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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

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Recipes Butter Scotch

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 3

Put two cupfuls of brown sugar, two teaspoonsful of vinegar and one cupful each of butter and boiling water in a smooth granite ware…

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Drought Crisis in N.S.W. Government Help to Farmers

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 4

As an indication of the severity of the drought in N.S.W. the Premier, Mr. McKell, said yesterday that all the £650,000 alloted to the State to…

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Drought Suits Rice Crops

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 4

Drought conditions on the Murrumbidgee irrigation area have been highly satisfactory for this season's rice crops, which are grown with their…

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Wool Report

Manilla Express · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:— Wool appraisements were resumed in Sydney last week and…

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Wheat Storage

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 1

It was mentionel by the Minister for Commerce, Mr. W. J. Scully, in Canberra, that he was giving consideration to the question of the storage…

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Wheat Conference Grievances to Be Ventilated

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 2

A conference of wheatgrowers is to be held at Narrabri on Friday and Saturday, February 20 and 21. At a meeting in Manilla the…

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Less Wheat May Be Needed

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

The Federal Government was considering the necessity of restricting the total production of wheat in Australia, said the Minister for…

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Farmers of the Future a Plea For Youth

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

Addressing a recent conference of farmers on the subject of educating the boy on the farm to take his place in the community as a citizen, Mr. C…

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The Agricultural Holdings Act a Means to Better Farming

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

The Agricultural Holding Act, 1941, has now passed through all stages in Parliament and will be proclaimed in the near future…

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Wheat Storage

Manilla Express · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 4

It was mentioned by the Minister for Commerce, Mr. W. J. Scully, in Canberra that he was giving consideration to the…

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Wool Sales

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 2

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-Op Co. Ltd. reports on the 28th inst:— We submitted our appraisement Catalogue No. 68 (the 17th of the…

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Wheat Acreage Large Area to Be Curtailed

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 2

The Minister for Commerce has wheat storage and to the necessity to restrict to some extent referred again to the problem of…

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F.A.Q Standard of Wheat Higher For 1942

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 2

The fair average quality wheat standard for 1942 will be 64lb, an imperial bushel, as against. 62¾lb. in 1941. Experts determined this…

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Collective Farming in the Soviet Union How It Operates

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 4

Many Australians have heard that Collective Fanning exists in the Soviet Union, but few have anything but the foggiest notion…

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Wool Report

Manilla Express · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 1

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd report:— Our appraisement No. 68 was complete for preliminary…

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Wheat Acreage Large Areas to be Curtailed

Manilla Express · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce has referred again to the problem of wheat storage and to the necessity to restrict to some…

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Evacuation of the Dairying Industry Premier of New South Wales

Manilla Express · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 4

Should Australia find itself in the unhappy position of having to repel an attempted enemy invasion, one of the most urgent…

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N.s.w. Wheat

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 3

The wheat crop of New South wales for 1941-2 was about 48,500,000 bushels, approximately double the previous season's crop, but…

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F.A.Q. Wheat Fixed at 64lbs:—

Manilla Express · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 2

Fair average quality of wheat for 1941–42 crop has been fixed at 64lbs. Two hundred and forty samples were weighed, of which…

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Wool Report

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 2

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd., report: Our appraisement catalogue No. 68 was finalised on Friday last. It was of 5,744 bales comprising an…

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