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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

5,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

Control of Bean Fly. In Autumn-sown Crops

The Propeller · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 2

For the successful production of late summer and autumn beans in most coastal areas, writes Mr. W. L. Morgan, entomologist, it is essential…

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Growers' Fear For Tomato Crops

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 4

Market gardeners in Burragorang Valley are perturbed that petrol rationing may prevent them from marketing…

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Good Sheep Unchanged Cattle Prices Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 2

The market for good sheep at Flemington yesterday was practically unchanged. Other descriptions were irregular…

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Wheat Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 2

There was a good demand for preduce lots in the Sydney wheat market yesterday. WHEAT: Local ficur, 3/11¼ a bushel. trucks at terminal ports. Exports flour: Prices…

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Wool Clothing Ration Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.--Immediate action to ration standardised civilian clothing is indicated by a special Government order gazetted…

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4/- a Bushel for Wheat Air Scully Favours Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 2

WEST WYALONG, Thursday. —The Minister for Commerce, Mr. Scully, told a meeting of farmeis to-day that he was in…

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Control of the Bean Fly. In Autumn-sown Crops

The St George Call · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 1

For the successful production of late summer and autumn beans in most coastal areas north of Sydney, writes Mr. W. L. Morgan, Entomologist, it Is…

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Butter and Cheese Quotas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 5

Quotas of butter and cheese that may be sold in the course of intrastate trade in New South Wales in April are:—Butter, 56 per cent.;…

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Oversea Wheat Options

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 4

CHICAGO, April [?].—May, 124[?] cents [?] bushel (down [?] cent); July, 126[?] cents (down ¾ cent); September, 128[?] cents (down ½ cent)…

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Limestone for Sheep Essential With Grain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 5

Although cereal grains or their by-products are valuable as feed for sheep, recent investigations have shown that lime must…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Wednesday, April 1, 1942, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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Incomes From Dairy Farms North Coast Figures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 5

"The return of better seasonal conditions to the North Coast dairy country is bringing a measure of relief to farmers as…

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Oversea Wheat Position Lindley Walker's Special Report. SYDNEY, March 31

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 2

Our cable, reviewing International wheat markets this week, reads:— "Europe difficult —…

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On the Land £22,000,000 FOR N.S.W. WOOL New Appraising Centres

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 5

The whole of the New South Wales clip of the main shearing has now been appraised, 1,250,500 bales, at the contract price, being…

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Near Cropper Tidemark Ebb On Flood

Truth · Sunday 5 April 1942 · page 2

I THINK I should have won that race," declared Harold Badger when he dismounted from Tidemark, who ran third in the first…

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Plant A Backyard Vegetable Farm

The Sun · Sunday 5 April 1942 · page 6

Urging that every Sydney back garden should become a miniature vegetable farm, Mr. S. H. Hunt, Sydney…

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Q.N. Pastoral Co

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 7

At December 31 last livestock held by Queensland National Pastoral Co., Ltd., was estimated at 82,104 cattle, 80,496 sheep, and 1886 horses…

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On the Land Pure Butter Fat May Change Dairy Outlook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 3

MURWILLUMBAH, Sunday.— A development which may revolutionise the outlook of the dairying industry is the…

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Oversea Wheat Options

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 2

CHICAGO, April 4.—May, 123¾ cents [?] bushel (down 1 cent); July, 125[?] cents (down 1[?] cents); September, 127½ cents (down 1 cent)…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Wednesday, April 1, 1942, and are to the nearest one-eighth pf a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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