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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

5,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250

Stud Breeders Have Confidence in Cattle Industry Strong Support for Easter Show and Sales of Beef Stock Four States Will Be Represented

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

CONFIDENCE of studmasters in the future of the beef cattle industry is demonstrated by the excellent support they have given the exhibition and sales of stud stock to be held in Sydney on March 28-31 and April 1. Regular exhibitors at past Sydney Royal shows have made entries representing prominent…

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Erosion Can Be Prevented Wise Land Uses Conserves Soil on Coastal Farms

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

ALTHOUGH average annual rainfall (up to 60 or 70-in. or more in places, with daily registrations reaching sometimes as high as 10-in.) in coastal districts is much higher than that in other parts of the State, soil erosion generally causes less concern…

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Generation of Farmers Lost General and Acute Sense of Despair Must Be Lifted at all Cost "Men and Women Come First"

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 5

IN his evidence to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Joint Committee on Rural Industries, Mr. Hugh S. Roberton, an executive councillor of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, said the man who can look with any degree of pride or satisfaction on the conditions that obtain in the rural industries to-day was either a knave, a fool—or worse!…

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No Double Summer Time for Farmers

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

CABLES from England state that when double summer time is re-introduced there on April 4, farmers and farm hands will remain on summer time—one…

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Casino Plan To Beat Shortage of Labor on Farms

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

A SCHEME to assist suppliers in overcoming the labor shortage for ploughing and excavating pit silos has been instituted by Casino Co-op. Dairy Society…

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New Brooder for Cardiff Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 6

MR. F. RAY, Wallsend Road, Cardiff, is a poultry farmer who believes in up-to-date methods. Hatching 33,000 eggs is only one of…

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Home Vegetable Garden How Long Do Crops Take to Grow

The Broadcaster · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 3

Not only do vegetable seeds vary greatly in the [?] taken to [?] but the plants vary in the [?] they occupy in [?] a crop…

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Home Vegetable Garden. How Long Do Crops Take to Grow

The Propeller · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 8

Not only do vegetable seeds vary greatly, in the time taken to germinate, but the plants vary in the time they occupy in maturing a crop…

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Company News Farmer's Reduce Div

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 7

An interim dividend of 2½ p.c. on ordinaries has been declared by Farmer and Co., Ltd., on account of the current year. For the corresponding half of…

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Long-Term Butter Finance Proposal

The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 5

A SYSTKM of butter and cheese equalisation prices, based on a long-term period to meet changed conditions due to the war and…

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Show Judges For Beef Cattle

The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 11

AGAIN the panel of judges for beef cattle at the forthcoming exhibition in Sydney includes the names of prominent inter-State cattle experts…

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Leave Firebreaks in Your Wheat Crop to Beat Jap Incendiaries

The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 2

Sir,—We were recently warned through the Press regarding the possibility of the enemy using incendiary leaflets. One can imagine the disastrous effects such a usage would cause among ripening wheat crops, and the authorities are surely aware of the disorganisation…

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Is Wheat Licence Transferable?

The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 15

"Grower": Is it possible for a wheat growers' licence to be transferred, in the event of the sale of fallow land prepared for the coming cropping?…

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Butter Output Hit By Dry Conditions

The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 5

BUTTER production in Australia for six months ended December, 1941, showed a decline of 75,945 cwt., compared with a similar period…

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Canada Gets Huge Wheat Order

The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 5

The United Kingdom Ministry of Food has broken its own record with an order for 120,000,000 bushels of wheat placed with the Canadian…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

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

All overseas quotes are for Wednesday, March 18, 1912, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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[?]with. To Control Bulk Wheat Handling

The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 2

THE Commonwealth Government will take over shortly control of the balk handling of wheat throughout Australia…

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Add Lime When Feeding Sheep On Cereal Grains

The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 17

The results of recent work carried at by the Council for Scientific and [?]dustrial Research, with the financial assistance of the Australian…

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State Committees of Growers For Wheat Plan

The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 2

STATE wheatgrowers' committees are to be set up under the wheat stabilisation scheme, according to a recent announcement by the Minister…

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Wheat Heeded As Flour; Should Store Near Mills

The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 4

The opinion that restriction of wheat should not apply to Victoria and New South Wales, largely because the majority of…

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