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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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Thursday Sheep Firm to 1/- Head Lower

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 21

[?] State Marketing Bureau reports:—Increased numbers of sheep and lambs were offered at the HOmebush Saleyards…

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Sheep Stud Notes Toonallook Romneys for Vic

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 11

MESSRS. F.C. & N. L. GRIFFITH, of Toonallook Romney Marsh stud, Albury, are experiencing a keen demand for stud rams of their…

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Wool Appraisals £45,036,157

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 12

Wool appraised in the Commonwealth this season amounted to 2,810,00 bales, valued at £45,036,157, the Central Wool Committee announced…

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Balance Sheets of Wheat Pools Wanted

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

THE annual conference of the Wheat Growers' Union, which opened in Temora on Wednesday, decided to ask the Government for…

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Homebush Stock Sales Monday Good Sheep in Demand

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 21

The State Marketing Bureau reports: There was a moderate yarding of 28,086 head of inestly only fair quality sheep and lambs at the Homebush saleyards on Monday. In…

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Wool Appraisals Worth £45,000,000

The Sun · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 9

Wool appraised this season to date in all Australian centres amounts to 2,810,000 bales, with an appraised value of £45,036,157…

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More Wheat In World Than Ever Before

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

WORLD wheat supplies are at a higher level now than ever before, says the acting Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver), in…

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Wheat Advisory C'ttee. Approved By Minister

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 22

THE Minister for Commerce (Sir Earle Page) has agreed to the proposal that a growers' advisory committee should be…

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60 Per Cent Drop In Wheat Harvest

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

LATEST estimate of the 1940-41 wheat harvest, issued by the acting Commonwealth Statistician, Mr. S. R. Carver, is 83,907,000 bushels, or…

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Joint Action on Butter by Aust and N.Z.

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 5

AUSTRALIA and New Zealand will act jointly in negotiations for renewal of the Imperial butter contract with a view of securing as far as…

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Big Reserve Wanted To Fight For Wool

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

DOUBLING of the wool levy, to build up a reserve fund by the Australian Wool Board to assist in re-establishing wool's position on the…

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Grow Oats and Lucerne on Unwanted Wheat Land

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 6

ONE of the unavoidable difficulties of the wheat stabilisation scheme is the restriction of production to the quantity in respect of which the guaranteed price will be paid…

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Local Buyers Still Get Wool Below Contract Price

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

ACCORDING to the Secretary of the Primary Producers' Association of W.A. (Mr. H. J. Prater) there is still a gap of ½d, a lb, between the…

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12.36d. Av. Appraised Price For Aust. Wool

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

THE average appraised price of wool per pound greasy in the Commonwealth for the current season was 12.36d., according to a statement…

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Lush Pastures. Problem for Sheep Owners. Fly Trouble in North-west

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 6

The extraordinary conditions which have developed in the pastoral districts of the north-west since the breaking of the drought…

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Market News and Reviews Brokers' Views World's Wool Supply

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 20

WINCHCOMBE CARSON LTD. report: It is probable that in modern times the Continent of Europe has never been so cut off from wool imported from overseas as at…

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Bureau Conference at Berridale To Disscus Post-War Wool Problem

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

THE post-war world position of wool will be among the important questions to be discussed by the South Coast and Monaro district conference of the Agricultural Bureau to be held at Berridale on March 25, 26 and 27…

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High-priced Wool. Half-bred Brings 23[?]d. LAUNCESTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 6

What is believed to be an Australian record of 23[?]d was paid for Mr. R. P. Gibson's half-bred wool, grown at Esk Vale, Epping, at the March appraisement…

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Wool Valeus. Heavy Deliveries in North. Figures for N.S.W.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 11

The chairman of the Central Wool Committee, Sir Owen Dixon, said yesterday that 2,810,000 bales of wool had been appraised to date in all centres…

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Breeding Farm-stock&veterinary Worms are Deadly Enemies of the Horse

The Land · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 12

THERE is little doubt that worms in horses are more prevalent than formerly. Cases are constantly reported of horses being unable to do a day's work, although reported to be well fed. Obscure disease, especially in young stock, are common, and from the symptoms given, worms appear to be the most likely cause, One very good reason for the…

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