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Farming & the land, 1944

6,082 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

Points From Letters Butter Rationing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 3

We are a family of three adults. home for all meals, with an extra person at the week-end. From our ration of 1½lb per week we have saved…

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Butter Rationing Exports to Britain

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

According to news received from Canberra Mr. W. Bankes Amery, leader of the United Kingdom Food Mission to…

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More Cattle Would Be Useful

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 11

GLEN Innes district could normally carry many more cattle than it did in midsummer, said the district [?] Inspector…

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The New Wheat Advances

The Land · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 4

WHILE still much below the figure unanimously asked for by growers' organisations, the new wheat advances announced this week represent an overdue recognition by the Federal Government of…

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Post-War Wool Marketing

The Land · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

IT is reported that a move is being made by the National Council of Woolselling Brokers, to set up an organisation for the post-war disposal…

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Insufficient Supplies of Drug For Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 3

MR. R. CORDINGLY, a local grazier, asked the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Scully) at the Armidale…

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Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Wednesday, February 16, 1944, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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Move For Higher Butter Subsidy; Costs Survey

The Land · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

THE period for which[?] the £6,500,000 butter[?] subsidy was granted er-[?] pires on March 31, and [?]…

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Increase in Wheat Price Urged; 5/2 For Full Crop C.P. Conference Discussion

The Land · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 9

THE need for a higher price for all wheat produced at the present time in Australia was stressed by speakers at last week's conference of the N.S.W. Country Party…

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Bigger Wheat Sowings Now Federal Aim

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 6

A DECISION to increase the payment to wheatgrowers for the first advance on next Season's 1044-45 wheat crop…

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Homebush Stock Markets Monday Prime Sheep in Demand

The Land · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 16

The State Marketing Bureau reports:—Moderate numbers of sheep and lambs were available on Monday, when a total of 45,3l2 head was offered for sale. In the sheen…

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Murlingbung Merinos Cut Good Wool Weights

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 5

AN average of 20-lb. of wool is cut by rams in. Mr. J. H. Reid's Murlingbung Merino saud. Berridale, when they are shown in autumn. Last season 38 bales out of 74…

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Wool Retains Hold On Public Favor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 3

FROM July, 1043, onwards, a slight decrease in consumption of wool was recorded in the united States, chiefly as a result of reduced…

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Return for Wool at Good Level

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 11

GOOD seasonal conditions in New South Wales have resulted in the production of a well grown, bulky clip, and…

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No Raw Wool To East Plea

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 8

BRISBANE, Friday.--The industrialisation of China would be the thin edge of the wedge in shattering the British Empire,…

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Estimates Indicate Shrinkage In World Wheat Stocks

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 6

UNTIL figure for the 1043-44 crop season were complete it was impossible to estimate what the world wheat position would be at the and…

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Report On Cattle Breeding To Combat Tick in North

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 11

A DISCUSSION of the use of Zohn-cross cattle in Australia is given in Bulletin 172, Just issued by the Council for Scientific…

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Railways Overcome Difficulties In Transport Of Wool

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 3

THE quantity of wool received at N. S. W. approving centres this season is now nearly 1,100,000 bales and shows an Increase on the total…

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Wool Board Reviews Work For Golden Fleece

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 1

IN Its seventh annual report, the Australian Wool Board has presented an Informative document which should be of the greatest value…

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Pay Attention To Fallows; Advice To Wheat-growers

The Land · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

FARMERS are well advised to pay every attention to their fallows from now on since heavy crops will be a national as well as a personal…

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