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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

5,331 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

Good Work With Wheat Harvest

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 2

SO well have farmers co-operated in harvesting this season's wheat, and so sound has been the work of some of the war agricultural committees, that most…

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Wheat Supplements Ceylon's Rice Diet

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 6

COLOMBO, Thursday.-- Just over two tablespoons of rice is now the daily ration issued to the island's Government hospital for adult…

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Wool Grease Brings Good Return

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 5

USES of wool are legion for clothing purposes, blankets, upholstery and in many other ways. Even the grease in wool is used…

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Wool and Its Uses Money From Grease

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 2

The uses of wool are legion for clothing purposes, blankets, upholstery and in many other ways. Even the grease in wool is used…

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Sydney Wheat New South Wales. SYDNEY, January 6th

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 1

Rates fixed by the Australian Wheat Board are as follows: Millers' lots: All prices for export of all wheat for human consumption…

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Corriedales Beat All But Merino Wool Price Records

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 2

AT the November appraisements at Goulburn, the Winderadeen pure Corrledale wool realised 28d. per lb., the highest price at which other than Merino…

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Wool Pool In United States On High Level

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

IN the wool trade, the war has produced a degree of co-operation between the British Empire and the united States never before experienced. America is now quite as large a consumer of…

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On the Land Most of Wheat Harvested Pooled Labour Success

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 3

So well have farmers cooperated in harvesting the season's wheat and so sound has been the work of some of the…

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Prices Too Low To The Editor, "Farmer and Seller"

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 7

Sir,—On receiving the announcement on the prices for pig meals as fixed by the Australian Meat Commission. I wish to voice my disapproval of the rates…

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Policy That May Lead to One-Man Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 8

THAT he could see no other reason for the Scully wheat scheme and the Ward wages determination than to turn every wheatgrowing property into a…

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Pioneer Experiments with Some New Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 8

THAT gland old pioneer, Mr. A. W. Perry, Tarana, who founded the well known Bundaleer Red Poll stud, is one whose faith in the…

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Quality Important Factor in New Markets for Our Dairy Products (New Year Message from T. Flood Plunkett, M.L.A., Chairman, Australian Dairy Board.)

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 3

IN all my former greetings to the dairymen of Australia at this special season for the expression of goodwill, I emphasised the urgent need for the greatest possible production of dairy products of quality…

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Big Increase in Crops of Tomatoes for Processing

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 8

LARGE quantities of canned tomatoes and tomato juice were required for Allied troops operating in tropical areas, and N.S.W. growers were doing their best to meet the demand, says a statement from the Division of Plant Industry, Department of…

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Smaller Holdings As Part of National Development To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler"!

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

Sir,—A gloomy view of closer settlement prospects is certainly taken by the assistant secretary of the N.S.W. Graziers' Association (Mr. S. Ick-Hewins)…

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Farm Tractor

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 6

IT is usually more easy to cultivate bad habits than good ones, yet the latter have an important effect upon the running of the tractor outfit and the cost…

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Neglect of Papuan Rubber Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 6

THOUSANDS of acres of rubber were lying idle in Papua and, unless immediate steps were taken to clear away the cover crops and secondary growth,…

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Overseas Export Manifests West Australia British Steamer. Sailed Fremantle. Westralian Farmers, Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 3

Australian Wheat Board, 6115 tons bulk wheat, 6906 bags (531 tons) of wheat BRITISH STEAMER…

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Dairy Subsidy First Payments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 2

It is reported from Canberra that the first payments of the £2,000,000 Government subsidy to dairy farmers arc expected to be…

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Swine Fever on 24 FARMS 30,000 Pigs Now Quarantined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 4

Swine fever has been found on 24 farms in the County of Cumberland, and the whole county is now quarantined…

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Farmer Defies Tick Official

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 6

GRAFTON, Wednesday.—A farmer to-day mounted a pony which tick officials had seized to dip, and refused to dismount…

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