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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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World's Wheat Situation Lindley Walker's Special Report SYDNEY, Dec. 31

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 2

The estimates of yields by countries continue largely unofficial, and being based on fragmentary data, they should be considered…

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More Farm Tractors

The Land · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 2

THE number of tractors on farms in New South Wales has more than doubled in the past 10 years, according to…

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N.S.W. Dairy Quotas for January

The Land · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 2

On the recommendation of the N.S.W. Dairy Products Board the Minister for Agriculture has determined the following quotas to…

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Erosion Control Vital to Profitable Farming

The Land · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 2

EROSION control is essential if the rural industries of N.S.W. are to be permanent and profitable and if the land is to provide a…

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England's Example in Tenant Farming

The Land · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 4

IT is frequently said that our system of tenant and share farming is the cause of many farming ills in Australia. Depletion of soil fertility, failure to conserve'…

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Breeding Farm Stock & VETERINARY Shorthorn Notes Oxley Shorthorns Topped Fat Markets 41 Times in 1940

The Land · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 8

THE outstanding run of top prices realised during 1940 by Mr. J. J. Leahy, of Oxley Station, Warren, with Shorthorn fats on the…

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Water on Pig Farms

The Land · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 13

A permanent supply of good water to necessary where pigs are kept, both for the use of the pigs and also for the purpose of cleaning out the pig…

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Aust. Barley Crop is Lighter This Year

The Land · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 14

INFORMATION made available by the Chief of the Division of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture (Mr. A. H. E. McDonald) indicates…

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A Section for the Poultry Farmer Check Last Year's Operations As a Guide to Coming Season By an Expert

The Land · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 9

NOW that the new year has opened, all poultry keepers should review the past year's operations, and make a close check for future activities. Just as every business firm takes…

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Soldering of Dairy Tinware

The Land · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 15

No farmer has to use tinware of various descriptions to the same extent as the dairyman, and an elementary knowledge of the use off…

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Goldmine in Sheep and Cattle World Record Figures Reached

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 3

MELBOURNE'S Newmarket sheep and cattle saleyards have world record figures. MORE sheep and cattle pass through…

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Pardon How to Save Butter

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 19

"To reduce the hips there is the simple method of standing erect, resting the hands on the back of a chair. Inhale and press the left leg…

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Dairy Industry Future. Farmers' Questions. Answered by Sir E. PAGE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 10

"Increasing, output should bring about a reduction in manufacturing costs and so place Australian exporters in a better position to meet…

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Variations in Yield. The Season's Wool Clip. Small Decrease

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 10

Lighter weights of wool per sheep have been general throughout New South Wales this season, and that is believed to be one of…

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On the Land. Paspalum in the Dairy Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 10

Cows enjoying a feed of young Paspalum which developed rapidly on the South Coast after the recent rains. Summer rains and warm days are ideal for this grass. At this early stage of growth, a mixture of Paspalum and white clover…

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A.j.c. (Warwick Farm)

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 6

WEIGHTS will be declared at 10 a.m. to-morrow for the meeting to be held at Randwick next Saturday. Acceptances as usual at 1 p.m…

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Dairy of a Woman Captive Aboard a Nazi Raider Graphic Story Of Hunger, Privation; Fifteen Days' Ordeal

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 1

Prisoner for 15 days on the German raider which sank the Triona on which she was a passenger, Mrs. Charles Adams kept a diary throughout the…

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Must Care For British Crops LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 3

The Ministry of Agriculture has decreed that farmers failing to take reasonable care to keep crops in good condition after harvesting are liable…

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Beef and Milking Cattle. Fewer Dairy Farms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 6

The number of cattle in New South Wales at the end of last March was 2,763,000. Of these, 1,069,000 were cows in registered dairies, and 1,694,000 cattle…

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Wheat Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 7

A few small lots for export flour weie booked in the Sydney wheat market on Saturday morning Local produce merchants did not operate. The flour…

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