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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

1,515 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 76

New Poison Plant Affecting Sheep in NSW

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 6

Severe outbreaks of one form of so-called toxaemic jaundice occurring in sheep in New South Wales and Victoria over…

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Dry Month Suited Sheep Did Very Well, Says Stock Inspector

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 3

Sheep did very well during the month, the dry seasonal conditions suiting them well," the…

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Dry Month Suited Sheep Did Very Well, Says Stock Inspector No Major Losses

The Uralla Times · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 3

Sheep did very well during the month, the dry seasonal conditions suiting them well, the…

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Late Frost Hits Farmers Peas And Potatoes Damaged

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 1

On Tuesday night a severe frost occurred in Guyra and caused damage throughout the district. Fortunately the frost…

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Texas Cattle Values

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 1

TEXAS: There was a good number yarded at Messrs Wilson & Mayne’s cattle sale. Demand was keen for female…

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Metal Detecting in Cattle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 5

A metal detector used extensively during the war is now proving its peace-time value by helping in the problem of tracing metal and other substances swallowed by cattle while' grazing. Dr. Eugen Kormendy, famous…

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Armidale Cattle and Ram Sales

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 4

A yarding of 700 head of New England cattle has already been booked for auction at Armidale next Friday, the selling agents…

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Stock, Property Grafton Cattle Values

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 4

At a cattle sale at Grafton this week fattening age bullocks sold to £16/10/-. PIG , VALUES FIRM…

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Minister Discusses Wheat Prices

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA: The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) said this week that he disagreed with cabled prophesies that…

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New Wheat Board Head

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 15

Mr F. H. Cullen, of Victoria, has been appoin[?]…

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Cheque for Australia’s Wheat

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA: Australia’s cheque for the 1948-49 wheat harvest will amount to over £100,000,000 while 60,000.000 bushels…

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Tests Show Value Of Crop Rotation

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 4

Farmers who attended the New England Experiment Farm's Field Day on Wednesday were shown convincing evidence of why proper crop potation methods pay…

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300 Attend Farm Field Day

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 4

More than 300 farmers and graziers from Tenterfield, Uralla, Armidale, Guyra and Inverell, as well as local men on the lard, attended a series of field day lectures at the New England Experiment Farm on Wednesday. The field day programme…

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Farmers Told Of: 15 Years' Progress in Hybrid Maize Breading

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 5

Farmers who attended the Field Day at the New England Experiment Farm on Wednesday were shown the office objects of the present maize breading work being conducted there…

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S. Australian Desert Now Farming Land

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 6

A rush of applicants for land in the 90-mile Desert of South Australia has resulted from the successful soil experiments carried out by the Council. of Scientific and Industrial Research…

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Desert Turned Into Farmland Successful S.A. Soil Experiments Rush of Applicants

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 4

A rush of applicants for land in the 90-mile desert of South Australia has resulted from the…

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Way to Make Capitalism Work a Plan for To-morrow Which Works To-day The Canadian Farmer As a Co-operator

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 10

There has been a good deal of talk in Australia about rural co-operation and, of course, a good deal has been done. But members of the Progressive Farmer Team were astonished…

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Rush of Applicants Desert Turned Into Farmland

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 4

A. rush of applicants for land in the 90-mile Desert of South Australia has resulted from the successful…

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Stock, Property Mt. Russell Sheep

The Inverell Times · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 4

Mr. G. C. Hewat, Mt. Russell, secured to 42/ld, avg, 40/4d for 71 wethers and hoggets and 42/1d for 28 lambs…

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Russia and Wheat Talks

The Inverell Times · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 3

Russia and Argentina have accepted the United States invitation to atend the international wheat conference which…

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