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Farming & the land, 1939

8,508 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 250

Sheep with Cough

The Land · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 12

"F.P.Y.": My sheep have some disease, and show the following symptoms: In the beginning the sheep become very stiff in the legs and…

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Smaller Profits for Pastoral Companies

The Land · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 6

Gross profits of five of the large pastoral companies (Australian Estates, Australian Mercantile Land and Finance, Dalgrety and Company…

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Butter Substitutes. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 7

Shareholders of the Casino Co-operative Dairy Society, at the half-yearly meeting, decided to direct the attention if State and Federal Governments to the [?] fair…

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Wheat Crisis in Q.; Big Crop, Low Price

The Land · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 4

THE wheat industry in Queensland is facing a crisis this season because of the low world prices and the fact that, for the first time in its…

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Pastoral Industry Now Better Able to Withstand Drought BUT N.S.W. Sheep Numbers Down 5,000,000

The Land · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 6

"THERE is evidence that the drought resisting capacity of the sheep industry has been greatly increased in recent years, and that the sheep carrying capacity of the State has been definitely raised, by…

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Jersey Cattle News and Notes

The Land · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 19

AN important addition to the Austral Park Jersey Stud, owned by Mr. E. Chegwidden, Berry, is a heifer calf born to woodside…

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Wheat Harvest Exceeds Forecast

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 8

This season's wheat harvest has exceeded the forecasts of the State Marketing Bureau officials and other experts by…

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Would Sell Wheat Direct

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 3

Elimination of middlemen would mean that Australian growers would get 6d. more per bushel of wheat for overseas consumption than at present. This has been ascertained by officials of the Wheatgrowers’…

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Want Wheat Relief Payments Direct

The Land · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 4

CLAIMING that all wheatgrowers in the south-west had expenses that could not be met from allowances under the Farmers' Relief Act,…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 6

The State Marketing Bureau (Department of Agriculture) advises as follows regarding local and overseas wheat values and sales…

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Guernsey Cattle News & Notes New Herd Book

The Land · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 19

FURTHER laurels have been, added to the splendid record of achievement of the "Golden Butter Breed." This is emphasised in the publication…

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Firm Trend at Wool Sales

Daily News · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 6

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association reported yesterday that the average price for the first three days' sales this week was £14010 per bale and 11.4d…

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To Load Wheat Salvus at Fremantle

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 4

The British steamer Salvus, which arrived at Fremantle on Wednesday from Nauru with a cargo of phosphates, is expected to complete the…

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Good Display of Merino Sheep at Ryal Show

The Land · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 7

THE Rydal and district A.H. and P. Association held its nineteenth annual Show this year on a much improved showground. A Government grant of £250 has…

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U.K. Regulation of Butter Imports Next step in govt.'s Plan To Assist Home Producers Q. Dairy Leader a Critic

The Land · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 3

FOLLOWING the recent restriction of mutton and lamb imports to the United Kingdom, as imposed by the British Government, it is understood that both Dominion and foreign dairy produce will be the next…

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Vic. Wheat Failure Means Big Rail Loss

The Land · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 5

THE extent to which State railway revenue is dependent on the wheat industry has been well illustrated in Victoria following the crop…

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Keep Sharp Watch for Disease in sheep on Irrigation Areas

The Land · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 18

ALTHOUGH sounding a note of warning regarding disease in sheep on the Murrumbidgce irrigation areas, the Southern District Veterinary Officer (Mr. A.L. Rose) assured farmers at the Master Farmer field day at Yanco that fortunately they now had the…

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Field Day on South Coast Dairy Farm

The Land · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 8

Some of the 70 dairy farmers who attended a field day conducted recently by the Far South Coast branch of the Jersey Herd Society on the farm of Messrs. H. and C. Cole, "Roscliill," Pambula. Addressing visitors is Mr. Ballard (senior dairy instructor)…

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Market News and Reviews WHEAT Market Quiet and Inactive

The Land · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 25

The overseas wheat market has been [?] inactive, with a Poor United Kindom demand, due apparently to millers taking delivery of wheat purchased some time back…

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Restrict Wheat Sowing. Exporter's Advice. Problem of Political Control

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 7

"With the uncertainties existing overseas, and the irregular nature of our weather, it would be both prudent and advisable to restrict wheat sowing to…

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