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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

5,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 250

M.H.R.'s Investigating Total Wool Storage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 April 1942 · page 7

At the request of the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully), Messrs. J. J. Clark (Lab., Darling) and Alex. Wilson (Ind. C.P., Wimmera) are investigating the State's wool-storage facilities…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations New South Wales. YSDNEY, April 7

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 April 1942 · page 1

Rates fixed by the Australian Wheat Board are as follows:— Millers' lots: Home consumption —bulk 3/11¼ per bushel. Prices on…

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A.w.u.manpower in Wool Industry Conference on Skilled Labor Essential to Carry On

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 April 1942 · page 5

As the result of the probability of the wool industry being affected by the shortage of skilled men such as classers, shearers, pressers…

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At the Farm

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 April 1942 · page 6

Dear Worker,—This is my second letter. May I have "Princess Verna" for my pen-name, please? I have a sister and also a brother, who is…

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On the Land Man-power for Dairying Official Schedule

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1942 · page 4

After protracted negotiations between the Primary Producers' Union and the Director-General of Man-power, Mr. Wurth, a…

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Big Rice Crop Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1942 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Minister for Commerce, Mr. Scully, said to-day that the crop on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation area, which was now…

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Warwick Farm Refunds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1942 · page 10

Refunds to nominators of horses for the abandoned Warwick Farm meeting of March 28 will be available at the Australian Jockey Club's…

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Butter Awards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 3

In this year's Royal Agricultural Society's competuion for salted bul[?]er. Norco factories filled three out of the first four places, Tyalgum…

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Fat Cattle Awards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 3

Fat Cattle awrds in connection with the recent cattle fair in Sydney were announced this week at follows:…

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Wheat Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 3

Demand for produce lota ws [?]eter in the Sydney wheat market yesterday. There were on orders for wheat [?] export flcu[?] WHEAT: Local flour, 3/11¼ a [?]…

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Record Wheat Yield

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 5

BASED on the quantities received to February 28. the West Australian wheat yield for the 1941-42 season is now estimated at 38,000,000 bushes. On…

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Canada Increases Wool Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 3

OTTAWA, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--Wool prices in Canada this year will be 10 to 15 per cent, above last year's rates…

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Canada Wants More Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 3

MONTREAL, April 8 (A.A.P.).—In order to encourage producers to retain as many sheen as possible for wool-growing purposes, the Wool…

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Protest Against Cattle Judging on Day of Prayer To the Editor, the "Farmer and Settler"

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 4

Sir: It would take an abler pen than mine to adequently express my profound shame, when I read that judging of the stud beef cattle show exhibits was to be…

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World Sheep Totals May Be Decimated By War

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 3

PROBABLY when this war is finished, it will be found that world sheep totals have decreased considerably. In Europe particularly where the food…

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Dubbo May Be Big Wool Centre

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 3

WOOL interests at Dubbo confidently believe that the town will be made one of the largest wool storage and appraisement centres…

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Pure Butter-fat May Solve Some Problems of Export

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 7

A DEVELOPMENT which may revolutionise the outlook of the dairying industry is the production of pure butter-fat, which occupies less space than…

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New Cattle Fodder Good Liveweight Increase on Straw Pulp

The Biz · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 3

Britain's farmers ore obtaining excellent results with the fodder now being produced by the new caustic soda,'[?]trawpulping process on over 250 farms in…

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Wheat Gives Promise as Material for Synthetic Rubber

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 5

CONVERSION of wheat and corn into synthetic rubber is being successfully attempted by four well-known American scientists…

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Queensland Weekly Letter Stud Cattle Pair for Brisbane C.Q. Ram Sales to Be Held

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 4

IF conditions next August permit the Royal National Association will conduct a stud cattle fair and tale to take the place of the Brisbane…

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