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Farming & the land, 1942

5,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 250

Wheat Market

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 9

INQUIRY for both export flour and produce trade wheat was again quiet today. Prices showed no alteration. Flour £12 13s per ton, pollard £6, bran…

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Standard Wool Socks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 3

A standard specification for unshrinkable wool socks has been issued by the Standards Association of Australia. It was prepated at the…

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Stud Beef Cattle Show Impressive Teams in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 3

Despite the abandonment of the Royal Easter Show, beef cattlemen were able to stage a most impressive exhibition of stud animals in Sydney at the week-end. Although the season in most districts has been adverse,…

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Wool Control Tighter in U.k

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday. -- The Bradford correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says British authorities are exercising increasingly…

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Cropper Plate Sprinters May Be Troubled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 8

The extension of the distance of the C. W. Cropper Handicap from 6f to 7f with the transfer of the A.J.C. autumn meeting to Rosehill may aftect…

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Stud Cattle Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 4

The holding of a stud cattle fair in Sydney this week is evidence of the confidence of Australian pastoralists in the…

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Canada Expanding Wool Production

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 3

OTTAWA, Monday. -- Because of the uncertainty of wool supplies from Australia and New Zealand, the Canadian Government is encouraging expansion…

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Points From Letters Cattle Judging on

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 3

I was surprised ro see that judging of the fat cattle at the Stud Beef Cattle Show was conducted on Sunday morning and afternoon. Surely…

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On the Land 500 Guineas for Shorthorn Stud Cattle Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 3

Although the stud cattle sales in Sydney yesterday were described as dull, good prices were paid for several Shorthorns, the…

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Farming Idea Stymied

The Sun · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 6

Despite the vegetable shortage, golfers need have no fear that cabbages and turnips will…

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Wheat Market

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 12
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

PRODUCE trade wheat had fair demand today, but the market for export flour wheat was very slow. Prices, however, were much the same…

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American Wool Prices Dominion Mill Activity

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 2

Prices for wool, reports Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., are showing a slight advance in the United States. Quotations for tops on the…

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Wool Prices In the United States

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 2

Quotations for wool tops on the New York futures market are about 4 per cent, higher than a month ago, Winchcombe, Carson,…

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Beef Cattle Show

The Land · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 6

The Shorthorn bull class, 12 months and under 18 months, at the Stud…

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Wheat Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 3
Also in Daily Mirror

There was a [?] demand for wheat by local produce merchants in the Sydney market yesterday. Little business was done in wheat for export flour…

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Coastal Cattle Must Stay Production Vital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 4

Because all producers are now required to give undivided attention to production, dispersal of stock from coastal areas is no…

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Farmers Roused By Army Call-up of Rural Labor 'Sheep Are Allowed to Die'

The Land · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 1

"ON the one hand the Government proposes evacuating stock from coastal areas to the inland, while on the other hand sheep are dying in inland areas because all available labor is being called up. The Minister for Commerce appeals to farmers to grow oats to feed…

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Wheat, Chicory Drink is Recommended

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 12

ANOTHER recipe for making a substitute for coffee from wheat comes from Mrs. Elsie Chapman, Brunga, Kincumber, via Gosford…

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