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Farming & the land, 1939

8,508 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Farm Tractors. Exemption From Taxation. Statement by Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 7

The New South Wales Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) has decided that tractors used solely for the purpose of work on farms, and which…

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Farmers to Protest. Ungarie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 7

A [?]ass meeting of south-western farmers will be held at Tullibigeal on Satutday to protest against "the inadequate compensation" to farmers asked to leave then holdings…

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Opening Up Farms For New Settlers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 9

Twenty-three farms will be opened to new settlers by the Lands Department within the next month…

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Assistance to Poultry Farmers

Liverpool News · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 2
Also in The Biz

Mr. W. Lamb, M.L.A., has forwarded us a copy of a letter received by him from Mr. A. Richardson, M.L.A., Minister for Social Services, which states:…

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Wheat

The Land · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 23

The overseas wheat, market continues with, a moderately steady tone, ami comparatively small fluctuations. Early this week there was talk of both Italy and Germany being interested…

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Northern Butter Factories

The Land · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 8

Norco Co-operative Ltd.'s butter output for December was 1364 tons, for which suppliers will receive 11½d per lb. for choice. In December, 1937, the output was 2000…

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Butter and Cheese Quotas

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 11

Quotas of 43 per cent. for butter and 33 1-3 per cent. for cheese have been decided upon as the proportions which are permitted to be sold in the course of trade and commerce within…

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Wheat Gift Plan

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4

It has been emphasised that there is a shortage of wheat in Spain, and there is also a whisper going the rounds that we have more than we want here…

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Queensland Wool Cheque

The Land · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 24

Queensland's wool cheque this season for sales to the end of last week totalled £3,009,529, a drop of £289,595 on realisations for the…

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Jersey Cattle News and Notes

The Land · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 21

WHEN the New South Wales branch of the Australian Jersey Herd Society in future subsidises country shows, by donating special prizes, it…

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Sheep Saved Home From Bushfire

The Land · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 12

WHEN a bushfire threatened the homestead of Mr. J. Thatcher, of Cavan, in the Yass district, he adopted an ingenious…

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Will Urge Banks to Encourage Use of Horses on Wheat Farms

The Land · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 5

THE claims of the horse as a source of power on wheat farms will be represented to financial institutions by the N.S.W…

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Boosting Wool in Paris

The Land · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 6

A woollen beach-wear ahow, in cooperation with a well-known fashion house, will be staged by the International Wool Secretariat in Paris…

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Dairy Cattle in Strength at Albion Park Show Jerseys and A.I.S. on Top

The Land · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 8

PARTS of the South Coast had good rain recently, and the districts benefiting included Albion Park, which held its fiftieth Annual…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 6

Values elsewhere than in Sydney are expressed in English currency. Liverpool Values: Old Contract—…

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Many Nations Favor Wheat Agreement

The Land · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 25

A LARGE number of favorable replies have already been received to a communication forwarded to all nations by the secretariat of the…

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Fixing F.a.q. Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 7

Mr. H. T. Tuck, official weigher, and Mr. J. S. Cameron, chairman of the grain trade section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce,…

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Tenders Cabled for Old Wheat

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 14

Tenders were called today for the purchase of 125,000 bushels of old season bulk wheat in Government silos…

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Weakness in French Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 11

TOURCOING, January 14.--This week, a discrepancy has Been evident between the firm tone of overseas markets and the decline caused by French topmakers In order to effect sales…

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