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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

5,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 250

Butter Producers Help Buy Bomber

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- A cheque for £3500 to help buy a bomber for the R.A.A.F. has been handed to the Minister…

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Butter Producers Help Buy Bomber

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- A cheque for £3500 to help buy a bomber for the R.A.A.F. has been handed to the Minister…

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Stud Cattle May Be Evacuated

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.--Queensland cattle-breeding societies are considering plans for evacuating stud cattle from vulnerable coastal areas…

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DALGETY & Co. Ltd., Wool Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 2

The appraisement of wool for the second half of the 1941-42 season will commence on Monday next, 12th instant, in an…

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Power Alcohol From Wheat Early Start Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 6

CANBERRA, Sunday.—Discussions are proceeding between the Commonwealth Government and the Colonial Sugar Refining…

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Wheat Supply May Be 163,500,000 Bushels

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- About 145,000,000 bushels of 1941-42 season's wheat were expected to be delivered to the board, the chairman of the…

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On the Land Dairy Farming Unprofitable Heavy Hand of Drought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 3

"There is nothing at all in dairying now," said Mr. Thos. Beattie, of Corrying, Victoria, on his return from a planned…

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20 P.c. Cut in U.s. Wool Consumption

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday.--Wool trade discussions chiefly centre on world changes which are expected to result from America's participation in the war…

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Farm Encourage Hcp. Black-out by Comet

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 12

PUNTERS saw every variety of stars when 33/1 pop Comet blacked-out the opposition in the Farm Encourage. Jasper and…

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Drought Suits Rice Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 3

Drought conditions on the Murrumbidgee irrigation area have been high ly satisfactory for this season's rice crops, which are grown with their…

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Failure to Dip Four Farmers Summoned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 3

GRAFTON, Sunday.—Four summonses have been issued by the Government tick authorities in Grafton on stockowners, who did not…

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New Chief Dairy Instructor Mr. G. McGillivray Appointed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 3

Mr. George McGillivray, assistant herdmaster in the Department of Agriculture, has been appointed to the position of chief dairy instructor…

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British Farmers Ready For Gas

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 6

LONDON.-- Both the mustard gas of World War days and the deadly lewisite developed in the United States at the close of the…

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Wheat Market

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 12

BOOKINGS in wheat for local produce were again good today but wheat for export remains slack. There was no change in price…

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Wheat for Spain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON. Jan. 12.—The Madrid correspondent, of "The Times" reports that an agreement has been reached whereby Argentine is sending Spain 171,000 tons of wheat in…

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N.s.w. Wheat Crop Half Op Average

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 2

RAILWAY Department statistics indicate that the N.S.W. wheat crop this season will total 35,000,000 bushels-- little more than half the…

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Uruguayan Wool Clip

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

The United States Government has been negotlating for the purchase of surplus stocks of Uruguayan wool after the completion of buying hy American traders, Winchcombe…

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Wool Appraisement Started Yesterday

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 2

The second halt of the wool appraisement season started in Sydney yesterday with a series of 39,376 bales between January 12…

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Carryover of Wheat Normal Harvest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, Sir Clive McPherson, has announced that the…

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Wool Arrivals Maintained Despite Drought

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 14

DESPITE the dry conditions in New South Wales, no marked change in the season's wool production is indicated by arrivals of wool…

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