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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

12,588 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Dairy Factory Report. CORABI

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 6

The Corabi butter factory manufactured over 160-tons of butter last week, 102 suppliers receiving £811[?]. The wonderful season has resulted in a bush growth of [?]…

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Stall Feeding Dairyman Increases His Winter Production

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 6

FEW farms are better equipped as regards modern plant for the stall feeding of cattle than Mr. J. Walker's property, Oratava, Mullumbimby, Mr…

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The Junior Farmers' Page Conducted by "Benby," the Man Who Never Grew Up Junior Farmers' Clubs Getting Ready for Newcastle Show-Good Work in the Northern Districts

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 11

JUNIOR Farmers' Clubs in the Newcastle area continue to make satisfactory progress, states Mr. Geo. M. Blacklock, supervising teacher of school…

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The Buying Service Galvanised Iron for all Purposes on the Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 2

WITH the Christmas and New Year holidays now as for away an ever, we begin the first week in the New Year with confidence and settle down to our…

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Farm Notes & News

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 2

FROM one competition at Forbes with fifteen entries in 1921, the Parkes district field wheat competitions multiplied to sixteen this year with a record…

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Bumper Dairying Season Increased Production Helps to Balance the Price Slump N.S.W. Output Will Exceed 60,000-Tons

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

Dairying came to Australia's rescue when the financial crisis was blackest, butter exports and the returns therefrom being a big factor in keeping the Commonwealth solvent when wool and wheat prices were at bedrock. Now that the economic tide has turned, the dairy farmer,…

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Farmers' Relief Act Extension of Time for Lodging Applications Benefits Already Secured

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

ATTENTION is invited to the advertisement appearing in this issue notifying the Governor's assent to the Farmers' Relief (Amendment) Act, 1933…

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Sound Country Sale of Excellent Farms in the Tamworth District

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 8

AN important sale by auction of first class farming land is to be held on 19th January in the Tamworth district, when the estate of the late R. T. and S…

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The Market Garden Seed Work for Winter Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 8

THE competent market gardener realises that now is the correct time to start his winter crops, in order to have them, maturing at the right period of the year…

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Farmers' Excursion Immediate Registration for New Zealand Tour

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

UNDER the suspices of the N.S.W. and the N.Z. Departments of Agriculture and the N.S.W. Council of Agricultural Associations, a special party of farmers…

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Lack of Interest? Farmers' Sons Fail to Study Agricultural Science

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

THE fact that only about 100 boys are studying agriculture in the schools of northern New South Wales is causing some concern among public-spirited…

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Cathay Makes History. Anchoring in Farm Cove

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

On no occasion in recent years has a liner anchored in Farm Cove. Tomorrow, however, the P. & O. Company's luxury-liner will not only…

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Produce. Dairy

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

Business among city dairy houses reverted to normal pre-Christmas standards yesterday and with prices steady generally satisfactory clearances were effected Eggs moved steadily…

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Australia's Great New Year Gift Wool Market Rises Prices 10 to 15 per cent. Higher than the Closing December Rates Value of 1933-34 Clip May Reach £60,000,000

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 7

An anticipated improvement in the wool market was recorded at the first Sydney auctions of the new year on Tuesday, Best Merino fleece wools advanced 7½ per cent, to 10 per cent, on the closing sydney rates of 14th December; other Merino fleece lines and skirtings were 12½ per cent…

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Italian Wheat Crop

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 9

CANBERRA, Friday.--According to an estimate which the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. McPhee) has received, the wheat crops of Italy…

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Cattle FARMERS & Graziers' Co-op

The Land · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 22

H. W. Capel, Barraba, 11 s at £10/2/, 9 c to £10/2/ av £9/4/; E. G. Shelton, Croppa Creek, 34 c to £6/10/ av £6/8/9. 35 v to £7/18/ av £7/2/; J. Hardman, Coonamble,…

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Bright Pastoral Outlook

The Land · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 21

IN his report to the Goulburn P.P. Board, the stock inspector (Mr. F. F. Forster) declared that there was now an abundance of feed for all classes of stock for the…

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Cattle Plentiful

The Land · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 21

Despite the increased number of cattle yarded there was not the weight of beef anticipated. The bulk of the cattle were lightweights. There was a fair showing of…

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Butter Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 11

During the week ended December 30 the Common wealth graders examined for export at Sydney 27,452 boxes of butter of which 22,825 were salted, and 4627 unsalted. They also…

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Forbes Sheep Sale

The Land · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 20

A special sale of fat and store sheep will be held at the municipal saleyards. Forbes, on Wednesday, January 10, when the Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd.,…

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