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Farming & the land, 1934

12,588 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 250

Drama at a Blazing Farm Rescuer Trapped in Box With Frantic Horse

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 6

In a farm fire which caused £3000 damage at Stretton Grandison, Hereford, England, recently, a rescuer was trapped in a horse-box, a pedigree bull was burned…

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Warwick Farm. Leila Vale Wins Sefton. Handicap to Cherbourg

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 13

There was a splendid attendance at the Australian Jockey Clubs meeting at Warwick Farm on Saturday, which was held in delight[?] weather…

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On the Land Inland Onion Crops. Manurial and Variety Trials

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 7

Manurial and variety trials with onions were again conducted in the chief inland growing districts of the State during the past season. Growers co-operating with the…

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Killed Horse Hailstorm Hits Stock And Crops LOCKHART

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 7

Hailstones, the largest ever seen here, one of which was as big as a tea-cup, caused considerable damage during the week-end, in the…

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Silo Bursts Farmers' Escape In W. A. PERTH

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 8

With a roar Like the bursting of a dam, the bulk handling silo at Badjaling, eight miles from Quairading, burst on Saturday…

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From Farm to Market Eggs From Country Plentiful Will Be 1d. a Dozen

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 8

Duck and country eggs will be ld. a dozen cheaper to-day. Stocks of the former have been mounting up and tho board, by…

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Milk Control Dairymen to Hold a Conference

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 4

MAITLAND. Sunday. The confinement of sydney's milk distribution to one channel under the control of dairyman is almed by at…

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Floods Damage to Bean Crop South's Loss Will Give North A Chance

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 8

As a result of the destruction of many bean crops on the Far South Coast and in the Orbost district, in Victoria during the…

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Lecture for the Farmers

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 8

THE Department of Agriculture has arranged for the following lecture to be given under the auspices of the…

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Rainfall Too Heavy for Crops Greatly In Excess Of Requirements Early Oats

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 8

According to the manager of the New England Experiment form, rainfall in the district since midwinter has been greatly…

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Farmers' Relief Act

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 10

Mr. A. H. E. McDonald, Director of Agriculture, has been appointed a member of the Farmers' Relief Board (farmers' representative) for the…

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Homebush Sales Prime Sheep and Lambs Dearer Cattle Fall in Price

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 10

Prime sheep and Lamps advanced [?] head at Homebush sales yesterday. The yarding was small there being only 24,943 head penned…

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Butter Troubles

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 5

A deal of criticism has been aroused by the statement attributed to Mr. H. Dawson, head of the well-known wool firm of H…

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Farmers Store Wheat Gunnedah

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 6

Over 120,000 bags of wheat have been carted to the railway this season and it is still coming in at the rate of 10,000 bags, a week. The…

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Wheat Bounty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 9

Mr. E. K. Rutledge, of Nashville, Beni, writes:- The methods adopted by Mr. F. R. Collins, ot the Rural Industries Branch, for the…

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Wheat Varieties. Yields on Farmers' Plots

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 9

Several farmers' wheat variety and manurial trials have been inspected by Mr. L. S. Judd, manager of the Temora experiment farm, who has forwarded the results to the department…

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Butter Stabilisation. Interstate Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 9

AH the States of the Commonwealth except Western Australia were represented at a conference which met in the Primary Producers' union's assembly room yesterday to…

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"Cattle on the Hoof." Shipments Revived

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 5

The reported arrival recently of the first shipment of cattle from Canada to Ireland revives what was known before the war as the "cattle on the…

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Handling Of Wool Skins

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 5

Reading from left to right Messrs. C. Dallon (president, A.W.U.), D. Clyne, M.L.A., and W. Brotherson (Storemen and Packers Union'), who complained to the Minister for Health regarding the likelihood of disease ocurring through the handling of wool skins…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Firm, But Idle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 13

In the city wheat market yesterday there were buyers of silo wheat at 2/7½ to 2/8, but few sellers. The market is largely an artificial one as the prices quoted are above…

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