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Farming & the land, 1940

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100,000 Acres Fire Swept Carelessness By Farmers Blamed For Outbreaks

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 2

In three days the bush fires at Yass have swept through nearly 100,000 acres of valuable agistment land. The land, which is valued at nearly £10 an acre,…

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Decisioni sul "Farm Peaks" Mulino di Goondi

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 7

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Butter Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 2

The following weekly butter report, dated January 30, was prepared by Prescott Pty., Ltd.: New South Wales. — The…

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Glamorous Gowns From Sheep's Back Wool Board Stages Dress Show

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 9

Models from Molyneux, Schiaparelli, Hartnell, and almost every other name famous among, English and French…

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Cattle Sales Earlier

The Biz · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 5

Persons interested are informed that. owing to the Liverpool Show, the cattle sale next Saturday, at Liverpool Saleyards, will commence at 12 noon, instead…

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Wheat Market

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 7

Rates fixed by the Australian Wheat Board are as follow: Millers lots, export and home consumption, bagged 4/0½ per bushel, for produce trade, bagged, under…

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Wheat for Africa?

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 2

THERE is a prospect of the sale to South Africa of one-and-a-half million bushels of…

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Avoid Weevil Attack Farmers Who Store Own Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 11

WHERE farmers are storing wheat on their own farms they should take every possible precaution to ensure that the…

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Friday's Wool Appraisements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 5

Appraisements of clips on Filday, January 26, in connection with the purchase of the Australian wool clip by the British Government, have been…

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Butter Still Going Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 23

Melbourne firms posted butter in hampers for England to-day, as they had not been officially advised of the new ban, and could not believe that…

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"Margarine Menace To Butter Trade"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 8

Vitaminised margarine, sold much cheaper than butter, would strike heavily at primary producers, and Australian butter exportation, the manager of one of…

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Wool Money Circulates

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 6

A PROPORTION of Australia's wool money is coming to the city by way of pastoralists'…

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Shearing Inspections For Show Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 5

The plan of inspecting and tagging all animals entered for the Sydney Sheep Show has been in operation for two years now, and the fact thal 110 studs applied for visits…

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More Entries Wheat and Dairy Sections Interest in Sydney Show

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 7

THE keen interest being taken by producers in the forthcoming Sydney Show is reflected in the excellent support accorded the wheat and dairy…

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Scheme to Swap Wheat

Daily News · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wed.-- That wheat should be shifted from the east coast of Canada to England on behalf of Australia and in exchange for…

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Can't Say It with Butter

Daily News · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Federal Government has decided to forbid the inclusion of butter in gift hampers sent to England during the war…

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Wool Prices Appraisements Continue

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 7

WOOL appraisements for the British Wool Purchase Scheme have continued during the past week. On January 24 one catalogue, 10,794…

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Sheep Expert in Gundagai Stud Country

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 14

"ALTHOUGH feed is now very dry in the Gundagai country, said the director of sheep and wool (Mr. Elliott) "It is in abundance and quite good for…

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Wheat Money. Further Large Payments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 6

Payments for wheat show freely in this week's issue of the accounts of the Commonwealth Bank. The item "discounts and advances" is higher by…

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PIONEERS Wool Auctions in Goulburn

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 14

MESSRS. R.D. GRAY AND SONS PTY., LTD., pioneered wood auctions in Goulburn eight years ago. The first sale was a small one…

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