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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

9,907 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 17

There was considerable activity in city dairy houses yesterday. The position regarding ham supplies has improved considerably. BUTTER.—Choicest 151/10 per cwt, including 2/6…

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Ideal Form of Migration. Boy Farmers. a Picton Picture

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 7

Stanley Baldwin, sunburnt to a nigger brown, and clad in nothing more than a pair of khaki shorts and boots, stool solemnly beside his wheelbarrow…

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Farmers Delighted. The £25,000 Grant. Opportunity to Make Good. Ungarie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

The decision of the State Government to assist settlers in the south-west, and to make available £25,000 immediately to necessitous farmers, has been received with delight in the…

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Rehearsal at Farm Cove. Preparations for Pageant. "Sub-titles on Wheels."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 11

With only 11 days to go before the 150th Anniversary celebrations begin, the work of preparation has entered its final hectic stages. This afternoon…

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Farming Medicoes

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 13

DR. IVAN CONNOR, of Collins Street, Melbourne, and his wife, Dame Jean Connor, professionally known as Dr. Jean Macnamara, the infantile paralysis…

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Peanut and Rice Farmers Charge Sabotage Darwin

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 12

ABOUT 900 acres at Katherine were planted with peanuts this season, and a record harvest is expected. But fully 2000 acres would have been planted had farmers been able to obtain the seed nuts they asked for. One farmer who asked for 150 bags…

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On a Farm

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 11

IT was six o'clock in the morning when I was awakened by the crowing of a rooster. Hastily dressing. I ran downstairs and out into…

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Wheat Sold To Britain

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 13

ADELAIDE, Saturday.--Delegates from the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation to the Empire Producers' Conference in Sydney on March 29…

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Silk and Wool Jumper

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 21

A dainty blouse is made by combining crochet braid with faggoting, and may be made on a magyar pattern or an…

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New Net for Money Sharks Saving Basic Wage Men From Garnishees Firms Need Not Heed Pay Assignments Farmers, Civil Servants And Relief Workers All To Benefit By New Bill

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 1

UNDER SPECIAL LEGISLATION NOW BEING PREPARED AND HOPEFULLY PROMISED FOR THE COMING SESSION, NEW SOUTH WALES MONEYLENDERS WILL BE PROHIBITED:…

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Farmer Gallops From Armed Man

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 11

LISMORE, Saturday. -- Stanley Weir, a farmer in the Chelmsford district, has reported to the police that a man fired several rifle shots…

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Queensland Dry Spell Killing Sheep, Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 8

CHARLEVILLE, Sunday. -- Graziers are losing sheep and cattle because of the dry spell, and emus, wild dogs, and thousands of rabbits lie dead in the…

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Butter

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 3

The London butter market is quiet. Quotations are as follows: Danish, 135/- per cwt.; choicest salted, New Zealand, 112/- to 113/-…

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Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 3

During the past week the local wheat market has been fairly steady. Inquiry by millers was quiet. Early sales of new bulk…

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Wool

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 3

The wool sales were held in Brisbane last week, where there was no material change on Sydney's closing auctions…

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Produce. the Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 11

Although extremely hot weather has bee experienced in most dairying centres in New South Wales, production is being fairly well maintained. However, rain would be very…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 11

The Sydney wheat market was firm on Saturday. There was a good buying inquiry and many sales of bank grain were made, mostly at 4/6 per bushel Sydney basis, After…

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Sydney Wheat Market Quiet

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 15

Merchants' advices, stating that overseas wheat markets were quiet, found reflection in Sydney to-day, and the local market was lifeless…

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Sheep for Is 6d at Homebush

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 7

Prices were as low as 1s 6d a head for particularly poor lots of sheep at Homebush this afternoon. Stock forward consisted of 18,430…

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Market Is Lifeless for Wheat

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 10

ALTHOUGH reports were to hand of a better inquiry far Australian wheat on the English markets, trading on the Sydney grain…

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