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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

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Wheat Price Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 4

The Australian Wheat Board's quotations were unchanged to-day for millers' bulk lots for home consumption The price quoted was 3/11¼…

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The N.S.W. Maize Crop Outlook is Gloomy

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 5

The maize crop in New South Wales threatens to be the worst for many years according to the maize expert of the Agriculture Department (Mr…

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Nodule Worms in Sheep Drug Cure Modified

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 5

Phenothiazine is the only drug known to be effective against the nodule Worm when given as a drench…

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WHEAT To-day's Quotations SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 1

The Australian Wheat Board's quotations were unchanged. Miller's bullots for home consumption were quote at 311½ bushel…

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Soviet Farmers Scientific Methods Are General Conquest of the Arctic

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 3

"We can expect no favours from Nature; our job is to take them." This is the catch-phrase of Soviet farmers, made popular…

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Britain's Seed Crop Record Last Year

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 4

Great Britain's extensive-sugar beet war crop was harvested last year entirely from seed grown at home. Before the war, almost…

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Wool Report

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 6

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd., reports on the 17th. instant: We submitted our appraisement catalogue No. 70 (the…

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Country Producers Wool Report

The Uralla Times · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 2

Country Producers Selling Co. report:—Our appraisement 69 was finalised last week…

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WOOL America's Record Question of Consumption

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 2

The United States consumed a record quantity of apparel wool in 1941 (writes Winchcombe Carson Ltd.) Final figures for the…

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Sheep and Cattle SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Badgery report that 24,774 sheep and lambs were yarded at FlemingLon yesterday. Prime sorts were dearer, others…

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Wool Report

The Inverell Times · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 8

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 17th instant: we submitted our Appraisement Catalogue No. 70 (the 19th of the…

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Cattle Sale At Nowendoc

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

Nash and McKensey, Walcha, in conjunction with W. E. Sparke, Gloucester, Pty. Ltd. are conducting a special cattle sale in the Nowendoc…

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Wool Classes Advice on Packing

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 5

"To obtain the highest possible value for wool under the appraisement scheme it is not advisable to press mixed lots, if this…

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Wool Consumption Record of America

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 6

The United States consumed a record quantity of apparel wool in 1941. Final figures for the year are not available, but…

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WHEAT To-day's Quotations. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 8

The Australian Wheat Board's quotations were unchanged. Miller's bulk lots for home consumption were quoted at 311½ bushel…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Croppa Creek Vealers

The Inverell Times · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 4

At Homebush on Monday prices for fat cattle were again very firm. A consignment of vealers trucked by Mr. C. Belford, of Croppa Creek, were…

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Demand for Furs American Mink Farms

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 7

Five thousand mink are thriving on horse meat, fish, cereals, tomatoes, milk and eggs, and living in specially designed pens on…

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Cattle Sale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 4

The attention of cattle vendors and huyers is called to an advertisement in this issue concerning a sale of fat and store cattle on March 4, by…

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Sheen and Cattle SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 4

Cattle yarded totalled 1250. The market was 10/ to 20/ dearer. Bullocks brought £8 to £20, cows £6 to £13. Best beef 52., good quality 46/,…

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Less Wheat to be Grown

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 2

Drastic curtailment of areas of wheat to be sown in Australia during the coming season is certain to be imposed as a result of talks…

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