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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

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Dairyman Charged Supplier Unregistered Sale of Deficient Milk

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 3

Charged with failing to register his dairy for the sale of cream Alan Chas. Potts pleaded guilty in the local Police Court yesterday morning and was…

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Guyra Crops

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 8

Large quantities of peas are being marketed, but the average yield is lighter. Early potatoes are being dug, and up to £11 per ton is being offered…

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Big Sheep Skin

Guyra Argus · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 2

Last week Mr. H. [?] Dawson, of Hillsdale, sold to Messrs. T. Green and Co., of Guyra, a sheep skin which weighed 24lbs. The size of this skin…

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Wool Appraisements

Guyra Argus · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 2

Recent Guyra wool appraisements are: A. Holland 21d, G. C. L. Judge 18 [?]d, L. Ward 20 1/4d, R. C. Williams 18 1/4d and J. A. Bell 18d…

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Not Cattle Tick On Wallaby, Snake, Iguana

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 6

Ticks recently found on a wallaby, a green snake and an iguana have now been identified by the Entomologist of the Department…

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What Science Has Done to Popularise the Use of Wool

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 7

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Wool is gradually accumulating stronger defences against the invasion, of its consumptive…

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Pneumonia in Cattle

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 8

Referring to recent outbreaks of pleuro-pneumonia in the Maitland district, the departmental veterinary officer for that district comments on…

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Sunflowers to Feed Cattle

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 8

Sunflowers are being specially cultivated in Britain for the first time for commercial purposes at Norwich Corporation Farm. For years…

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Parasites in Sheep Summer Trouble Likely

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 8

If anything like normal rains fall in northern New South Wales this summer and autumn, serious worm infestation is likely in sheep…

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Next Season's Wheat No Increased Acreage

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

Australian wheatgrowers are advised to base their sowing for the coming season on the acreage used for last season, as the Government is…

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WHEAT To-day's Quotations SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 8

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

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Good Wheat Yields Excellent Harvesting Season

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

An average wheat yield of 15½ bushels to the acre--only two bushels less than in the record season of 1939-40--has been harvested in the…

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Science and Wool Moth-Proofing Process

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

Wool is gradually accumulating stronger defences against the invasion of its consumptive fibres, states the report of Winchcombe,…

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£230 for Hospital From Armidale Wool Drive

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

At a meeting of Armidale and New England P.A. and H. Association yesterday the secretary (Miss McArthur) was authorised to pay to…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Farming and G raring Property by Auction

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

Nine hundred and two acres, two miles from Sapphire and known as "Glendale" will be sold by auction at Murray and Eather's rooms on…

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Plough Weiehing 4 Tons Turns Swamps Into Good Farming Country

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

A giant trenching plough weighing four tons [?] now at work in England-turning acres of water-logged ground into land…

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Drought Affects Stock Crops Are Suffering Report to P.P. Board

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 6

"The district is dry and rain is urgently required." This statement, contained in a report by the stock inspector (Mr. G. J…

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Grow Vegetables Appeal to Farmers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

Production of vegetables and vegetable seed will be discussed at to-morrow afternoon's meeting of Armidale branch of the…

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Shortage of Fat Cattle

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

A Queensland shortage of fat cattle was reflected on Thursday in dearer prices ruing at the Cannon Hill (Brisbane) sales. Prime light…

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Farmer's Body Attached to Bull's Horns

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

Attached by a rope to the horns of a bull, the bruised and lacerated body of John Ross, a dairy farmer, of North Creek, near Ballina, was found…

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