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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

6,082 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

There's a knack in picking crops

The Sun · Sunday 13 February 1944 · page 3

INQUIRIES by a friend about trouble he was experiencing with rhubarb plants that had…

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Zoning of Sheep Shearing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Minister for Labour, Mr. Holloway, announced to-day new conditions for the zoning of sheep shearing this year…

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World's Wheat Prospective Shrinkage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 3

"Until figures for the 1943-44 crop season are complete it is impossible. to estimate what the world wheat position will be at the end of this…

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Tendency to Overrate Wool's Rival

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 10

LONDON, Sunday.--The wool trade in Britain confirms the tendency in some quarters to overrate the future of…

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Millions for Wool Appraised Price

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 2

The chairman of the Central Wool Committee, Mr. Justice W. F. L. Owen, stated that more than 2,160,000 bales of wool, valued at…

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Wheat Quotations Now South Wales. SYDNEY, February 11

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 4

Rates fixed by the Australian Wheat Board are as follows: Millers' lots: All prices for export on application to the Board, Values…

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No Shortage of Wheat Statement by Mr. Dedman

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 2

According to reports received from Melbourne, under all predictable conditions it was quite impossible to conceive a shortage…

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Farmer's Bravery In Battle Line

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 4

SERGEANT JOHN SKINNER (34), who was a Singleton dairy farmer before he enlisted in the A.I.F…

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Farmer's Bravery In Battle Line

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 4

SERGEANT JOHN SKINNER (34), who was a Singleton dairy farmer before he enlisted in the A.I.F…

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Big Returns for Wool Return on a Sheep

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 2

It is reported that grown sheep in New South Wales are likely to show an average gross return of almost 12/ for wool this season…

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No Butter Ration Cut

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 7

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- There is no immediate prospect of a reduction in the Australian butter ration…

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No Butter Ration Cut

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 7

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- There is no immediate prospect of a reduction in the Australian butter ration…

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No Butter Ration Cut

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- There is no immediate prospect of a reduction in the Australian butter ration…

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No Butter Ration Cut

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 7

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- There is no immediate prospect of a reduction in the Australian better ration…

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No Butter Ration Cut

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- There is no immediate prospect of a reduction in the Australian butter ration…

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No Butter Ration Cut

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- There is no immediate prospect of a reduction in the Australian butter ration…

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No Butter Reduction Likely Yet

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.-- There was no immediate prospect of any reduction in butter rationing which…

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2,500 Sheep Left Unkilled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 6

Because only 62, instead of 70 men, could be obtained for the third chain at Homebush abattoirs yesterday, 1,000 sheep were lost. A further 1,500 sheep…

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Govt Increases Wheat Payment

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Monday.--The Federal Government has decided to increase the payment to wheatgrowers for the first advance of the 1944-45 wheat…

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Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 4

The London and Chicago wheat markets were closed , on Saturday, 12th February, New South Wales…

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