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Farming & the land, 1939

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Two Dairymen Fined Over Milk

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 9

Two dairymen wore proceeded against before Mr. Mahonoy, S.M., at Manly Court to-day on charges of having sold adulterated milk…

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Pig Started Farm Clubs

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 8

How the Junior Farmers' Clubs started in America was told to members of the Millions Club at a luncheon yesterday by Mr. E. Breakwell, B.A., B.Sc…

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Dairy Farmers Worried. Butter Substitutes. Government Action Urged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 7

Dairy farmers at Mullumbimby, Wingham, and Murwillumbah are concerned at the failure of the Federal and State Governments to protect them…

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Dairy Cattle Breeders' Assn

The Land · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 8

The United Pure-bred Dairy Cattle Breeders' Association, at its annual meeting. will consider a motion that the constitution be altered to…

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Farm Horses and Dairy Cattle on Show at Berry's 53rd Exhibition

The Land · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 9

The best line-up in the farm horse section at the 53rd annual Berry Show was seen in this class, for draught mares. Mr. A F. Hodgkinson, of Nowra, won first and second prizes with his entries (nearest the camera), and the winner was also champion mare. This Australian Illawarra Shorthorn cow, "Gem 77th," exhibited…

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Strong Classes of Dairy Cattle at Berry Show

The Land · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 19

COMPETITION was good in all dairy cattle sections at the 53rd annual Berry Show with the exception of Jerseys, which were not so…

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Unshrinkable Wool

The Land · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

A new method of producing non-shrinkable wool is disclosed in the report of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, according…

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Better Dairying Outlook Follows Rain on Coast Butter Output Rising Again

The Land · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 8

REPORTS of dairy instructors for January, received by the Department of Agriculture, disclose an improved outlook in most coastal…

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Wool Arrivals. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 7

Wool received from the Riverina, during the present season was 92,177 bales. This included 1,405 bales for January. The largest arrivals were at Willbriggie, 5,617 bales; Jerilderie,…

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Novel Plan to Stop Sheep Stealing

The Land · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 13

TO put a stop to the increasingly large number of sheep being stolen from Glencoe, in the United Kingdom, a…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 8

Values elsewhere than in Sydney are expressed in English currency. Liverpool Values: Old Contract—…

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Huge Stack of Northern Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 7

Bagged grain in the railway yard at Coonabarabran. Deliveries to this stack for the 1938 season totalled 69,538 bags, compared with 34,911 bags the previous season…

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Wheat Harvest in N.S.W. Totals 57 Million Bushels How Better Farming Helped

The Land · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 5

THE Director of Agriculture (Mr. A. H. E. McDonald) said this week that the New South Wales wheat harvest this season would total 57,000,000 bushels, an increase of 10,000,000 bushels on the preliminary official estimate made last November…

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Strong Competition at Wool Sales

Daily News · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 6

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association reported after yesterday's sales that the average price of wool during the first three days this week was £1359 per…

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Wheat Cargoes for China. Substantial Orders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 13

China, which re-appeared last month after a long absence as a purchaser of Australian wheat in appreciable quantities, has bought five New…

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Jersey Cattle News and Notes Grafton Stud Additions

The Land · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 18

FIVE of the nine Jersey females purchased during 1938 by Messrs. H. Badgery and Sons, of Caramana, South Grafton, have dropped heifer…

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Against Increase in Wool-Selling Rates

The Land · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

OBJECTION to the recent increase in handling charges by wool brokers was expressed by the Executive of the Farmers and Settlers'…

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S. America Supports Publicity for Wool

The Land · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 7

REPORTS received by the International Wool Secretariat in Lon-d on indicate that strong support will be forthcoming in South America for…

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Want Govt. to Buy Wheat for Defence

The Land · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

Contending that no defence [?] gramme can be complete with proper provision for food supplies, [?] Wheatgrowers' Union has request…

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Wheat Expansion Is Planned for N. China

The Land · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 5

A great expansion of wheat production in Manchukuo and North China is planned, according to an official Japanese statement this week…

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