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Farming & the land, 1940

6,932 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 250

Queensland Dairy Industry Cannot Afford Wages Award

The Land · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 10

DECLINING to make a wages award for the dairy industry in Queensland, the Full Bench of the State Industrial Court stated…

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A Section for the Poultry Farmer Great Young Bird Show Staged by Parramatta Club By an Expert

The Land · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 13

THE Parramatta Poultry Club, in conjunction with the Wyandotte Club, staged its annual young bird show last Saturday in the Macquarie Hall, Parramatta, before a good attendance of visitors and exhibitors…

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Breeding Farm Stock & VETERINARY Beat Contagious Abortion with Two-Herd System

The Land · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 12

To answer your question, our veterinarian must know all the facts. Therefore, give full particulars of the malady when you write. IN a previous article dealing with Contagious Abortion attention was drawn to the means which can be at…

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On the Land Improved Wool Selections. Good Averages for Clips. Dry Pastoral Conditions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 10

The inclusion of more spinners' wools in the Sydney appraisement catalogues is now producing results well above the average of 13.4375d a lb, at which the…

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Current Season's Wheat Crop 76,000,000 Bushels

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 10

Returns of 17,116 wheat farmers in New South Wales show that the 1939-40 harvest is the second largest on record in the State…

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Bumper Wheat Harvest

Daily News · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 3

This season's N.S.W. wheat harvest -- estimated by the Government Statistician at 78 million bushels -- has been exceeded only by the record…

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Wednesday's Wool Appraisements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 10

Appraisements of clips on Wednesday, January 24, in connection with the purchase of the Australian wool clip by the British Government, have been…

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Cattle, Fowls Die in Heat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 5

CASINO, Friday.--After several cattle had died from the heat, the Tabulam sales were abandoned today. All the cattle were driven into the…

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Slashed Bags Damage To Wheat

The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 5

Detectives and railway investigators to-day commenced a search for the person who, at Newtown last…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Wednesday, January 24, 1940, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…

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Wheat Shipment To N.Z.

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 14

A small shipment of wheat was made yesterday to New Zealand. Otherwise wheat trading remained very dull. No inquiries were made by millers…

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Recent Wheat Deal Shipping Freight Aspect

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 2

Following the recent announcement of the sale of £1,500,000 tons of new, season's wheat to the British Government, the…

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Bradford Wool Tops. London, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 15

The output of fine tops for the civilian trade has been sold well ahead at Bradford. Buyers are finding it difficult to arrange for the early delivery of new orders. Business in…

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Wheat Market. F.A.Q. Standard Lower

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 14

The New South Wales fair average quality standard for the current season was fixed yesterday at 63[?]lb to the imperial bushel, compared with 64½lb…

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Cameron Faces Wheat Belt Critics Hostility To Government PERTH

The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 2

The dissatisfaction expressed with the administration of the Commonwealth Government was the outstanding impression gained by the Country Party leader (Mr. Cameron) during an extensive tour of the…

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[?],000,000 Bushel Harvest. [?]reat Wheat Yield. Second Largest on Record

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 10

The final estimate of the wheat harvest in New South Wales is 76,000,000 bushels. This is very much larger than was…

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F.A.Q. Standard for Wheat. 63¼lb to Bushel. Effect of Bad Weather

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 17

At the Chamber of Commerce yesterday the f.a.q. (fair average quality) standard of the New South Wales wheat crop for the 1939-40 season was…

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Warning To Wool Men Shape of Fashions to Come London, January 2, 1940

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 14

SHEEP placidly grazing in Australia and silkworms contentedly munching their way into 1940 were unaware of still another doom decreed for them by the scientists. The textile world is quietly, but rapidly, passing through…

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Short of Grass and Water. Dry Liverpool Plains. Hunter Valley Crops Suffer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 10

Travellers who have been through the Hunter Valley and Liverpool Plains country recently describe conditions there as serious for both stock and…

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Cyclist's Crop of Records Amazing Riding By Opperman

The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 9

With nearly three hours in hand, Hubert Opperman at the Sports Arena to-day, broke the world record of 437 miles for 24 hours unpaced cyling…

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