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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

6,739 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Sheep Country Rains. Benefit to Growing Clip. Future of Prices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 10

The break of the drought in most of the sheep country in New South Wales has come at a time when its value to the wool industry will be…

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Waste 'Like Lamb's Wool' LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 3

A Belgian has discovered a secret method of re-processing waste wool, according to evidence given yesterday in Leeds…

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Oversea Wheat Position Lindley Walker's Special Report SYDNEY, Jan. 9

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 2

Our cable this week (delayed) reviewing International wheat markets, reads:— "Argentine rains, expected…

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Court Hears of New Wool Process. London, Jan. 10. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 14

Joseph Bailly, a Belgian, was acquitted at Leeds on a charge of having stolen 11 bales of wool entrusted to his company for processing. He was also charged with offering…

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Warwick Farm Meeting. To-day's Randwick Races. Chances of the Miller and Tuckerbox

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 16

There is every prospect of interesting racing at the Australian Jockey Club's Warwick Farm meeting at Randwick to-day. There are seven races, with the first set down for 1.30 and a late finish at 5 p.m…

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Poultry Farmer to Stand Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 5

Leo Graham Johnston, 35, poultry farmer, of Menai, was committed for trial at Kogarah Court yesterday on a charge of having stolen bonds…

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Farm Encourage (3.50) the Miller Selected As Best Bet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 12

The Miller, in the Farm Encourage Handicap, is selected as the best bet of the day. Having only his second start in a…

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Wool Payments Mystery

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 10

HOW is Australia being paid for wool? Is she getting 10½d sterling or 13.4d Australian? Except for a few in the inner circle…

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Around The Market Rain Stimulates Pastoral Shares

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 15

BREAKING of the long drought in vast grazing areas in the west and northwest stimulated demand for…

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U.S.A. tries our old sheep rugging plan

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Sat. -- Wyoming sheep farmers are experimenting with the discontinued Australian method of rugging shorn sheep…

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Escape From Farm Home

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 6

GOSFORD, Saturday. -- Eight boys from the Gosford Farm Home escaped this afternoon. Police and the staff so far have…

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Butter Production Increasing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 5

Production of butter is increasing in almost all dairying centres in New South Wales according to a report issued by Prescott Pty., Ltd., for the week ended…

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Wool Appraisements

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 2

The appraisement of wool will be renewed to-day, after a lull for the Christmas recess, and indications are that the remainder of the 1940-41 clip will be disposed of with the same efficiency which marked earlier business…

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On the Land. "Super" for Wheat. Essential to Crop. Variety Trials in West

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 4

The manager of the Condobolin Experiment Farm, Mr. J. H. Green, warns wheatgrowers not to ignore the use of superphosphate in…

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Anthrax and Pleuro. Cattle Diseases in N.S.W.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 4

Cases of both anthrax and pleuropneumonia have been reported in New South Wales recently, said the chief of the Division of Animal…

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Small C'wealth Wheat Surplus For 1939-40

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 10

Of 195,750,000 bushels of wheat in the 1939-40 harvest delivered to the Australian Wheat Board, only 25,200,000 bushels remained unsold on December…

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Huge Sales of Wheat. Only 25,200,000 Bushels Left. Poor 1940-41 Harvest. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 9

Of the 195,750,000 bushels of 1939-40 season wheat delivered to the Australian Wheat Board, only 25,200,000 buhels remained unsold on December…

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Organic Manures. Success on Ryde Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 4

The picture at the top of this page illustrates a practice that is giving payable results wherever it is employed. The object is to increase the organic content…

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Butter Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 2

The following report on the butter trade for the week ended January 11 was prepared by Prescott Pty., Ltd.:-…

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Wheat Country Lucerne. Value in Drought. "Crop for Every Farm."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 6

Further evidence of the value of lucerne in drought time comes from several agricultural instructors in the wheat country…

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