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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

12,588 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250

Return Is Small for Fishermen All Species Were Plentiful; Dairy Surplus Rabbit Export

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 12

All Varieties of fish were in glut supply yesterday. Prices were reduced, but despite a good, demand there was an…

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Farmers' Relief Act Spooner Inquiring Into Amendment

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 1

Following upon the Farmers' Relief Board's instruction to wool-selling brokers not to offer for sale wool forwarded to them by farmers who…

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New Records Established 42d. per lb. for Wool in Tasmania and 39[?]d. per lb. in Sydney the Week's Sales at Home and Abroad

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 6

The discrimination shown by buyers of best fleece wools at the close of last week's Sydney wool auctions was again evident when the sales were resumed this week and price for these were a little below the peak of recent auctions. Average fleece wools and all grades of skirtings sold well…

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The Undeveloped North. Claims of the Pastoral Lessees. Opposition to Proposed Resumptions. The Chartered Company Scheme. (By the Special Commissioner of the "Sydney Morning: Herald," who has returned after an aerial tour of the Northern Territory.) No. Ix

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 12

The Federal Government has power to resume in 1935 a large area now held by pastoral lessees in the Northern Territory. The lessees are opposing the resumptions, claiming that the Commonwealth has not adhered to its promise to develop the land. They also claim…

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Homebush Sales SHEEP & Cattle Cheaper Yarding Was Heavy

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 10

Sheep and lambs were 16 a head cheaper at the Homebush sales yesterday. The yarding was heavy, there being 39,915 sheep available…

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Lower Prices for Cattle Sheep Values Recover After Early Drop

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 6

Demand for sheep and lambs at Flemington yesterday was dull during the morning and early afternoon sales, and all grades other than prime…

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Stabilising Butter

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 4

The low price which butter has reached on the London market is causing considerable anxiety to producers in this country, and in New Zealand. It is also a matter of concern to the country generally, because of the reduction in the…

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Australian Butter on the London Market. Dairymen Are Not Wasting Their Time. Norco Chief Answers Visiting Wool-man

The Land · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 7

THE statement attributed to Mr. H. DAWSON, a visiting English wool expert, that Australia was "wasting time" in dairying has received severe criticism from Mr. C. H. FRASER, general manager of the Norco Co-op. Co., and a member of the Export…

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Dairy Produce Export Board. Oversea Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 7

A meeting of the Australian Dairy Produce Export Board was held yesterday, when Mr. T. F. Plunkett presided. Other delegates included Messrs. A. Muller (Queensland), C. H…

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Farm Relief Wool Ban Off

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 11

THE Farmers' Relief Board decided yesterday to remove the restriction on the sale of wool delivered by farmers…

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Expert Cattle-men

The Land · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 26

AMONG the passengers on tne S[?]aw, Sa[?] and Albion Company's steamer "Tairoa," due to arrive in Sydney on 18th instant, are several expert cattle-men. Mr. R. L…

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Cattle Well Supplied

The Land · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 25

The supply of cattle to-day proved to be slightly in excess of requirements. Altogether 2,550 head were penned. Bullocks and steers formed a big proportion of the yarding, but…

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Marketing of Butter Meeting of Dairy Control Bd

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 10

The position of the overseas butter market and the regulation of shipments of butter to the United Kingdom, in conjunction…

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Dead Sheep in River

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 8

GOULBURN, Thursday. The finding of dead sheep in the Wollondilly River, above the city catchmen area has caused alarm…

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Pink-eye in Sheep

The Land · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 28

"A.P.": Can you please give me a cure for pink-eye in cheep? Answer: Bathe the eye to remove all discharges and drop a few drops of a lotion…

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Monday Moderate Sheep Yarding

The Land · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 25

The number of sheep yarded to-day totalled 24,943. Lambs formed about 45 per cent. of the supply. The bulk of the grown sheep were ewes, wethers being extremely scarce. A…

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Sheep Stealing Orange

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 8

Henry James Fitzgerald was sentenced to a months imprisonment at Orange Court on a charge of having killed a ewe with intent to…

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Junee Store Sheep Sale

The Land · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 24

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd., Sydney, in conjunction with A. L. O'Sullivan, Junee, report having held a successful sale of store sheep on 13th inst. at…

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Weevils in Wheat

The Land · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 28

"Jindera": Weevils in grain do not breed spontaneously in grain, but gain access to the grain from other infested material and lay their eggs in it. No matter how often…

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Late Wheat Report

The Land · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 25

THURSDAY.—The overseas wheat market is steady, but quiet. American wheats are unchanged. Sales of Australian wheat have been…

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