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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

12,588 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

Liner Cathay to Moor in Farm Cove. Unusual Spectacle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 11

An unusual sight will be witnessed on Friday, when the liner Cathay will steam into Farm Cove and anchor at a naval buoy. She is to be moored there for the next two months…

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North Coast Dairying. Growth of Co-operative Factories

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

LISMORE, Tuesday.—The first co-operative butter factory on the Richmond River was established at Spring Hill, near Wollongbar, in 1888, and the value of its first month's…

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Farmers' Sons. Little Interest in Agriculture. LISMORE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 15

The Far North Coast of New South Wales carries a population of more than 100,000, and a large percentage of these are farmera, or are directly dependent upon farming for their…

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Country News. Fires in Crops. Baan Baa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 12

A fire broke out yesterday in the standing crop of G. Bray, Canett, Baan Baa. The outbreak was probably caused by a spark from the tractor drawing the header, and was not…

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Better Boars for Farms. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 12

The Government's decision to set aside £5000 for advances to farmers to enable them to secure better boars has been favourably received in the Richmond River district, where…

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Fire in Standing Crop. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 12

Fifty acres of standing crop, owned by C. Nowland, of Duri, was destroyed by fire. The cause is a mystery. Portion of a hea[?]r and some wheat bags were also destroyed,…

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Produce. Dairy

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

The Egg Marketing Boird of New South Wales announced yesterday that its first advance to contract producers for eggs forwarded last week would be on the increased…

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Xmas Relief Order Cause Ferment £10,000 Worth Of Dairy Goods From Two Bodies Merchants Had No Chance To Fight Could Have Saved Cash, Is Claimed No Tenders!

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

SAID to have been carried out with a lightning and secret swiftness which left merchants without any chance to fight the order given by the…

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Wool Price Rise Is Our Great New Year Gift Clip Will Now Bring in £60,000,000 Rate May Yet Go Higher Patience Pays Growers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

AUSTRALIA'S best New Year gift so far was a rise of 12½ per cent, in wool prices at yesterday's opening of the new series in Sydney, compared with the firm closing rates…

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Wheat Wool Dairying

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 36

Discussing in a recent wireless address the importance of pasture improvement as a factor in profitable fat-lamb production, the Agrostologist of the Department…

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Homebush Sales Prices for Sheep and Cattle Lower

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 17

An increased supply of sheep and lambs was available for buyers at Homebush today, and the market for prime lots during the early operations was about on a par…

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Wheat-growing Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 7

The Farmers and Settlers' Association has been informed by Mr. E. N. Robinson, secretary of the Royal Commission for the purpose of making an inquiry into the wheat-growing…

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Commercial. Wool Report

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 25

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report:—Owing to the recess there is absolutely nothing doing in the wool trade except preparing catalogues for the New…

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Wheat Harvesting Practically Completed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 7

Fine weather late in December permitted wheat harvesting in several of the most important districts to continue rapidly. Agricultural instructors' reports for December…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Stationary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 11

The loral wheat market was inactive yesterday, parcels trading being practically at a standstill. Bulk and bagged wheat were nominally about 2/7½. Sellers were not much…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 3

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

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Flour Tax Liability of the Farmer to Pay on His Own Wheat-Flour

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

THERE apparently exists some doubt in the minds of Uncle Wiseman's country friends who have their own wheat ground into flour at the flour mill…

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Export of Newcastle Butter. Port Hobart's Shipment

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

The Port Hobart, new motor ship of the Commonwealth & Dominion Line, sailed from Newcastle early yesterday morning, carrying one of the largest…

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Wool Sales. Upward Tendency Noted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street when the quantity catalogued totaled 11,773 bales, and the clearance, including private sales of…

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Oversea Butter Values. a Further Decline. (By Vigtlans.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 7

The Australian butter season is almost half completed, and, though in Victoria the peak or production has been passed, in Queensland and New South Wales that point has not…

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