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Farming & the land, 1939

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

500 New Taxes in the U.S.A. Roosevelt's Budget. Defence and Farm Benefits. Washington, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 10

President Roosevelt placed before Congress to-day his Budget for the fiscal year 1939-40, with estimated expenditure amounting to 9,000,000,000…

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Took Farm with £3,500 Given £300 to Leave Homesteader's Vivid Story

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 3

“With £3500 in my pocket I went on to the homestead farm in the Hillston district that I drew in the ballot. That was June, 1925. “Now I have gone off the block, £3500 on the wrong side of…

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Driving Woman Off Dairy

Daily News · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 2

A WOMAN alleged yesterday that the Milk Board had kept her registration fee for the past 12 months,…

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Sydney Wool Average

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 14

The average, price of wool sold in the Sydney market this week was £13/1/10 per bal[?] and /10.7 per lb…

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Australia's High Wheat Standard

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 6

Australia has the most uniform standard of high-quality wheat in the world. The Director of Agriculture (Mr…

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Wheat Market. Small Turnover. Further Weakness

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 14

Values showed a further downward movement in the Sydney wheat market yesterday. This was due to declines in the…

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Oversea Wheat Markets. London, Jan, 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 14

The recent advance in the wheat cargoes market was restrained to-day as the result of an improvement in sterling, and sellers were inclined to make concessions. United Kingdom…

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Wheat Board, Millers Agree on New Price

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday.--After ah all-day sitting, a midnight decision was reached by representatives of the Wheat Board and millers which provides for £12126…

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North Coast Butter Price. December Return Fixed. LISMORE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 10

The North Coast Butter Factories Association has fixed the pay for choice butter received during December at ll¼d a lb. This is O¼d less than the pay for November, but…

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Nazis Grab Czech. Butter Prague, Friday. Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 3

THE news that 30 truck loads of Czechoslovakian butter had been sent from Prague to Berlin to-day is the…

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—On the Land— the Wool Trade. Market Unchanged. Six Months' Turnover

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 10

At the opening Sydney wool sales of the half year on Tuesday the tone of the market was slightly disappoint ting though Japan was a strong…

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Record Wheat London

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1939 · page 1

Despite agricultural discontent, the wheat crop of England and Wales for 1938 was a record total production of 1,855,000 tons from 1,830,261…

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Butter

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 3

The London butter market is active. Quotations: New Zealand, choicest salted 115/ per cwt., unsalted 118/; Australian, 113/,…

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Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 3

The demand for wheat at the local market during the past week has been rather slow. Business in parcels of new silo…

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Wool

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 3

At the opening of the wool sales on Tuesday last in Sydney, market conditions were without change, December closing rates being…

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Firmer Tone in Wheat

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 14

Business was done in new season wheat at slightly firmer rates today. There was not a great deal offering…

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PAID 17d for Fine Yass Wool

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 2

Yass wool was again in demand during the last sale to-day. One buyer went to 17d a 1b. for one lot of a clip marked Narrangullen. This…

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Value of Research. Graziers' Support for Wool Levy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 7

Emphasising the necessity for and prospective value of the wool levy, the Graziers' Association of New South Wales, draws attention to the close…

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Fire Destroys Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 7

Fanned by strong winds, a fire in the Richmond council's rubbish tip got out of control and swept across wheat fields belonging to the Hawkesbury Agricultural College…

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State's Dairy Herds. Hawkesbury Jerseys Lead. Production Tests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 7

An average production of 6,664lb milk and 326,45lb butter fat, in 273 days lactation was recorded during last test year by 167 cows of various…

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