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Farming & the land, 1943

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Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 3

All overseas quotes are for Monday, February 1st. 1943, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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Farms Burnt in Victoria

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Farmers in the Axedale, Knowsley, Derrinall, and Heathcote districts lost heavily in a…

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Big Vegetable Crop May Go to Waste

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 4

YOUNG, Wednesday.-- Owing to the prolific season throughout the South Coast, vegetable growers under war contract may have to let their…

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Increase To Dairymen is Planned

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday.-- The interim report of the Dairy Committee, commissioned by the Government to inquire into the…

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Increase To Dairymen Is Planned

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday.-- The interim report of the Dairy Committee, commissioned by the Government to inquire into the…

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Beef Cattle News

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 6

RECENT sales of Polled Herefords from Messrs. Wilson and McDouall, Calliope (Q.), include a 12-mths. old bull my Paul's Perfection 47th (imp. U.S.A.),…

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Self-sown Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—An instruction for the disposal of selfsown wheat was issued to-day by the Minister for Commerce and…

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Quick Wheat Trip

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 10

AN empty train left Rozelle recently, arrived at Wallendbeen within 24 hours, was loaded with grain on arrival there and completed the round trip…

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Butter Output Better, Cheese Up

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 14

Butter production of the Commonwealth for the five months ended November 30 last was 1,472,265cwt. This compares with 1,400,396 and…

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Big Quantities of Wool

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 7

DURING the first six months of 1942 the United States consumed the equivalent weight of 1,800,000 bales of Australian wool. The quantity used in…

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Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 3

All overseas quotes are for Tuesday, February 2nd, 1943, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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Lower Fleece Weights Reduce Earnings per Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 7

THE increase of 15 per cent. in the average Price paid for the Australian clip this season has not been reflected in a large number of cases…

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Board Decisions on Self Sown Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 2

IN the 1942/43 season, because of the peculiar climate conditions, there has been more self-sown wheat than usual in some areas. The existence of this wheat…

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How Pink-eye in Sheep Can Be Treated

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 7

HOT, dry, windy weather in many districts has been conducive to the occurrence of ophthalmia, commonly called "pink-eye," in sheep…

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Oversea Wheat Position Lindley Walker's Special Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 2

Our cable, reviewing oversea wheat this week, reads as follows: "Europe: Mostly mild weather. "India: Acreage 33,694,000,…

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Costs of Wheat Harvest Showed Increase This Season

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 2

COST of harvesting this season's wheat crop, and transport to railways, had increased considerably, said Mr. J. G. Ballantyne, West…

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Wool and Textiles British Millmen's Problems February 2

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 2

The question of selling wool after the war extends beyond the sale of the raw material to manufacturers (state Winchcombe…

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Activities Change On Some Mid Rivers Dairy Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 2

SOME Middle Rivers dairy farmers have given up pig and calf raising, preferring to supply all their milk to factories…

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Shipping Position will Govern Early Post-war Wool Trade

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 6

CONSIDERATION is being given to the post-war marketing of wool. The contract covers the sale of the clip for the duration of the…

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Yesterday's Finance and Produce Markets Decline Of 7 p.c. In European Cattle Herds

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 14

Cattle numbers in 12 important countries of continental Europe in 1941 were 7 p.c. lower than in 1939. The number in 1941 was estimated at 61,450,000 head…

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