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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1935

11,044 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

Making Rural Workers City Youths Learn the Art of Husbandry the Scheyville Training Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 10

EVERY person who has considered the problem of unemployment has been concerned at the plight of the youths of this generation. The future seems so…

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A Valuable Work Jobs Found for More than 2300 Boys on All Kinds of Farms Many Scheyville Lads Placed

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 10

NEARLY three years ago, the Rural Employment Scheme for Boys came into existence in Sydney. Its object being to place unemployed boys on farms and…

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The Farmers' Friend Value of the Insurance Agent to Producers

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 2

IT has been said of the insurance agent that he is unnecessary—that without him the business of insurance could be conducted to better advantage—that…

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Mammitis a Menace to Our Dairy Herds

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 4

MASTITIS, or better known as mammitis, is a disease that has troubled the dairy herds of Australia: in fact, the whole of the dairying industry…

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The Junior Farmers' Page Club Activities Ambitious Potato Growers in the Southern District

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 13

AMONG those doing outstanding work in the southern district mention is made by Mr. Jack W. Webb (supervising teacher of school agriculture) of Bill…

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Berry Farm Sound Training Ground in Up-to-date Agriculture

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 8

MR. P. WALLER, manager of the Berry Training Farm for Boys, reports that this season has not been very favorable for pasture growth because it…

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To Visit London Chairman of Dairy Produce Export Board

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 8

IT is expected that the chairman of the Australian Dairy Produce Export Board (Mr. T. Flood Plunkett) will leave for London in March next to investigate…

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Farm Poultry Pure-bred Stock the First Essential to Success General Farm Practice

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 9

THE world over, egg production has been carried on most successfully as a farm enterprise, and it is most profitable when conducted as part of the…

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New England Crops. Affected by Heavy Rainfall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 9

The position in regard to farm crops in New England was very unfavourable at the close of the year, Mr. G. C. Sparks, manager of the New England experiment farm, stated…

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Tithe War Farmers' Fear Kent Siege London

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 1

MANY Kent farmers have placed themselves in a condition of siege as the result of the resumption of the…

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Opening Market Augurs Well for the Series Sydney Wool Sales Prices Par to 5 per cent. Higher, but Still at Unsatisfactory Levels Competition More General Than in December

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 4

At the first sydney wool sales of the new year, which began on Monday, prices showed an advance of up to 5 per cent., compared with the closing sales in December. At times burry skirtings showed a greater increase. The only lines that falled to participate in the rise were short,…

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Cattle Values Hold

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 29

Although a good number of cattle were available yesterday, the yarding totalling 2719 head, the supply was within requirements…

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Wheat Fixture

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

According to cable advices received from London, a steamer has been fixed to load at New South Wales, Victoria and/or South…

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Forbes Wheat

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 6

THE silos at Forbes are filling very slowly this year, and the indications are that they will, be closed shortly without the full capacity of the silos (300,000 bushels)…

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Q'land Wheat Crop Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 10

Queensland will have to import one and a half million bushels of wheal from the southern States before next harvest. The wheat yield is…

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Wheat and Oat Trials. Farmers' Experiment Plots

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 9

Baringa was the highest yielding variety in the wheat experiment plots on the property of Messrs. G. E. Bradley and Son, Hyton Park, Pinecliff, in the Molong district. Mr. K. G…

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Australian Butter in London

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 10

Mr. A. E. Whitelaw, London representative of an Australian manufacturer, confirmed to-day the criticism of laxity of the methods of…

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Among The Beef Cattle

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

IN THE ARGENTINE.—Judging cattle at Palermo Park under the auspices of the Argentine Rural Society…

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Ample Supply of Cattle

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 29

The number of cattle yarded on Monday totalled 2687 head, and proved sufficient for the demand. The yarding was very mixed, bullocks…

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Monday Sheep Market Dearer

The Land · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 29

There was only a moderate supply available in the sheep section at Homebush on Monday, with the result that a very buoyant market was experienced, and values…

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