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Farming & the land, 1940

6,932 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Diocese of Wagga Wagga Pastoral Letter of Bishop Henschke

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 33

Last Sunday in all churches throughout the diocese a brief pastoral letter was read from his Lordship the Bishop. The letter read as follows:…

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South African Trade Reduced Wheat Estimate

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 2

The general managers of the Standard Bank of South Africa have 'supplied the. following information about trade conditions…

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Kurnell and a Wharf. "Corpses Treated Like Cattle."

The Propeller · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 4

"The corpses of people who have died here have been covered over on a stretcher and put on carts, to be taken on the rough road to Cronulla…

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Lack of Shipping Restricts Wool Exports

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 10

ALTHOUGH appreciable shipments of wool have been made to Great Britain, France and neutral countries, exports are not keeping pace with…

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Wool Needs Record Cheque for Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 10

MILLS in the United Kingdom are running at high preasure. Raw material has been made available readily for army, navy and air force services…

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South African Wool Sales London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 9

At the South African wool sales for the week ended January 20. sixty-fours averaged /29¼ per lb. There was good general competition. The principal buyers were the United…

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Buy It Back Our Butter Trade in Britain Use of Margarine

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 4

WILL Australia have to "boy back" its butter trade in Britain alter the war? That is a question on which some sections of the…

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No Award Dairy Farm Returns Too Low

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 4

EVEN under present record conditions dairy farmers constituted the poorest employing class in the community, stated a judgment of the Full Bench of the…

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South African Wool. London, Jan. 24. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 12

South African wool exports in December were 24,118,0001b of greasy fleece, of which the United Kingdom took 1,124,0001b. France 6,140,0001b, Belgium 1,573,0001b, Italy 1,049,000…

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Russia Out of Wheat Market Canada Prevents Shipment of Order

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 2

WITH wheat declared a contraband, Russia is compulsorily out of the buying market as far as British countries are concerned…

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Value of Mew Dressing For Fly-struck Sheep Good Results in Field Tests

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 10

THERE has been a long-felt want in Australia for a dressing, to be used on fly-struck sheep, which, while being efficient from the point of view of relieving the sheep of its maggot in-festation, avoids the undesirable features of many of the present…

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Canada Checks Export of Wheat. Ottawa, Jan. 24. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 12

By a Canadian Order-in-Council, the export of wheat and other goods to countries adjacent to Germany without a license is forbidden…

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New Tractor Farmall-a with "Clear Vision"

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 8

A small tractor built to give the driver a full and intimate view of his job as he travels is something which farmers have no doubt longed for, but…

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"ALARMING" Slaughter of Dairy Calves

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 4

FIGURES reqarding the daughter of caives were described as "sharming" by members of the Australian Daily Board…

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A Dairyman's Note-book High Productions

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 4

ONE of the nightest producing Guernsey herds in New South Wales is Barrington. The last five cows…

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Shanghai Needs Dairy Company Makes Inquiries

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 4

CITY DAIRY CO., LTD., Shunghal regards Australia as a possible source of supply for dairy cattle. The company has asked the Questand Jersey Cattle…

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Farm Notes and News Colic in Horses

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 7

PERHAPS the commonest cause of colic is giving horses food to which they are not accustomed. A sound physiological reason exists for not doing this…

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For the Blind Training as Poultry Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 11

ST, DUNSTAN'S Hospital (Eng.) has been naked by the British Government to train soldiers who are blinded during the current war. More than 100…

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Pure Seed Takes Five Years to Produce Behind Scenes with Manager of Experiment Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 7

THE most progressive wheatgrowers in this State adopt a policy of introducing fresh seed on to their farms every year or every other year in order to maintain yields. Many farmers in the Condobalin district do likewise. They are the ones, who, like…

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Milking Cows Demand Minerals. Heavy Drain on Dairying Pastures

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 38

Discussing in a recent address to farmers the importance of maintaining the mineral content of dairying lands, Mr. P. Waller, Superintendent of Berry…

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