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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

6,082 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

World Wheat Stocks Decline; Marked Change in Outlook

The Land · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 3

"VERY important changes in the wheat stock position are now taking place. Stocks, which rose considerably since the outbreak of war, and the figure of nearly 1,500 million bushels at the end of…

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The Quality of Wool High Standard of Efficiency

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 2

Mr. Wilson, the Director of Rural Man-Power, in commenting on the statement by Mr. C. Stanley Wilson, chairman of the…

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Calf Price Fall Serious Blow To Dairy Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 2

A TOTAL collapse the market for young calves had followed the high rating on veal under meat rationing. it was claimed at a…

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Treatment of People on Dairy Farms Said To Be "Wicked"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 4

TREATMENT of people on dairy farms during the war was "wicked," declared Mr. H. J. Bate (south coast) at the annual meeting of shareholders of the producers co-operative Distributing Society Ltd…

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Thursday's Sales Sheep and Lambs Australian Mercantile L. & F. Co. Ltd

The Land · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 16

Dun Bros., Condobolin, 79 xlbs to 29/1, 17 w at 11/4. Thos. Shelton, Croppa Creek, 217 xl to 26/5. E. A. Moon, OOtha, 138 shn xl & hgts to 24/2. Monivae Pastoral…

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Queensland Weekly Letter Vital War Uses for Wool Grease

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 10

IMPORTANT was uses discovered for woul grease, now wanted in unlimited quantities, are expwcted to lead to large…

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"Quadrat"—New Vic. Wheat; Not Recommended for N.S.W.

The Land · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 10

THE fact that Quadrat, a comparatively new wheat (a Ghurka-C.M.G. cross) has yielded more than 18 bags to the acre for a Milawa (Vic.) farmer, has interested N.S.W. wheat men, but because this variety may suit the Wimmera, Southern Mallee, and districts…

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40,000 Sheep Left Unkilled Sydney Faces Meat Shortage Absenteeism Chief Cause

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 2

KILLING losses at Homebush Abattoirs this week have caused the huge bank-up of almost 40,000 unkilled sheep…

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40,000 Sheep Left Unkilled Sydney Faces Meat Shortage Absenteeism Chief Cause

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 2

KILLING losses at Homebush Abattoirs this week have caused the huge bank-up of almost 40,000 unkilled sheep…

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40,000 Sheep Left Unkilled Sydney Faces Meat Shortage Absenteeism Chief Cause

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 2

KILLING, losses at Homebush Abattoirs this week have caused the huge baak-up of almost 40,000 unkilled sheep…

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40,000 Sheep Left Unkilled Sydney Faces Meat Shortage Absenteeism Chief Cause

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 2

KILLING losses at Homebush Abattoirs this week have caused the huge bank-up of almost 40,000 unkilled sheep…

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40,000 Sheep Left Unkilled Sydney Faces Meat Shortage Absenteeism Chief Cause

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 2

KILLING losses at Homehush Abattoirs this week have caused the huge bank-up of almost 40,000 unbilled sheep…

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40,000 Sheep Left Unkilled Sydney Faces Meat Shortage Absenteeism Chief Cause

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 2

KILLING losses cat Homebush Abattoirs Ibis week have caused the huge bank-up of almost 40,000 unkilled sheep…

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Attack on Auction and Bradford Wool Control Australian Mills Proposed at Armidale Conference

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 5

THE auction system, Bradford, and the Australian Woolgeowets' Council were hotly attacked at the Armidale wool industry conference on Saturday and Sunday last. A sensational turn was given to the unanimity for the development of Australian woollen mills by the last speaker, Mr. W. C. Wentworth, who defended the chairman…

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Field's Vigorous Reply To Prices for Export Wheat Tell Interesting Story "Industry Decline Best Answer To Scully"

The Land · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 2

MR. E. FIELD, one of the N.S.W. growers' representatives on the Australian Wheat Board, this week vigorously defended himself against the criticism of his recent statements by the Minister for Commerce…

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Excellent Wheat Yields Off Skeleton Weed Infested Land Growers Are Warned About "Freak Year" by a Correspondent

The Land · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 1

SPLENDID WHEAT RETURNS have been received in this district this season, and what is more, many of these have been obtained from skeleton weed infested land. Yields of between 13 and 14 bags to the acre…

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Trees and the Farmer The Mulga As Insurance Against Drought; Disappearance Tragic Valuable Fodder Tree in the West

The Land · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 4

ONE of the word blunders in our forestry mismanagement has been the indiscriminate cutting of our indigenous fodder trees and the lack of protection afforded them from marauding sheep, cattle of rabbit infestations. In a country where drought vi[?] come periodically, where fodder trees represent the life…

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Schoolboys Save Potato Crop; Valuable Aid

The Land · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 1

"WE have read of what the School children of Britain have done in helping on the food front, but very little of…

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Pasture Cover Crop May Prove Risky

The Land · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 8

The senior agricultural instructor at Dubbo, Mr. S. Rudkin draws attention, in a recent report to headquarters, to the fact that the dry…

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The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co. Ltd

The Land · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 17

F. O. Druce, Warren, 66 x l to 28/1 av 26/6, 40 c 15/; E. I. Taylor, West Tamworth, 95 x l to 27/9 av 27/2; A. H. Bowden, Kamarah, 56 x l 27/4; Est. late…

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