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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

5,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 71 of 250

Wool Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 3

Because of the rise in working costs, a higher averuge price for the Australian wool clip is needed to provide adequal's profits for growers. It is fortunats that the sale…

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Fuel From Wheat To Operate Tarsks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 7

OTTAWA. -- Canada's ever- increasing production of tanks and other war machines may operate with fuel derived from…

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Sheep Population Up 45 p.c. IN 20 YEARS

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 7

The sheep and Iamb population of Australia is now 122,000,000, or 45 p.c. more than it was 20 years ago. Advance have been recorded in each…

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Death of Dr. Smith a Great Wheat Expert

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 2

The death occurred last Friday night at Sydney of Dr. G. P. Darnell Smith, who was a great wheat expert, and was noted all over…

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Australian Farm Gear For Britain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--More than £1,250,000 worth of Australian agricultural machinery may be sold in Britain before the end of the year…

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Wheat Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 4

Trading generally was quiet in the Sydney wheat market yesterday. WHEAT: Local flour, 3/11¼ a bushel, trucks at terminal ports. Export flour; Prices…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Monday. April 13th. 1942 and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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Driving of Cattle Council Will Limit Time

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 3

Ermington-Rydalmere Council will restrict the time in which cattle may be driven through the municipality. This was decided at last week's…

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Overseas Wheat Position Lindley Walker's Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 2

Our cable this week docs not review international markets, but gives special reference to the International "Wheat Conference…

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On the Land "Super" for Wheat To Get Best Results

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 4

The severe rationing of superphosphate must affect this year's wheat yields in the districts where its use is necessary…

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Labor Laws Threatened Employment of Children on Farms

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 8

Employment of children to overcame shortages of farm labor in the United states may undermine protective legislation, the U.S…

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Butterfat Plan to Aid Dairymen

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 3

FARMERS may have the problem of inferior grade butter, now worth only a few pence a pound, solved for them by the development…

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Butter Output Declines

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 3

HEAVY decline in butter production in Australia is shown in the figures for January, total output of all factories being 259,531-cwt…

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Beef Cattle News

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 5

A 15-YEAR-OLD master showman was perhaps the happiest young man to be seen on the grounds of Chicago's great international Live Stock Exposition when…

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Licks for Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 3

ALTHOUGH the average sheepman realises the necessity for a stock lick, it is apparent that very many cattle men on the lighter types of country Ignore…

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Wheat Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 3
Also in Daily Mirror

Trading in the Sydney wheat market was again generally quiet yesterday. WHEAT: Local flour, 3/11¼ a bushel, trucks at terminal ports. Export flour: Prices…

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Federal Pastoral Award is Varied

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 14

PROCEEDINGS, instituted by the N.S.W. Grazlers' Association and by the Australian Workers' Union, for variations of the Federal Pastoral Award were…

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Wheat Plans Announced

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 2

WHEAT growers in all States, except West Australia, would be licensed for this year on the average of their sowings during the…

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Haddon Rig's Great Achievements Many Flocks Improved Sheep Famous for Quality and Quantity of Wool

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 15

MERINO rams from Mr. G. B. S. Falkiner's Haddon Rig stud, Warren, have consistently topped the market for several years. Highest priced ram at the Sydney sales last June was for a 2-yr.-old special stud ram from Haddon Rig. The price—the…

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