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Farming & the land, 1943

1,384 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 70

Farmer Checks Agent Prosecution Brings Fine of £30

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 2

A prosecution brought by the Registrar, Farm Produce Agent (Department of Agriculture) in Central Summon Court resulted in a fine of £30,…

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Pea Contracts for N.s.w. Farmers

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1943 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture advises that the contracts which it arranged between fanners in New South Wales and the Department of…

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N.e. Experiment Farm Jerseys for the Clarence

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1943 · page 2

Mr. J. D. Kirby, of Woodford Dale, has just purchased from the Department of Agriculture (New England Experiment, Farm, Glen Innes) a…

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Sheep Skin Pelts Urgent Call

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 3

An urgent appeal is again made by head office for pelts for making into vests for our own fighting men. The airmen, navy and soldiers in outposts…

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Wool Futures American Position

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 2

Since last November, the price of tops on the New York futures market has appreciably declined. Values are now on the lowest level experienced…

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Woollen Rags and Wool British American Exports

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Woollen rags for reworking are eagerly sought in Great Britain to augment the rationed supplies of wool…

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Surplus Wheat 95,000,000 From Last Season

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 4

Stocks of old season’s wheat in Australia are now 97,750,000 bushels, and new season’s crop is estimated to yield between 132,000,000 and 138,000,000…

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Former Wool Millionaire Dead

The Uralla Times · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 2

Mr William Clifford Gaunt, who achieved fame in the wool boom 29 years ago, made millions from wool and spent at least a million in West…

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Woolien Rags and the Wool Position

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 6

Woollen rags for reworking are eagerly sought in reat Britain to augment the rationed supplies of wool available (writes Winchcombe,…

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Bonemeal for Cattle on Dairy Farms

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 14

The present shortage of supplies of superphosphate should focus the attention of dairymen on the urgent necessity for providing their cattle…

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184lb. SHEEP

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 6

Beegling Bros. butchers of Tumut, recently had a dressed sheep in their window which weighed 184lbs. The carcase which attracted considerable…

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Worm Infestation in Sheep

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 14

Young sheep are the most susceptible to worm infestation, and the safest paddocks, should therefore be reserved for them. Particular…

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GUYRA Weather and Crops

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 15

After several weeks of cool weather and storms Guyra is at last experiencing summer conditions. A total of 3477 points of rain was…

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Jam Making Errors in Tbe Farm Home

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 16

The making of jam is a very simple process, but mistakes are sometimes made through a lack of knowledge of the main essentials. The…

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CACTOBLASTIS Attacks Crops

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 4

The cactoblastis. which has wrought a vast amount of good in the destruction of prickly pear in the Hunter River district appears to be turning…

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Soil Bacteria Injure Dairy Cows

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 4

The infection of cattle found to exist in the Grafton-Maclean area had been caused more by soil bacteria than by dip bacteria. The infection…

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Dundee Wool Tops the Market

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 2

Top appraisement for the catalogue was obtained by the Mt. Pleasant clip from Dundee account Mr. O. E. Sloman at Messrs. Pitt Son and…

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Defer Establishment of Northern Wool Centres?

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 1

Greater Newcastle Council will ask the Federal Government to defer until after the war its proposal to estab[?] wool app[?] centres in…

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Dairy Society Distributes £2,975 for Month

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 2

The Glen innes Co-operative Dairy Society limited has distributed a total of £2,979 to district farmers for the s[?] of cream and pigs for the…

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Wool Appraisements

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 January 1943 · page 3

Winchcomtoe Carson Ltd. report: There were 3363 bales of wool appraised at our Newcastle catalogue on Friday. Offerings chiefly were…

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