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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1935

11,044 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

In the Ring at Albion Park's Big Exhibition Of Dairy Stock

The Land · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 13

Copies of all pictures on this page and of "Land" photo graphs on…

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Tariff Policy and the Primary Industries Professor Copland Wants Review of Costs of Protecting Farm Products Sydney Professor Defends Farmers

The Land · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 9

"THERE is urgent need in Australia for a national policy which, would apply the same critical review of the excess costs of protecting primary industry as is now applied to the costs of protecting secondary…

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Weed Enemies Of Graziers And Farmers

The Land · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 17

"No. 1 public enemy in the pastures of Australia is the noogoora burr of Queensland and New South Wales," said Mr. G. A. Currie, an officer of…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 13

Trade was quietly steady among city dairy houses yesterday. Cheese sales were satisfactory while eggs moved out freely at the current rates. A dwindling in country egg supplies…

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Death of Indian Farmer. Lockhart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 12

The death occurred this morning of Gharn[?] Singh, an Indian farmer, of Brookdale (Lockhart district), at the age of 64. His countrymen are assembling from all quarters for the…

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On the Land Marketing Problems Dairying in New Zealand. Costs of Production. Viii. Panama, December 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 9

Although the manufacture of butter and cheese in New Zealand is almost entirely in the hands of co-operative companies, the same difficulties in regard to cost of transport, due…

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Agricultural Council. Uniformity of Dairy Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 9

Mr. H. C. V. Thorby, Assistant Federal Minister, in officially opening the conference of co-operative butter producers at the Producers' Co-operative Distributing Society,…

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When Charity Begins At Home -- -- Down On a South Coast Farm

The Sun · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 16

OF COURSE, Civic pride had a lot to do with it; that and Freddie's warm, soft heart. He saw in "The Sun" on Tuesday, the picture of the Melbourne chimpanzee who adopted a pup, and naturally, he fell a little ashamed of himself…

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The Man In the Street To the Editor Penalties of Farmers

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 6

Sir. -- Promises have repeatedly been made allocating sums of £8000, £10,000 and £20,000, by Parliament for the special purpose of helping…

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From Farm to Market

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 16

The various pressure systems over Australia and the adjacent oceans maintained their rather rapid eastward movement during the past 24 hours. By 9 a.m. on…

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£100,000 Reward Plan to Beat Skeleton Weed for Cheap Control Method Suggestion by F.S.A. Chief Urgent Action is Necessary Rich Wheat Lands Are Threatened

The Land · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 6

A REWARD of £100,000 to the discover of a cheap and effective method of destroy- ing od of destroying Skeleton Weed is advocated by the general president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. Ernest Field), so gravely does he view the rapid spread of the weed and the failure of all attempts by local scientists to cope with this menace to the rich…

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Maintaining the Standard of Our Wheat GRADING v. THE F.A.Q. SYSTEM Difficulties Foreshadowed Tadman Discusses Question of Unmillable Material in Grain W.A. Debate on F.A.Q. STANDARD (Continued from last issue.)

The Land · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 7

GRADING would appear to be too difficult and too expensive a system, says Mr. R. Tadman (manager of Berry Barclay and Co., Ltd., the well-known English wheat firm which is now part of the oversea…

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WOMEN in Sheep's Clothing

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 4

A black sheep is a curiosity always. Even the pretty lamb with the jet black wool which gambols just now in a flock near Breadalbane is curiosity enough to cause motorists on a nearby road to pause, while they gaze upon But an even greater curiosity is the ordinary sheeps' wool, which the manufacturers and dyers' magic have turned into fabrics of extraordinary beauty. Even the sheep would be astonished if they could see how smart the products from their backs have become. One of the loveliest is a pearl grey blanket tweed with deeper grey fleckings, which has a heavy…

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Wheat Loadings and Stackings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 19

For the week ended January 19, 533,325 bags of new and old season's wheat were despatched from country railway stations, making a total of 3,923,800 bags for the new…

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MAINTAINED N.S.W. Butter Output

The Sun · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 2

Although it is slackening in some districts, butter production generally is being fairly well maintained in New South Wales…

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Alpaca Sheep. An Experiment Which Failed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 10

Many romantic and adventurous incidents, have occurred, in the history of the wool industry in Australia since the day that John McArthur first imported his merinos, but for…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Very Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 19

The city wheat market continued very steady yesterday, with a speculative demand for new season's bulk wheat, and business was done at 3/0[?] for prompt delivery. There was…

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Best Wool Firmer in London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 17

LONDON, Friday.--At yesterday's wool sales competition was well sustained at steady rates, compared with the closing prices of last series, best greasy merinos…

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Unshrinkable Wool. Discovery Ready for Application

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 10

The wool Industry is to be revolutionised eaily in the New Year by the intoduction of unshrinkable wool without, any prickle, says the London "Daily Herald."…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 19

The offering of wool at to-day's sales totalled 10,380 bales, including 917 from New South Wales, 2022 from Quensland, 1[?]23 from Victoria, 427 from South Australia, 167 from Western…

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