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Farming & the land, 1942

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Monday, February 9, 1942, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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R.a.s. Cattle Show P'matta. & Granville Both Want It

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 2

A proposal by the R.A.S. to hold a Cattle Show and Sale during the Easter period was mentioned at last week's meeting of the Parramatta…

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Current Wool Clip Two-thirds Appraised Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 2

Over two-thirds of the 1941/42 Australian clip has been appraised to date this season. The apprasement of that quantity of…

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America at Warwick Farm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 7

At the sale of the late C. M. Sawyer's horses last week, 1. H. Andrews, the well known Warwick Farm trainer, bought the three-year-old America…

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Junior Farmers' Trogress

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 6

Although, hundreds of junior farmers have enlisted for active service, the movement continues to make progress in New South Wales. Eight…

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"Incendiary Leaves" Will Destroy Crops

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 3

Danger of air raiders using "incendiary leaves" to set fire to grasslands and crops is emphasised by the Director of…

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'All Farm Relief Money Allocated'

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 6

CASINO, Wednesday.--The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) informed Casino Primary Producers' Union that it was not only…

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Breeders Oppose Easter Cattle Fair

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 7

DESCRIBED by members as "ridioulous and absurd," the rename to conduct an exhibition and tale of cattle near Sydney at Easter time, to replace the…

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Spain Gets Wheat From Argentina

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 5

MADRID, Thursday.-- Barcelona Radio reports that the first shipment, totalling 6000 tons, of a consignment of 170,000 tons of wheat has…

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Spain Gets Wheat From Argentina

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 5

MADRID, Thursday.-- Barcelona Radio reports that the first shipment, totalling 6000 tons, of a consignment of 170,000 tons of wheat has…

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Spain Gets Wheat From Argentina

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 5

MADRID, Thursday.-- Barcelona Radio reports that the first shipment, totalling 6000 tons, of a consignment of 170.000 tons of wheat has…

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Spain Gets Wheat From Argentina

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 5

MADRID, Thursday,-- Barcelona Radio reports that the first shipment, totalling 6000 tons, of a consignment of 170,000 tons of wheat has…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Tuesday, February 10, 1942, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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Germany is Getting More Butter from Denmark

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 7

SINCE the German occupation of Denmark in April, 1940, it has been tacitly assumed that the Danish livestock industries would be largely liquidated because of their known dependence for winter sustenance on, imported fodder concentrates, which…

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Dubbo As Big Wool Centre

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 3

MR.J. J. Clark, M.H.R., after some Months of representation in confident that Dubbo will he made an important wool appraising centre and…

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Storage of Bulk and Bagged Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 8

CONSIDERATION was being given to the question of storing bulk and bagged wheat in Australia, said the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Soully)…

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F.S.A. To Seek Higher, Price for Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 8

A HIGHE price for wheat than the 3/10 per bush., f.o.h. ports, guaranteed under the stabilisation scheme is sought by the Farmer…

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Immediate Removal of Young Stock Suggested North Coast Cattle Breeders Ready for Early Evacuation

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 7

ALTHOUGH some farmers have expressed opposition to the proposed evacuation of cattle from coastal areas, the Richmond-Tweed branch of the United Purebred Cattle Breeders' Association belives that removal of registered…

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Goulburn as Wool Sale Centre Pioneer Brokers of Southern City Surmount, Early Obstacles

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 5

GOULBURN has, for more than a century, been the centre of one of the most important pastoral districts of the State. Pioneers, with their flocks and herds, followed closely on the heels' of the explorers who discovered big tracts of excellent pastoral…

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Farmer's Plan to Obviate Danger from Incendiary Leaves

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 2

MR. G. SLACK-SMITH, Lochmohr, Premer, writes "I read with interest your article in last issue of the "Farmer and Settler" on the danger from…

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