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Farming & the land, 1942

5,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

Destruction of Cattle Dips Premier Threatens Prosecution

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 13

The Premier, Mr. McKell, said yesterday that the destruction of several cattle dips in the Grafton-Maclean districts was…

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DALGETY & Co. Ltd. Wool Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 2

The world war has now waged for just over two-and-a-half years, and it is interesting to note that of all great Empire…

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Wheat Future For Axis Not Bright

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 5

OTTAWA.--Germany's efforts to avoid the effect of the British blockade are being hampered by the shortage of labor…

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W.A.'s Record Wheat Figures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 6

PERTH, Friday.—Based on the quantities received to February 28, the Western Australian wheat, yield for the 1941-42 season is now…

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On the Land Wool Season Closing No Appreciable Decline

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 6

Only 29,000 bales of wool remain to be submitted in Sydney to complete the main appraising season. These catalogues,…

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GOSSIP Dad Back On The Farm

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 10

YEARS ago F. K. Clayton was growing wheat in the heart of the Ben Hall country--at the foot of the Weddin Ranges, near Grenfell…

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Cattle Dip Dynamited

Truth · Sunday 15 March 1942 · page 19

ONE OF THREE Clarence River cattle dips dynamited during the week by farmers objecting to compulsory tick dipping. Force of explosion completely lifted off the roof. Concrete well of dip was also damaged. On Friday in the Supreme Court Mr. Justice Owen quashed several…

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Full Details Of Today's Sales At Homebush Prime Sheep and Cattle Dearer

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 10

The market for plain sheep and cattle was firm, and for prime sorts slightly dearer, at Homebush saleyards today. A big yarding of 20,658 grown sheep and 22,943 lambs was submitted…

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Wheat for Greece

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 6

LONDON. March 15 (Official Wireless).—Laden with 7,000 of the 8,000 tons of wheat which the British and U.S. Governments agreed might be…

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Conservation of Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday.--The Telegraph's Bradford correspondent says that strict conservation of wool supplies in Britain is…

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U.s. Wool Values Firmer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 3

NEW YORK, March 14.—The "Journal of Commerce's" weekly review o[?] the [?] woc[?] market tells of a quick broadening in business, and a firming in values, on the news…

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On the Land Less Wheat Expected Shortage of Labour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 3

Reports from agricultural instructors in most of the wheatgrowing areas in New South Wales suggest that the acre[?]ge…

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Seed Growing Guarantees Inducements to Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 3

Because of the urgent need for large quantities of vegetable seeds in Australia, the Department of Agriculture is anxious…

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Farmers And Graziers' Co-op

The Sun · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 7

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance and Agency Co., Ltd., announces that an amalgamation has been…

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Q'land. Government Buys 1942 Sugar Crop

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 8

THE Queensland Government has announced that it will acquire all raw sugar produced from the 1942 cane harvest manufactured this year and next…

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Q'land. Government Buys 1942 Sugar Crop

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 8

THE Queensland Government has announced that it will acquire all raw sugar produced from the 1942 cane harvest manufactured this year and next…

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Q'land. Government Buys 1942 Sugar Crop

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 8

THE Queensland Government has announced that it will acquire all raw sugar produced from the 1942 cane harvest manufactured this year and next…

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Q'land. Government Buys 1942 Sugar Crop

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 8

THE Queensland Government has announced that it will acquire all raw sugar produced from the 1942 cane harvest manufactured this year and next…

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Transport of Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1942 · page 3

Much shipping space would be freed for the transport of foodstuffs overseas if a great deal of the raw wool exported were sent abroad in the form of textiles. Wincheembe…

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Western Australia Big Wheat Yield

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 17 March 1942 · page 2

It is reported from Perth that the Western Australian wheat yield for the 1941-42 season is now estimated at 38,000,000 bushels…

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