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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

5,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

C.w. Cropper Plate May Be Dropped

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 16

A J.C. COMMITTEE today is dis- cussing the programme for the Autumn meeting, when there will be only three days' racing instead of…

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C.w. Cropper Plate May Be Dropped

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 16

A.J.C. COMMITTEE today is discussing the programme for the Autumn meeting, when there will be only three days' racing instead of…

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Junior Farmer Champions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 3

Junior Farmers' Club State championships in lamb rearing and sowing grasses and clover projects have lust been decided, with L. Paterson,…

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Rust-resistant Wheat

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 10

WHEATGROWERS have been heartened by the news that a rust-resistant wheat, christened Warigo, has been developed at the…

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The Case Of THE Cattle STAMPEDE

The World's News · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 10

IT was sheer luck, Devil Jim Doone afterwards said, that he was staying a few days on Beverley Downs, Rich Beverley's vast…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Thursday, January 22, 1942, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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Bigger Wool Clips Yield and the Season

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 9

The Australian wool clips purchased by Great Britain in this war are 85 per cent, greater than the average quantity grown in…

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F.A.Q. Standard of Wheat Higher for 1942

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 15

The fair average quality wheat standard for 1942 will be 641b an imperial bushel, as against 62¾1b in 1941. Experts determined this…

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Jack Davey's Moos Cows Cud Do Butter

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1942 · page 4

AFTER much research and endless trouble and expense, I have at last cleared up this "High Cost of Milk" question. The trouble obviously lies…

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Families Hired As Dairy Farm "Serfs" BEGA

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1942 · page 6

Hiring of whole families--father, mother and children--to work on dairy farms, savors of serfdom, according to Councillor F. W. Hancock, of Mumbulla Shire, and a Bemboka…

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May Reduce Wheat Areas

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 2

The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) announced to-day that it might be necessary this year to enforce some reduction…

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On the Land Stud Cattle Easier Exhibition Probable

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 2

It is practically certain that, if nothing untoward happens in the meantime, a stud beef cattle fair will be held near Sydney…

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U. K. Export of Wool Fabrics May Be Cut

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 6

LONDON, Sunday.--Export control of British-made wool fabrics occupies the chief attention of the wool trade in Bradford…

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Canadian Crops May Form Aid To Industry

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 4

OTTAWA.--The work of Canadian industrialists and chemists in adapting agricultural crops to industrial purposes is disclosed in a detailed survey of Canadian research on the utilisation of farm products made by the National Chemurgic…

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Labor Shortage Affects Farming

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 2

SHORTAGE of labor has caused wheatgrowers and sheep raisers to neglect sidelines, such as dairying, pig breeding and lucerne growing, in…

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Canadian Crops May Form Aid To Industry

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 4

OTTAWA.--The work of Canadian industrialists and chemists in adapting agricultural crops to industrial purposes is disclosed in a detailed survey of Canadian research on the utilisation of farm products made by the National Chemurgic…

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Labor Shortage Affects Farming

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 2

SHORTAGE of labor has caused wheatgrowers and sheep raisers to neglect sidelines, such as dairying, pig breeding and lucerne growing, in…

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12-15 Bag Wheat Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 3

Twelve to 15 bag wheat crops have been stripped on quite a number of farms in the Leeton-Griffith district this year. Throughout the…

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Wheat Stabilisation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 3

WEST WYALONG.—A large meeting of farmers and settlers decided to ask the Minister for Commerce, Mr. Scully, to come to West Wyalong to…

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Weevils in Wheat West Australia's Plight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 3

PERTH, Monday. — Recent statements that much of the wheat stored in Western Australia is badly infested by weevil…

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