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Farming & the land, 1940

6,932 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Sheer Beauty in Wool Sydney Mannequin Parade Features Latest Parisian Gowns

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 16

LAST May the Australian Wool Board invited the newly formed South African and New Zealand Wool Boards to start an international organisation to administer a fund for making researches and publicising new ideas in wool. Born under these circumstances the International Wool Secretariat set up its headquarters in London, with offices in Paris…

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Dundee Wheat's Value Miller's Criticism at Fixing of F.A.Q. for Current Season

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

GRAVE doubt on the advisability of the continued cultivation of Dundee wheat was thrown by Mr. Norman…

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State Harvest Second Best on Record Wheat Board Reviews Price Position Affect of Freight Rates and World Stocks

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 9

BOTH Australia in general and New South Wales in particular have harvested a wheat crop closely approaching the best on record. Australia's wheat crop for the current season is now estimated at 204,000-bushels, comparing with 214,000,000 in…

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Grass Farming Autumn Programmes Soon Begin

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

AT the moment the weather is responsible for some temporary retarding of pasture improvement plans that have been made by…

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"I Saw It in The Farmer and Settler'!" That is your password to successful buying from our Advertisers Use. The Password New Breeds Seeking Improved Types of Poultry

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 15

ONE of the two new breeds evolved at the Ovaltine farm, King's Langley (Eng.), is the Brown-Red Leghorn. This has been built up from Black, Brown…

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Tractor Costs Economy on West Australian Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 9

WITH 5600 tractors in the State, Western Australia has one tractor to every 530-acres sown with wheat for grain. An examination of per-acres costs…

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Dry Farming Facing Difficulties in Penrith District Fodder Reserves

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 10

AT practically any time during the past six years, the Penrith district has looked dry, although there have been…

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Farm Notes and News Downside Stud

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 9

MR. DAVID HAMILTON, of Downside Clydesdale Stud, Wagga, reports the sale of the colt Gartmore Flashwell, by All's Well (Imp), from Flash…

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Rice Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 9

PROVIDED normal conditions are received from now on, the rice crop on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Are promises to be a profitable…

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Twelve Months' Progress Junior Farmer Clubs

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 16

THE great practical value of the Junior Farmers' Clubs was clearly illustrated in the record of achievement which characterised the…

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More Hopeful Outlook Linseed Crops on M.I.A. The Rust Problem

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

ALTHOUGH rust so seriously damaged experimental linseed crops on the Murrumbldgce Irrigation Area this year, there is now a…

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"Conglomeration" Condemned Intermningling of Beef and Dairy Breeds Aberdeen-Angus Men Complain

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

LANDHOLDERS are going in more than ever for the mixed type of business. Running cattle, fattening steers, and breeding horses have long been associated with woolgrowing, but other lines are appearing. There is fat lamb raising, and portions of…

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Chelsea Park Training Farm News

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 2

Mv. and Mvs. Bradford returned from their holiday looking fit and well. They gave, us excellent reports at the work of Mr. and Mrs. Insler who are very happy…

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Light Horsemen in Camp. Leave to Tend Farms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 11

Special leave provisions are being made for members of light horse units going into camp for three months' training, to enable members who have farm or station properties to visit…

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On the Land Batlow's Fruit Crop. Apples and Pears. Dissatisfaction with Pool. Batlow

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

The assessment of crops under the apple and pear acquisition scheme has been almost completed in the Batlow district. Mr. P. B. McKenzie, the local…

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Police Seek Alien. Fired Shots at Farmer. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 9

Penshurst police are searching for an alien who, it is alleged, was recently released on a bond to be of good behaviour for 12 months after he had been convicted on a robbery…

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Inquest Held in Camera. Coroner Refuses to Give Reasons. Death of Farmer. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 9

The District Coroner, Mr. H. S. Johnston, to-day held an inquiry in camera into the death of Allan Ford Dunstan, 48, who was found dead with…

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Poultry Stocktaking an Annual Necessity on Every Poultry Farm

The Biz · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 10

All poultry-farmers should make a practice of counting their stock at the beginning of the year [?] order to enable a summing-up of the operation of the…

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Auction Sales to Come Sheep and Cattle

The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 22

FORBES.—Edward Weaver and Co., and F. & G. Co-op. Co., C.W. and P. Co. Ltd., and W. K. Garnsey, Senr., Pty. Ltd., fortnightly on Tuesday…

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On the Land Stock Sales. Improved Sheep Market. Prime Cattle Sell Well

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 5

Sheep, especially heavy sheep, sold at slightly higher rates at the Flemington saleyards yesterday. Prime lambs, which were scarce, sold…

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