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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

5,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Huge Quantities of Foodstuffs Needed Revolutionary Changes to Produce Vegetables on Wide Area Farming Scale

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 8

PLANS of the Minister for Supply and Development (Mr. r Beasley) for big scale production of vegetables will revolutionise farm methods in many areas. Faced with difficulty in obtaining adequate supplies of…

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Most Dairy Cows

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 7

HALF the dairy cattle and more than a third of the pigs in New South Wales are owned by farmers on the North Coast…

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Care of Farm Machinery. Need for Adequate Servicing

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 22

One of the most serious disabilities under which the primary industries labor is the excessive cost incurred in the depreciation and operation of the…

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Russia's Food Problem Crops Expected to Meet Needs Our Own Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 6

MOSCOW, Feb. 18.—Discussing Russia's great problem of feeding her millions, blond, 41year-old Michael Moiseev, head…

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Choice Butter

The St George Call · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

The high quality of butter In New South Wales may be gauged from the fact that of the quantity that has passed through the hands of the state butter…

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Butter Saving 156

The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 14

After making butter save the butler milk and let it set until next day. Then skim the cream off it and make it up into butter…

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High Quality Butter

The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 16

Of the butter that has passed through the hands of State graders since March of last year, 91.5 per cent, has been of choicest grade…

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Keen Cattle Competition

The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 17

The State Marketing Bureau reports:— Increased supplies of cattle were offered at Homebush, the yarding aggregating 1976 head, including 484 auctioned in the stores…

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Wheat Problems

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 7

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Problems associated with the mounting stocks of wheat in Australia were discussed to-day by the Minister for Commerce,…

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When Making Butter 123

The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 14

If everyone who makes butter tries this hint I think they will find it a big improvement. Rinse a clean cloth in hot water,…

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Evacuation of Coastal Cattle

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 4

Although some farmers oppose the evacuation of stock from coastal areas of New South Wales, Tweed-Richmond…

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Evacuation of Coastal Cattle

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 4

Although some farmers, oppose the evacuation of stock from coastal areas of New South Wales, Tweed-Richmond…

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Evacuation of Coastal Cattle

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 4

Although some farmers oppose the evacuation of stock from coastal areas of New South Wales, Tweed-Richmond…

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Evacuation of Coastal Cattle

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 4

Although some, farmers oppose the evacuation of stock from coastal areas of New South Wales, Tweed-Richmond…

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Evacuation of Coastal Cattle

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 4

Although some farmers oppose the. evacuation of stock from coastal areas of New South Wales, Tweed-Richmond…

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Wheat "Ready Reckoner"

The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 11

"A.B.C.": Where can I get a Wheat Ready Reckoner? Answer: H. J. Herbert Pty. Ltd., 7 Malcolm Lane, Sydney, can supply a "Grain…

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To Sweeten Rancid Butter 115

The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 14

When butter has turned rancid or stale, cut it into slices, put in a basin of cool water with a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda…

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Move Cattle If Invasion Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 7

Total evacuation of cattle from any coastal area, unlefss the area is threatened with imminent invasion, is not favored by stockowners or Government…

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Oak is Fodder for Sheep

The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 10

Feeding sheep on lopped oak on Mr. C. E. Rolfe's property, Ando…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Wednesday, February 18, 1942, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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