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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

6,739 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

Harvest Estimate Is Low Wheat Figures are Well Down on Ten Year Average

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 7

LATEST figures released by the Commonwealth Statistician estimate the 1940-41 Australian wheat crop at approximately 83.9 million bushels. This figure is approximately 60 per cent, below last season's 210.3 million bushel crop and it compares…

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Plans Made for Sydney Sheep Show Military Authorities Made Showground Available Breed Societies to Appoint Judges: No Split Fleeces

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 3

ANNUAL Sydney Sheep Show and Ram Sales will be held this year and arrangements to use the R.A.S. Showground are being made. That decision was made by the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders'…

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Around the Beef Cattle Studs Empire Exhibit Will Portray Full History of Transport Picturesque Country Large Quantities of Hay Being Made in Mudgee District

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 9

THE British Empire Exhibit, at the Royal Empire Show, loaned by the United Kingdom Government as Great Britain's contribution to the show. THE final week of my tour of the beef cattle studs brought me in contact with some of the most picturesque country traversed during the trip. The route ran from Merriwa to Coolah, then down the Coolah Valley over to Mudgee, back to Wellington,…

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The Man on the Land. Reports and Hints. Remarkable Maize Crop

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 18

There has been a good deal of controversy in the illawarra of late as to whether it is possible, under normal field conditions, to produce maize for green…

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Nepean Show Meritorious Exhibition Farm Produce Outstanding Rain Affects Attendance

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 1

The 49th annual Show of the Nepean A.H. & I. Society, held on Friday and Saturday last, was a very creditable exhibition, excelling in quantity and quality that of last year, in most sections. Seasonable conditions were favourable to a good farm display, and there was a fair response from producers in the entering of…

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Junior Farmer Activities in the Central West

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 8

ENCOURAGING reports of Junior Farmer activities come from Mr, R. S. Griove, central west supervisor. Max Stapleton, Gregra, club secretary, is…

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Tractors on the Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 9

IN course of time the tractor engine and its component parts lose their high degree of efficiency. This comes about very slowly indeed, so it is not…

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Junior Farmer Flocks

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 3

A CORRIEDALE stud, founded with 20 owes from their father's Rook, has been established by the White brothers, Murrumburrah junior…

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High Yields in Riverina Wheatgrower Found Dairying Was Profitable when His Cows Got Lucerne Main Green Feed

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 4

MR. J. L. O'DONOGHUE, Ellerslie, Yerong Creek, is showing what can be done with dairying in wheat district. Average annual production of the Ellerslie herd approximates 350-lb. of butter-fat per cow…

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Trials Show Good Farming at Lyndfield

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 7

GOOD farming methods and high soil fertility are evidenced by the results of the wheat and out trials conducted at Mr. O. S. Baker's Lyndfield,…

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Drought on Far South Coast. Production Shrinks. Maize Crops "Burnt" Off

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 4

Something approaching drought is again affecting a considerable portion of the far South Coast, as a result of which there is little…

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On the Land. Grafton's Tick Danger. Quarantined Farms. Warning by Chief Veterinarian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 4

There is grave danger that tick fever will become established in the Grafton and Maclean dairying country. Two farms in the…

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Junior Farmers' Show Cattle

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 6

The advisory committee of the Jamberoo Junior Farmers' Club is considering the introduction of some system of marking junior farmers'…

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Hereford Cattle News

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 11

MR. F. H. V. CURTIS, of Abbey Green Hereford Stud, Llangothlin, reports having disposed of 25 yearling bulls at satisfactory prices. Eighteen…

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Small Cattle Yarding

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 21

The Stale Marketing Bureau reports: On Monday, consignments of cattle to Homebush were much lighter, aggregating only 991 head, of which 129 were auctioned in…

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Less Canadian Wheat

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

An increased production of malze, flax, and barley, with a corresponding reduction of wheat crops, has been recommended by the Canadian…

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Dairymen To Seek Wheat For Stock Feed at Economic Price

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 5

TO consider the question of securing supplies of wheat for stock feed the Central Executive Council of the Primary Producers' Union has…

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Wheat growers' Relief Scheme

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 15

"C.V.J."—Although nothing definite has yet been announced concerning the Wheatgrowers' Relief Scheme, it is probable that within the next week application forms for…

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Great Exhibition of Cattle at Inverell

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 13

Stud beef cattle made a good display at Inverell Show. In the foreground is the champion Hereford bull, "Windsor David," exhibited by W. Mcllrath, Windsor Stud, Myall Creek, Delungra. Outstanding A.I.S. cows, winners in their classes, which were afterwards…

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Wheat Prices React in Chicago

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 12

NEW YORK, Thursday (A.A.P.).-- Profit-taking paused a decline of upwards of one cent a bushel in the Chicago wheat futures yesterday, sellers…

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