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Farming & the land, 1940

6,932 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 250

Largest Wheat Crop Yet New Figures Beat Previous Best Australian Record Problem of Acreage Control for Coming Season

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 14

LATEST figures issued by the Australian Wheat Board show that Australia's wheat crop exceeded all previous records. The estimate is now 215,000,000-bushels, comparing with 214,000,000-bushels in 1932-33…

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White Faced Cattle Fill Big Place in Beef Industry

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 6

THE manufacturer who used inferior materials for the sake of cheapness would soon go to the wall, and likewise the tradesman who worked with ill-shaped tools and untrue machines. But some cattle raisers think that any sort of material and…

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"The Farmer and Settler" Annual Survey of the Beef Cattle Industry Review of Studbreeders' Objective and Industry Observations of a Tour of Three States

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 1

PHILIP SIDNEY, in his "Apologie for Poetrie," used a friend's point that the "furthest end of a saddler's art was to serve the noble faculty of horsemanship." The idea seems to have its parallel in the object of stud breeding. The ultimate end of this service (in the field covered in this section) is the furnishing of a single animal of apparent perfection to serve the…

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It Was a Big Sheep to Get So Badly Lost

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 25

Ottawa.—From a destroyer helping to convoy troop transports carrying the Canadian Active Service Force to England came this message by wireless:…

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BUSHFIRE Burnt Out Area, Ignites Heavy Sheep and Property Losses

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 2

FLARING up from underground, where apparently it had smouldered from a previous blaze three weeks ago, fire caused havoc…

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Farm and Dairy Produce, Etc

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 3

Lucerne Chaff: S. Howell. saccaline: G. Honeman 1 and 2. Collection Maize Cobs: s. Howell l and 2. Heaviest Maize. S. Howell 1 and 2. Saccaline,…

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Wheat Sowing Trial Plots Results at Condobolin Standard Rate Gives Best Results

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 14

SEVEN year's trials of wheat sowings at Condobolin Experiment Farm show that the standard rate—rows 7-in, apart, 50-lb, seed and…

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Many Years of Steer Raising Brings Admiration for Shorthorn "Aristocrat says Beef Cattle," says Old Breeder

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 4

THERE are other breeds, but the Shorthorn is the aristocrat of beef cattle," was the way Mr. D. J. Roach, Roachdale, Holbrook, an old cattleman of many years' experience in breeding and fattening, expressed his admiration for the breed, as we sat on the verandah at his homestead one January evening…

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Progeny of Last Year's Champion Queensland Breeder's Sydney Show Team Polling Taken Up by Foremost Cattle Judge

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 5

MR. J. T. SCRYMGEOUR'S Sydney show team from Netherby, Warwick (Q.), Shorthorn stud, will comprise six bulls and one heifer, all Polls and the progeny of last year's Sydney Royal Champion and three times Brisbane Royal Champion, Red Victor…

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Auction of Farmlet

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 6

Mr C. J. Welch will offer at auction, at his office, Station Street, Penrith, on Wednesday, March 6, at 2 p.m., 11acre farmlet, with cottage and…

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Tractors on the Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 15

AFTER the farm tractor has seen considerable service it may be necessary to renew the fabric universal joints. In time wear becomes noticeable, and then…

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New Sow for Dairy Design

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 9

MR. E. MORTON TROTTER, Dairy Design, Beechwood, announces that he has acquired a Berkshire sow by the champion, Glen Innes Larry, ex a Nav[?]a…

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"Doddies" Thrive Under Australian Conditions Narrangullen Shows Again Big Crop of Heifers Makes Draft Available for Sale Stud of Noted Scotch Strains

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 12

A PREPONDERANCE of heifer calves in last year's drop at the Narrangullen Aberdeen-Angus Stud, Yass, has caused Mr. G. T. Reid to offer a few females for sale. These are of the best quality, and are being entered for Sydney Royal Show, at the…

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Avoiding Trouble Manchester and Mules' Methods Discussed is Caustic Too Severe? To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler"!

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 13

SIR,—I am interested in your remarks on the Manchester method of protecting sheep from fly strike in the crutch…

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Root Crops Popular

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 12

A SUBSTANTIAL increase in the area down to turni[?] in New England district is reported by Mr. J. B. Noonan…

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Two Centuries of Breeding Behind Red Polls Good Tempered and Hardy Dual Purpose Quality Makes Type Popular with Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 15

When the Board of Agriculture was formed in England about 17[?], surveys were made of the various counties. Suffolk was ably written up Mr. Arthur…

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Farm Notes & News Plant Breeder Transferred

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 14

TRANSFERRED to Sydney is Mr. J. T. Pridham, of Cowra Experiment Farm, plant breeder and disciple of William Farror. Working on the same…

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Demand for Farm Output "Inopportune Time for Restriction"

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 14

FOR the present year farmers should not restrict nor increase wheat acreages, in the opinion of Mr. A. H. E. McDonald, director of…

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Compton Stud Owned by Junior Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 5

SIX animals will represent Compton Jersey stud at Sydney show. Messrs. Gibson Bros., Junior Farmer members, commenced this purebred herd in the…

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"Scottish Farmer Annual"

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 2

WE have received a copy of the "Scottish Farmer Annual" for 1940, which provides a comprehensive review of the British livestock industry…

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