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Farming & the land, 1942

5,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

Wool Supplies Conservation in Britain

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

Cable advices received from London state that no wool ration for the home civil trade has yet been issued for the March-June…

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On the Land Revival of Pig Farming Great Effort Needed

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

BRISBANE, Monday.—"Pig producers are now faced with the national responsibility of greatly increasing production,…

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Double Summer-time Not for Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1942 · page 5

LONDON, March 16 (A.A.P.).— When double summer-time—two hours [?] of Greenwich mean time—is reintroduced on April 4, farm workers…

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Australian Wool Consumption Continental Change

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report :— It is probable that Australian woollen mill machinery has been…

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On the Land Egg Farming Outlook Production in 1943

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 5

What are the prospects for egg production next year? At present there is still talk of a surplus, but many people in…

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Women for Farm Industries Federal Organisation Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Victorian Premier, Mr. Dunstan, to-day urged the Commonwealth Government to establish an…

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Cattle Fair Judges

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 11

Judging of stud classes at the beef cattle exhibition and fair in Sydney will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 28…

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The Wheat Position

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 1

EVENTS are developing in such a manner that the position of the wheatgrower becomes more and more clouded with perplexity. Of…

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On the Land Dairy Cattle Evacuation Plans for Coastal Districts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.— The maintenance of production by the coastal dairying industry is considered essential right…

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Protecting Wool Stocks

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 2

Recent developments in the Pacific emphasise the importance of the decisions of a conference held last month by representatives of the woolgrowers and weel-selling brokers of Australia. The decisions made will safeguard…

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Wheat Reduction Warning Given

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 2

WHEN reduction in wheat areas was being reviewed, serious consideration should be given to the possibility that present stocks of…

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Wheat Reduction Warning Given

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 2

WHEN reduction in wheat areas was being reviewed, serious consideration should be given to the possibility that present stocks of grain might be depleted by enemy…

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Beef Cattle Fair Nearly 500 Entries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 3

Entries of stud beef cattle for the exhibition and sales to be held in Sydney this month have been so great —nearly 500—that it has been decided…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 1

All overseas quotes arc for Tuesday, March 17, 1942, and are to the nearest one-eight of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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Surplus Wheat Makes Good Coffee

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

MRS. M. P. Langdale, Rocky Glen, via Gunnedah, states that excellent coffee can be made from wheat. It would be a good way of using up surplus wheat…

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Consign Wool in Usual Way

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 3

A STATEMENT was made this week that wool is still to be consigned to all appraising centres when it is shorn. It will be immediately insured against…

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High Standard inCattle Classes at Tumut Show

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 4

SPLENDID cattle were exhibited in the Jersey and A.I.S. classes at the recent Tumut show. Quality of the stock indicated that breeders…

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Wool Worths Ltd. Final Dividend Reduced

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 10

WOOL WORTHS. LTD., which yesterday announced reduced profits of £309,975. subject to taxation, for the year ended January 31, compared with £317,902 for…

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Dutch Church Scorns Jew Baiting Pastoral Letter Nazis Tried to Suppress

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 8

A condemnation of the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Holland has been issued in a courageous pastoral letter by the Synod of the Dutch Reformed church…

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Great Quality Herefords for Cattle Fair Successes Build Name of Windsor Establishment

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 18

SUCCESSES have mado Mr. W. McIlrath's Windsor stud. Myall Creek, Delungra, one of the best known Hereford breeding…

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