American farmers' hands are…

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Butter Output Record Production on Clarence and Manning

The Land · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 19

NEW record output figures have been registered by the two Clarence River butter factories. Over the last twelve months, the total output…

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Big Number Penned Sheep and Lambs at Homebush

The Labor Daily · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 12

Sheep and lambs were heavily supplied at the Homebush sales yesterday. There were 41,800 head penned and the quality generally was on the plain…

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Stock Sales. Prices at Flemington. Sheep. Market Irregular

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 7

There was a penning yesterday at the Flemington stock sales of 40,925 sheep and lambs, about 900 head less than drawn for. The supply came from 282 owners, and each of…

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Wool Sales. Firm at Late Rates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 13,277 bales. and the clearance, including private sales of…

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Wheat Trials Dundee Consistent in Central West

The Land · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 2

REPORTING on whear vari[?] [?] in the Central West. Mr. K. G. C[?] agricultural instructor, s[?] th[?] although the highest…

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Control of Butter Prices "Should Begin in Home Market"

The Land · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 19

COMMENTING on the view expressed by the president of the Darling. Downs Co-operative Dairy Association that price control should be extended…

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Increased Wool Values. Probably Doubled at Yass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 7

YASS, Thursday.—The estimated increase in the value of the local clip owing to the improvement in the wool market is over £200,000. The wool trucked from Yass,…

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"Grow More" Advice to Producers of Wool

The Land · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 1

AUSTRALIAN woolgrowers should grow more wool, says Mr. Harry Dawson, principal of the firm of H…

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Chinese Duty on Wheat Little Likelihood of Removal

The Land · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 4

FURTHER information received in Sydney yesterday from Shanghai suggests that there is little likelihood of China lifting…

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Gleam of Hope Italy May Be Wheat Buyer

The Land · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 1

ADVICE received by the Commonwealth Statistician from the Italian Minister for Agriculture indicates the possibility of a market…

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Northern Crops Weather Conditions Handicap Farmers

The Land · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 7

ACCORDING to Mr. J. A. O'Reilly, senior agricultural instructor, the lodged wheat crops in the, North-West were handled in an extraordinarily…

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Flood Damage. Dairying Industry Suffers. Pastures and Crops Ruined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 10

Damage amounting to several thousands of pounds has been caused at Bodalla by the flood in the Tuross River, which now is subsiding. The river was five feet higher than…

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Buy a Wool Bareme. Useful Ready Reckoner for Growers

The Land · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 9

A WOOL bareme—or ready reckoner—is indispensable to everyone interested in the purchase of wool…

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Newcastle Wool Sales Keen Bidding and Good Clearances NEWCASTLE

The Land · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 24

The New England, North and North-west Producers' Company, Ltd., held a wool sale at Newcastle to-day, when 3095 bales were…

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Wool Brokers' Views Better Trade in Goods Makes Higher Values

The Land · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 24

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: After the opening of the Sydney wool season had established a basis of raw material costs in September average 64's tops were quoted in…

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