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Farming & the land, 1939

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Efficient Plant a Farm Necessity Nowadays

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 13

ONCE more the harvest just past has demonstrated that the properly equipped farmer is the one who gains the greatest yield per acre. Now is the…

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Junior Farmer's Success

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 15

"JUNIOR JUDOS" (Temagog P.O.).—Once again I am writing to you and this time I would like to tell you about my success at the Royal an country shows. At the Sydney…

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Collins' Farmers' Diary

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 12

CONSIDERING its importance, it is amazing the small proportion of farmers who know actually what it costs them to produce a pound of butter, a…

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The Farm Kitchen

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 15

NO longer are modern cooking appliances confined to the city. The A.G A. cooker, functioning independently of external power supplies, is now available' in…

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Soil Wastage Bank Expresses Concern Advice to Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 3

ADVOCATING good management as a means of remedying [?] and soil wastage, the Bank of New South Wales, in its current circular…

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Every Yard Intensive Use of Danish Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 10

UTMOST use is made of every square yard of Danish farms, as intensive methods are necessary to provide sufficient fodder for the stock…

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Farm Trials Prove Value of Phalaris Tuberosa as Winter Fodder for the Upper Clarence River District

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 10

IMPORTANCE of phalaris tuberosa as a winter fodder was proved in trials over two years in the Upper Clarence River district. Mr. G. Giles, district agricultural instructor, has expressed…

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Drifting Sand Control Methods on Coastal Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 10

INTERESTING details of methods adopted by Mr. A. T. Beswick to cope with drifting sand on his coastal property, Empire ale, Ballina, were given…

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Milk Coolers Maitland Farmers in Opposition

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 11

A REPRESENTATIVE meeting of dairy farmers of the Maitland district last week decided to ask the Federated Milk Producers to appoint…

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Bet Up Big on Beau Cheval Farm Encourage Handicap 1 Mile.—3.50

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 3

HIGH DIVIDEND: A promising galloper trained by Tom Murray at Randwick. Had three outings at the recent Randwick meetings, and was…

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Tremendous Oat Crop. New England's Good Season

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 7

Practically the only district in New South Wales where the season, up till the end of the year at all events, has been bountiful is New England…

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Lucerne Crops Pay. Mudgee Growers. Three Good Seasons

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 7

"There is a belief that lucerne grows in Mudgee whether there is rain or not," said a leading Mudgee lucerne grower, when asked yesterday to comment on the last season. "But,…

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Farmers March On London LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 3

FIVE thousand farmers, dairymaids, and farm laborers plan to "march on London" on February 1…

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The Tu[?] Warwick Farm

The Biz · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 6

If Penthides is started [?] [?] the Juvenile Handicap, [?] [?] no end of beating. This [?] [?] Marjorie will be well in the [?] [?]…

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Wheat

The Land · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 26

Overseas wheat markets were quietly steady last week-end, but subsequently developed an easier tone on reports of rains in the United States and India. Although the undertone has…

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Pastoral Research Trust's Fine Work

The Land · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 18

THE Australian Pastoral Research Trust has a capital now reaching a total of £66,868, the result of voluntary contributions from those…

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Show Wheat Classes

The Land · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 3

THE closing date for entries in the Wheat Section for the Royal Easter Show has been extended from January 11 to January 18…

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Liens on Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 8

The Registrar-General, Mr. R. W. Willis, writes pointing out that the return furnished by him on January 5 showed the number of sheep affected by liens on wool in 1938 at…

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Jersey Cattle News and Notes

The Land · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 17

IT is often said "that the good die young," but as there are exceptions to every rule, even in the Jersey breed, one exaction disproving this…

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Melbourne Sheep Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 9

At the fat sheep sales to-day, the offering consisted of 22,500 fat sheep and 20,000 lambs. Best quality madium to heavyweight crossbred and comeback ewes met a steady demand, but prices for…

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