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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

5,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 80 of 250

On and Off the Farm Get-Together Move by U.K. & American Farmers

The Land · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 5

A special representative of the British Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hudson) recently made a 6,000-miles tour among American farmers to…

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Attractive Farm Homestead

The Land · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 6

A glimpse of the attractive homestead on Mr. D. A. Gibbs's hroberti Oak Hill, Culcarin…

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Farmers Must Get Financial Aid and Fair Treatment When Hit By War Changes Economist on Need for Co-ordinated Policy

The Land · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 4

"FARMERS must be fairly treated when required by war conditions to make heavy adjustments in their normal farm operations Moratoria are inadequate weapons by themselves. Better to enable the farmers adversely affected to finance proper alternative land-use"…

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Successful Junior Farmer Now is Operating One-Man Farm

The Land · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 5

GORDON PADMAN, of Albury, was one of the most successful Junior Farmers in the State when a member of Albury Junior Farmers' Club. He won eight State championship cups for fat lamb raising, maize-growing and pasture improvement work…

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Runs Farm on His Own

The Land · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 5

Mr. Gordon Padman, who was an outstanding member of the Junior Farmers' Club movement, now runs his ozm 106-acre farm, near Albury. PHOTO: THE LAND…

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A Section far the Poultry Farmer Care Needed in Selecting Male Birds for Breeding

The Land · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 15

AS many poultry farmers are now selecting suitable male birds for the breeding season, it is thficly to issue a word of advice on the care necessary in determining the class of bird to be mated to the females. A well~ balanced breeding pen xmll result in a good stamp of progeny…

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Want Cut in Price of Farm Duplicates

The Land · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 7

Dubbo district council of the F.S.A. decided at itn annual meeting to request the Executive to make representations to the Prices…

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N.S.W. Dairy Produce Quotas

The Land · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 9

During May dairy produce in New South Wales will be: Butter 70 per cent, and cheese 68 per cent. April quotas were: Butter 56 per cent, and…

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Russia's "Packed Earth" Policy Great Agricultural Drive Spring Crop Sowing Counters War Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 3

KUIBYSHEV, Thursday.--A new policy --"packed earth"--is replacing the Soviet Union's scorched earth policy of last year. For two months now the newspapers have been full…

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Control of Bean Fly. In Autumn-sown Crops

The Observer · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 4

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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Cattle Societies' Presidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 5

Presidents elected at recent meetings ot New South Wales branches of various herd societies are:—Jerseys, Sir Archibald Howie; Red Polls, Mr…

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Wheat Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 4

Good demand continued from the produce trade in the Sydney wheat market yesterday. WHEAT: Local flour, 3[?] a bushel, trucks at terminal ports. Export flour: Prices on…

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Wheat Stackings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 5

For the week ended April 18, 173,844 bags of wheat were despatched from country stations, making 8,060,897 for the season. The quantity stacked on sites and stored in silos…

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Butter Ano Cheese Quotas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 5

The proportions of butter and cheese that may be sold in the course of interstate trade in New South Wales next month are:—Butter, 70 per cent.,…

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[?] Cattle. Men Look Ahead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 5

The Australian Illawarra Shorthorn Society expects that when the war is over there will be a demand for Illawarra cattle from abroad. The…

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A Lot of "Jumbucks" Pastoral Populace

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 1

MR. SCOTT ANDERSON, who is Winchcombe Carson and Co.'s statistician, estimates the sheen population of Australia…

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Butter and Cheese Continuous Grading Awards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 5

As the grading period for the Royal Agricultural Society's continuous butter and cheese classes commenced last November it was decided…

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Higher Wool Price Sought

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 7

CANBERRA, Saturday.--The Commerce Department will conduct an investigation into the whole Australian wool position…

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Want Rise in Wool Canberra

The Sun · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 3

When the wool agreement is reviewed next month, the Commonwealth may ask the British…

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U.S. Wool Reserves To Be Increased

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 5

NEW YORK, Friday (A.A.P.).--Strategic reserves of wool are to be increased by the U.S. Government to…

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