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Farming & the land, 1942

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

Dairy Control

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 3

REPLACEMENT of sir Clive McPherson on the Dairy Produce Control Committee by Mr. Albert Richens, Tamworth,…

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Farmers Can Meet Air Raid Danger

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 3

PREPARATIONS were being made—and rightly so—to protect the Industrial areas and larger cities from air raids, but nothing…

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Pleuro-Pneumonia in Dairy Herds

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 3

REFERRING to recent outbreaks of pleuro-pneumonia in the Maitland district, the veterinary officer for that district commented…

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MOTORS and Motoring the Farm Tractor

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 9

IF cylinders have been re-bored and fitted with liners or over-size pistons the tractor requires careful treatment at first. On no account should the…

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Queensland Weekly Letter Dairy Industry's Labor Needs To Be Reviewed

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 6

QUEENSLAND'S Agriculture Minister (Mr. Bulcock) has received advice from the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) that manpower in…

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Farm Relief Explanation by Minister

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 6

MY attention has been drawn to an editorial headed "Farm Relief" in the "Fanner and Settler" on December 11,1941. I wish to…

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Karakul Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 5

A JOHANNESBURG contemporary mentions that the idea that South West Africa, formerly German South West Africa, was a waterless desert waste…

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Cleansing of Dairy Utensils the Procedure Involved

Nepean Times · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

The process of cleaning milk buckets and other equipment should be one which will remove all traces of milk substances from the surfaces of the…

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Farm Encourage Hcp. 1m. (3.50.)

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 3

INDIAN EMPEROR: This four-year-old filled many minor places before opening his account in a mile novice handicap at Randwick…

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Hunter Valley Outlook Men Leaving Farms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

"Unless useful rains fall soon, the outlook for the Hunter River and Central coastal districts will be black indeed."…

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Opposition to Oyster Leases Farmers Resent Councils' Attitude

The Propeller · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 7

Resentment of the attitude of some local municipal councils concerning established oyster leases in George's River was expressed by members of…

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Tobacco Crop Much Less Than Demand

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 7

CANBERRA, Thursday.-- The Minister for Trade and Customs (Senator Keane), Cabinet's heaviest smoker, is setting…

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Capture at Canley Vale Prisoon Farm Escaper

The Biz · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 3

Police recaptured Richard Bourk, 21 at Canley Vale, on friday night. December 26, 11 days after he had escaped from Emu Plains prison camp…

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Sheep Stud Notes Toonalook Wool Creates Record

The Land · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 8

CROSSBRED wool from lambs sired by Toonallook-bred Romney rams created an Australasian record for the 1940-41 season. This wool was sold…

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Foot Lice in Sheep

The Land · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 11

Owing to an oversight, it was not stated in the answer to "H.G." published recently, on the above subject, that the Kymac dip recommended should be used in a dilution of…

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New Season's Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

According to reports received from Canberra, the Australian wheatgrowers are advised to base their sowing for the coming…

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Another Wool Substitute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

MONTREAL, Jan. 8 (A.A.P.).—The San Francisco Pacific Lumber Company has obtained patent rights for a process to combine redwood bark…

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Riverina Wool Clip

The Land · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 15

The wool clip for the Junee railway division, which covers all of Riverina except areas served by the Victorian railways, was estimated…

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No Further Reduction In Wheat Acreage This Year Normal Cropping Allowed

The Land · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 1

FOR the coming season wheatgrowers will be again permitted to crop their normal acreage in accordance with their usual rotation, but no increase in area will be allowed…

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Pleuro at Goulburn Cattle From Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

GOULBURN, Thursday.—A serious outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia has occurred in a mob of cattle brought to the district from Queensland. The…

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