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Farming & the land, 1939

8,508 stories in Sydney's papers · page 80 of 250

Stability of Wool Values Supplies Ahead

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., in their special weekly report stated that experiences of the past year foster the belief that under existing…

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Wheat Market. Silo Parcels. Season's Lowest Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 7

The pilce of silo wheat of the 1938-39 harvest dropped to the lowest level of the current season in Sydney yesterday…

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Wheat Ration Value Proved on North Coast

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 5

breeders on the North Coast were beginning to realise the value of feeding their pigs on wheat, which was a cheap and excellent food, producing…

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Restoration of Soil Fertility. in Wheat-growing Districts

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 44

Discussing the problem of soil impoverishment in wheat-growing districts in relation to the larger or essentially crazing areas, a departmental…

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Brighter Outtook in Dairying Districts Rain Came at Right Time for Crops and Pastures Increased Production is Expected

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 4

HEAVY rain in dairying districts since last week-end has greatly improved prospects for autumn and winter. Increased production is expected in many areas, as the rain will stimulate growth of fodder crops and pastures…

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Coastal Dairy Farm Championship Prospects are Good

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 4

AS prospects in all coastal districts have improved considerably since the rain, it is expected that a record entry will be received for the…

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Wheat as Feed Cheapest Grain for Cows and Pigs

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 9

FOR feeding to both dairy cattle and pigs wheat is the cheapest grain available to-day and its food value is as good as or better than any, stated the Director of Agriculture (Mr. A. H. McDonald) in a "Farmer and Settler" interview…

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Sale at Bald Blair 1085 Cattle Listed Famous Aberdeen-Angus Stud

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 8

A CHANCE for beef cattle men to acquire some good Aberdeen-Angus stock will be available at the famous Bald Blair stud. Guyra, when the…

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The Man on the Land. Reports and Hints. Sheep Rugging Trial

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 32

The rugging of sheep is a very controversial subject, and a recent report from South Australia indicates that results are still proving very satisfactory in that…

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St. Blaize. Patron of Throat-sufferers and Wool-combers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 10

All Christendom was celebrating recently the beautiful festival of Candlemas, or the Purification of our Blessed Lady, says Abbot Hunter Blair in the…

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Wheat Storage in Terminal Consignments Can Be Sent to Sydney

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 9

DUE to useful overseas shipments of wheat from the terminal sil[?] in Sydney the storage position there has been considerably relieved…

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Sheep From New Zealand For N.S.W. Studs Southdowns and Romnby Marsh

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 3

MR. C. J. DALEY, sheep and wool instructor for the Riverina, who is now visiting New Zealand, has selected sheep from prominent…

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Dairyman's Misfortune

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 4

Albert ("Boy") Flint. dairyman, while pulling some feed out of a shed. slipped on to some bolts of a door and injured his back. It was necessary…

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Dairy Bombshell Mr. Bruce's Plain Statements

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 1

MR. S. M. BRUCE, Australia's High Commissioner, has thrown a bombshell into the dairy industry. Addressing members of…

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Girl Junior Farmers Cunningbar

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 11

One of the outstanding members of the poultry project is Ina Errey. Ina is interested in Leghorns and Buff Orpingtons. She is doing very well at her project, and…

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Down on the Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 11

"AUSTRALIAN WATTLE" (via A[?]).—We get our mail twice weekly, on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. It comes to Ashley in the train and the mail-man brings it out…

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Tractors on the Farm Making Gadgets Out of Odds and Ends

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 7

SOME of the fellows who look after farm tractors are wonderfully clever at making special tools and gadgets out of odds and ends…

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New Farms Closer Settlement in the Albury District

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 2

NINETEEN farms, averaging 600 acres in area, will become available for selection on 11th April, as a result of the subdivision of…

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P.P. Board Lands To the Editor "Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 10

We read that P.P. Boards have asked the Minister for Lands to bring in an Act whereby any lands placed under their control shall not be leased to…

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Farm Manure Restores Organic Matter Wyong Proof

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 4

IT was usually considered extremely difficult to obtain reasonably good production from pastures after the first year in districts such…

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