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Farming & the land, 1934

12,588 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

On the Land Soil Erosion, Methods of Control. N.S.W. Farmers Enthusiastic. Iii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 7

As soon as it was seen that the erosion control trials at Cowra Experiment Farm were successful, no time was lost in giving a practical field demonstration to local farmers…

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The Dairy "Monster" Some 'Varsity Hoaxes

The Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 9

A VISITING Scotsman s story, that the Loch Ness "monster" is just another hoax by Glasgow university students, recalls…

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From Farm to Market Choice of Material for Silos Important Matter In Conservation Of Fodder Safety First

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 8

Although many farmers may doubt it, first-class silage can be made in silos constructed of wood, provided the structure is…

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Cultivation of Tobacco Advice About Crop

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 8

After the young tabacco plants have commenced to grow and untill further cultivation cannot be carried out without damaging the leaves of…

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Coastal Dairying. Excellent Season. Record Butter Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 9

Butter output attained record proportions in practically all coastal dairying districts during December. Pastures are showing ample growth and stock are in excellent order. Dairy…

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The Weather and the Wheat Crops

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 30

So abnormal has been the weather during the growing and harvesting period that some record of its idiosyncrasies is called for. Years hence growers will refer to 1933 for its memorable experiences. THE year opened with very dry weather,…

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"On the Sheep's Back"

The Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 6

The prospect that Australia's income from the year's wool-clip will reach £60,000,000 should be welcome to the city artisan no less than to the countryman. The bigger the wool-clip and the better the price, the more employment it means in Botany and Footscray, in…

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Wheat for Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 7

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Because Brisbane flour-millers are unable to obtain wheat at what they consider a reasonable price, they have been…

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The Wool Standard

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 11

Women will be interested to learn that in future, when they are making purchases of woollen materials, or of goods containing wool, they can…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Very Quiet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 13

The city wheat market reopen[?] very quiet yesterday. It was a public holiday throughout the world on Monday, and in the absence of any cabled market information business was…

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N.Z. BUTTER. Exhibition in Belfast

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 3

The New Zealand Dairy Board's fortnight campaign is being included in an exhibition in Belfast, to increase the sale of New Zealand…

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The Tale of The Wheat —

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 28

GREY and gold, in a world of green— Tassel and leaf and stalk— Thro' the waist-high crop, in its rustling sheen,…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 3

The State Marketing Bureau Department of Agriculture, New South Wales, advise the following:— Liverpool Values…

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Wheat-Growing Under Capricious Conditions

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 23

While the majority of farmers have done their part to encourage a bountiful harvest, Nature has been less kind than usual. An erratic season followed by very unfavourable harvesting weather has hit name growers very hard. The official forecast for New South Wales of 49,000,000 bushels, made as on November 4, is not likely to be realised. THE results of the season's work in the…

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Wheat in China. Increased Consumption

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 8

THE Department of Overseas Trade, in a report on Chinese trade, emphasizes that China, traditionally a rice-eating nation, is now consuming…

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Harvesting a Magnificent Crop of Wheat at Blairsdale, Tamworth, Northern New South Wales

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 26

When the burning harvest sun sinks low And shadows stretch on the plain The roaring strippers come and go, Like ships on a sea of grain,…

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Trend Up Wool Values Firmer

The Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 7

ALTHOUGH no definite rise was recorded at today's wool sales, a distinct upwards tendency in the market…

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A Veteran of the Wheat Fields

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 27

Henry Goldman, who has spent 50 years of his life in the wheat fields of New South Wales, is a picturesque type of Australian. He recalls the time, 60 years ago, when his father had a farm at Maule's Creek, near Boggabri. In those days the wheat was cut with a reaping hook and threshed with a flail, and it was necessary to wait for the wind to come and blow away the chaff. Then— one man Would reap half an acre a day and win five bags…

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Stacking Bagged Wheat in the Paddock

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 25

As the bags are filled they are dumped at convenient spots among the stubble to be collected later by the teamsters…

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What of the Future of Wheat?

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 30

The outlook for wheat is anything but satisfactory, and, apparently, will remain so until something happens to dissolve the "mountain of grain" that has had such a disastrous influence on world prices in the past few years. Every exporting country has been trying to force the market…

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