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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

1,515 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 76

Prospects For Maize Crop

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 6

Weather throughout January was favourable for growing maize crops in all districts, says the monthly maize crop report…

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State Maize Crop Below Average

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 3

Dry conditions prevailed during the early part of the season and in most maize-growing regions little useful rain was received until late December, reports the Division of Marketing and…

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Maize Crops Favoured By Weather

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 13

Weather throughout January was favourable for growing maize crops in all districts, says the monthly maize crop report…

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State Pome Fruit Crop Generally Light, Survey Reveals

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

A recent survey of pome fruit crop prospects in New South Wales indicates that the main crop will be light and the…

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Good Control Given By DDT Ashford, Texas Tobacco Crop

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 7

The value of DDT in controlling major pests of tobacco crops has been demonstrated in several months of…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 12

David W. Oliver will offer 700 New England bred cattle at a special fat and store sale at Armidale yards next Friday…

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Wool Sales

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 6

Pitt, Son & Badgery, at Newcastle: D. Moss, Delungra, aaae 82[?]d, bkne 60d…

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Britain Shares New Cattle Sickness Cure

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 1

LONDON: Britain is to lay before the scientists of other nations details of the new cure for sleeping sickness in cattle caused by the tsetse fly in Africa. This remarkable discovery,…

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Wheat Auger Succeeds In Harvesting

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 3

The wheat auger system of lifting wheat has been tried with success by a farmer of the Quambatook district, in northern Victoria, who can empty, a bin on the header, containing 10 bags, into a tank…

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U.S. Sheep Population Lowest On Record

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 3

Mr. Eugene Ackerman, executive director of the American Wool Council, said that the sheep population of the1…

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U.S Storms Cause Big Sheep Lesses

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK: The storms which have swept the great meat and wheat producing States of the west his winter have killed about…

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Stock, Property District Wool Sales

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. : Duddy Bros., Graman, DB— Ardersier, aaaw 88[?] aaaacom…

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Synthetic Fibres “Grave Problem For Wool Industry”

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK: Concern at the competition of synthetic fibres with wool was voiced at the American Wool Council’s…

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Newcastle Wool Sales N.Z. L. and M.A. Co. Ltd

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 10

The New Zealand Loan and Mercartile Agency Co. Ltd. brought forward a catalogue of 2700 bales for the 5th series5…

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Wheat Cheque Down £30,000,000 Less Than Last Year CANBERRA

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 1

Commonwealth Government officials believe that Australia's wheat cheque will be about £30,000,000 less this year than,…

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Oats Experiments At N. E. Farm

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 5

Better varieties of oats for the Northern Tablelands, the North-West and Coast is the aim of agronomists at the New England Experiment Farm. Their main objectives at…

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N. E. Farm Advances in Potato Breeding

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 3

New varieties of potatoes with higher yields better quality and resistance to disease, is the goal of potato breeders at the New England Farm. All potato improvement work…

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Junior Farmers Prizes For General Proficiency

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 6

Prizes for general proficlency In project work donated to the Ben Venue Junior Farmers' Club by Mr. J…

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District Wool Sales

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd.: Robert H. Daley (Gravesend), Corriedale 66d. The Country Producers Selling…

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General Wool Demand Finance And Selling

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 14

The wool market generally has been maintained on recent levels, Winchcombe, Carson…

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