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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

1,166 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 59

Rats Damage Stored Wool at Glen Innes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 4

Reports from various parts of the district tell of damage to stored wool by rats (says the Glen Innes "Examiner")…

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More Wool Railed Less Sheep in World

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— About one-third of the clip from the main season’s shearing in New South Wale is to be appraised during…

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Synthetic Wool Peanuts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 8

Imperial Chemical Industries has announced the development of a new synthetic wool fibre from peanuts for mixture with real wool…

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Wheat Growing Departmental Red Tape

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 3

An Inverell farmer who desired to slightly increase the area he had previously under wheat intimated his wish to the Wheat Industry…

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Milk Strike Dairymen Renew Threat SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 2

Milk suppliers in the metropolitan and milk zones are again threatening strike in order to enforce payment of higher prices for raw milk…

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Oats Prices Farmers Must Be Protected Mr. Drummond's Comments

Guyra Argus · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 3

Although the Federal Government is to, be commended for fixing the price of oats in the hands of merchants and…

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The Penalty of Over-stocking, Over-cropping

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 3

Mr. E. D. Ogilvie, "[?]parran," writes to the Editor. Sir Join Russell, Director of Rothamsi[?]ad Experiment…

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More Wool Railed Less Sheep in World

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 10

About one-third of the clip from the main season's shearing in New South Wales is to be appraised during the early…

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Wheat Position Depends on Super

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 7

Even under the most favorable conditions, Australia’s, wheat crop in the 1945-46 season will not exceed a normal crop’s bushels unless greatly…

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Wool Research Federal Plan to Combat Synthetics

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 16

Parliament is expected to debate in the coming session the Federal Government's plan to spend £600,000 yearly on wool research and…

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Delungra Doings Personal—Wheat Harvest—Red Cross—Mi. Russell L.O.L. PERSONAL

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. M. Hobday are entertaining Mr. William Mitchell, a friend from Sydney 18-years-old, who negotiated the 490 miles per bicycle in…

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Weed Control in Carrot Crops By Spraying With Power Kerosene How a Crop Was Saved

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 12

The value of power kerosene for destroying weeds within the rows of carrots was demonstrated on a number of properties on the…

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To Combat Droughts Practical Farmer’s Views Silos and Wafer Conservation

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 3

When Joseph of old told Pharaoh to prepare for a seven years’ drought, Pharoah wisely listed and acted with the result that Egypt was saved…

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Dairy Herd by Auction

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 4

The attention of dairymen and householders is drawn to the sale of Mir. Owen Bartlett’s dairy herd which takes place at “Cliffdale,” Little…

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Cattle in Britain

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 2

Cattle have increased in England and Wales from 6,770,000 in 1939 to 7,209,000 in 1944, while the numbers of other…

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Glen Innes Butter For Inverell

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 2

The Glen Innes Co-operative Dairy Society is supplying 60 boxes of butter per week to Inverell owing to the dry…

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Drought Toll Big Cattle Losses in The West Glen Innes an Oasis

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 2

The following article front the Inverell "Times" gives some conception of the toll of drought and as well indicates…

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Maize Crop at Atherton

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 1

ATHERTON.—On New year's Day many fields on the Atherton Tableland had not been planted with maize or the young…

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