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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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Marketing of Primaries. Graziers Urge Inquiry. Britain's Wool Purchase

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 6

The president of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales, Mr. E. L. Killen, addressing the annual conference of that body at…

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Contour Bank Farming. To Save the Soil. Erosion Problems

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 6

If a certain amount of control work is done every year in the way of conserving both soil and fertility on holdings that are subject…

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Double Tragedy on Farm. Girl Shot Through Window. Man's Body Outside

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 9

Dorothy May Lackey, 16, daughter of a pastoralist near The Summit, on the Queensland border, about 30 miles from Tenterfield, was shot dead in her…

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On the Land. Merino Sheep Embargo. Graziers Urge Removal. Fighting Artificial Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 8

The Graziers' Conference, by 47 votes to 38, yesterday adopted a motion submitted by the executive of their association for the…

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Wool and Meat in War-time

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 10

The decision of the Graziers' Conference in Sydney to make no effort to extract a higher price for wool from the British Government, despite the…

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Australia's Wool Cheque Exports to British Dominions

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 2

The British Wool Contract, in conjunction with greater production, has given a decided impetus to Australia's wool revenue, states…

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Smaller Wheat Area. In Coonabarabran Country. Effect of Weeds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 8

Prospects for the next wheat crop in the Coonabarabran-Mudgee area are not as good as they were at this time last year, and the…

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U.S. Wheat for France Plan Two Trial Shiploads Washington

The Sun · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 9

The United States is considering sending two shiploads of wheat to unoccupied France, provided distribution…

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Grave Wheat Future for Australia a Contingency of Next Year for which We Must Prepare To-day

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 1

CANADA is [?]turbed about the effect the U.S. Lend or Lease Bill is going to have on her wheat exports…

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100 Girl Farmers Ready for Jobs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 5

There are 1500 girl farmers in New South Wales, but only 100 would be willing to take over men's work immediately. The State organiser of the…

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"Farmer & Settler" Beef Cattle Section Pastoral Prospects Promise Prosperity Studmasters Performing Work of Incalculable National Worth

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 1

IMMEDIATE prospects of the beef cattle industry of Australia are summarised in these few words: Great Britain and her Empire are fighting desperately on several fronts, employing huge armies that require equally as huge supplies to carry on in an efficient and winning manner. Meat is one of these needed supplies. Australia can supply it. If commercial breeders are to capitalise present circumstances they must raise the standard of quality to a level that has never before…

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Wheat Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 4

A very marked improvement in sales of wheat for local produce use occurred in the Sydney wheat market yesterday. Substantial orders were received for the…

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Floods Sweep Farms, Drown Cattle Wellington (N Z.)

The Sun · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 31

Many hundreds ol sheep and cattle have been drowned by Hoods which swept through the Pohangina Valley in the centre of the North Island,…

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Dairy Cattle Demand. High Prices in Illawarra. DAPTO

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 4

While there has been some easing in the extreme rates recently obtaining for dairy cattle, milking stock generally continue in very…

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Wheat Licence Figures

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 19

WHEAT LICENCE figures were referred to by the N.S.W. Premier (Mr. Mair), when he addressed the annual…

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Wool Committee Praised

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 3

PROMPT and efficient manner in which the Control Wool Committee settled with woolgrowers in the distribution of retention money and dividend in July,…

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Sheep Ticks by the Thousands

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 7

IN a single year one pair of sheep ticks is capable of increasing to 65,000 individuals under favorable conditions. The increase is slow…

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Sheep Fed From the Air

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 7

MAROONED on a 400-acre island in one of the channels of the Bulloo river, near Cunnamulla, during the recent…

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Crop Prospects Are Bright Potatoes, Maize and Wheat February Report

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 6

FEBRUARY crop report issued by the chief instructor, Department of Agriculture, this week, indicates generally satisfactory…

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"Lease and Lend" Wheat ?

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 19

LINDLEY, Walker Wheat Co., Ltd., in a current report, claims that some concern was felt in Canada last week when it was announced that under the…

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