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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

1,681 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 85

Export of Wool to Tasmania

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 3

The Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the Department of Agriculture directs the attention of person who may be considering exporting wool from New…

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"Pulpy Kidney" in Sheep Disease of Good Seasons Germ Similar to That of Anthrax

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 2

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English Farmers Kill Cows; Fodder Shortage Animals on Iron Rations -By Air Mail.) LONDON, December 16

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 3

English farmers, who are being asked to grow more food and to breed more cattle, arc complaining that because of the shortage…

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Good Wheat Crop

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 4

Messrs. Turner Bros., of Booloorina, had a remarkably good return from an area near Byron, which they were working on shares. From 193 acres…

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Good Pastoral Year

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 4

When the final figures are announced it will be found that both wool yield and sheep numbers in New South Wales have been substantially increased…

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Cattle Sale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 3

Fittler Bros., of Armidale, and V. J. Byrnes, of Manilla, auctioneers in conjunction, have altered the date of their special cattle sale. The sale will…

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Negotiate Wheat Scrip

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 4

On the suggestion of the Minister for Commerce (Senator McLeay), further consideration is to be given by the Australian Wheat Board to the…

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Queensland Conditions Demand for Properties Good Cattle Year

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 6

This year must be regarded as one of the worst in the last decade so far as sales of pastoral properties (notably sheep) are concerned. Many factors…

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Wheat Price Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 1

The Australian Wheat Board's quotations for export wheat was unchanged to-day. Bulk lots were quoted at 3 9[?] bagged millers' parcels 4[?] per…

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Sheep and Cattle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Badgery report that 39,550 sheep and lambs were yarded at Flemington yesterday. The general quality was fairly good. All…

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Sheep for Mongolia Bred From Australian Blood

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 3

The Oriental Development Company is preparing to send to Inner Mongolia in the spring 4000 to 6000 sheep bred in Korea from stock…

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Bradford Wool Tops Delay in Delivery

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 8

A London message dated January 1 says—MacInnery continues to be well employed in the Bradford wool tops market either fo the military of…

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Cattle Market in 1939 Soundest For Years Graziers Develop Winter Fattening Possibilities

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 4

The cattle market last year was one of the soundest that New England has known for years, said an Armidale…

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Heifer Calves Slaughtered on North Coast High Cost of Dairy Stock

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 7

Four abattoirs, three of them cooperative, on the North Coast last year, slaughtered 232,267 calves from the dairy farms—mostly of the "bobble"…

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Wool

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 3

Pitt. Son and Badgery. Ltd. report on January 5:—Next Monday will witness a resumption of wool appraisements in…

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New Synthetic "Wool"

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 6

A new synthetic wool, made from coal, lime and acetylene gas by a splendid chemical process has been discovered by a Korean research…

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Dead Wool From Tasmania

The Inverell Times · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 8

As a precaution against the introduction of anthrax into Tasmania, the Government of that State has issued a proclamation relating to the import…

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WHEAT To-day's Quotations SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 1

The Australian Wheat Board's quotation for export wheat was unchanged. Bulk lots were quoted at 3/9½ bagged millers' parcels 4/0½ per bushel…

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Mice Plague Threat to Wheat Stacks

The Inverell Times · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 6

[?] With millions of bushels are [?]…

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Sheep Blowfly Department's Experiments Limited Success

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 6

Successful attacks on the sheep [?] fly was a feature of the work for [?] of the entomological branch of [?] Department of Agriculture…

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