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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

6,082 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

Trade, Finance & Oversea Markets Govt. Wool Handling Opposed Surplus Foreign Clips Bring Moderate Prices From Limited Clientele

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 10

NEW YORK, Tuesday (A.A.P.).--Boston wool interests are opposed to the Government's handling of the raw wool situation, says the New York Journal of Commerce…

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On the Land Hybrid Maize First Commercial Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 5

For the first time in the history of Australian agriculture, hybrid maize is being grown commercially in New South…

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Fear of Potato Crop Failure

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 9

At least 13,000 out of 21,000 acres of potatoes in New South Wales might fail completely unless rain fell in the southern and central western…

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Maximum Price for Spring Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 9

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Assistant Prices Commissioner, Mr. McCarthy, to-day announced maximum prices to apply to the spring crop of…

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Growers Threaten to Let Tomato Crop Rot

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 8

Griffith tomato growers yesterday threatened to let 12,000 tons of tomatoes rot on the plants. The growers claim that 70 per cent. of their crops are low-grade…

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Most Crops Retarded by Dry Conditions

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 11

Dry conditions are reported to be retarding crop growth in most areas of the State. THE Department of Agriculture…

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Welfare Worker's Dairy Third Birthday of Women's Air Force

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 10

THIS morning hundreds of W.A.A.A.F.s from Eastern Area Headquarters paraded at Cranbrook School oval to celebrate the third W.A.A.A.F. anniversary. Air-Commodore A. M. Charlesworth took the salute. Similar parades took place at all…

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Junior Wheat Growers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 3

Phillip Burrows, of Carmoo. Inverell, has won this year's State wheatgrowing championship among Junior Farmers' Club members. Second place…

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Post-war Wool Marketing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 3

The president of the Australian Wool Producers' Federation. Mr. F. E. Hitchins, said yesterday that the policy of his federation was entirely…

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Wool After the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

The concern expressed at the annual conference of the Graziers' Association over the looming conflict between wool…

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Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Tuesday, March 14, 1914, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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Big Sheep Loss Feared in N.-W

The Sun · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 5

COONAMBLE, Thursday.—High sheep losses are expected in north-western areas of the State unless adequate rain falls by the end of this month…

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Buy More Synthetics Than Wool

The Sun · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.—British consumption of materials made from synthetics, already…

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New Advance on Non-quota Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 9

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Another advance of 1[?] a bushel on non-quota wheat in No. 6 Pool was announced today by the Minister for Agriculture…

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Fine and Broad Wool Stock and Dry Times

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

The Australian sheep industry is being continually informed that its product is deteriorating in quality, state Winchcombe…

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Seek Priorities for Farm Machines

Tribune · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

High manpower priorities for repairs to farm machinery and manufacture of rotary-hoe parts was urged by a group conference of eight War Agricultural Committees at Parramatta this month…

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Premier On Farm Depots

Tribune · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

The farm mechanisation scheme, introduced months ago by the State government, has proved very successful…

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Junior Farmers Show Cabramatta Boy's Success at Moss Vale

The Biz · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 1

A wonderful record was achieved by 16-year's-old Tim Tickher, son of Captain and Mrs. O. R. Tickner of Station Street, Cabramatta, at the Moss Vale Junior…

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Wheat, Not Wool, Main Concern of C.P.

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 5

"WHEAT dominates the Country Party, not wool. I've often thought a grain of wheat should be hung before its…

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Dairy Cattle In New Guinea

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 6

DAIRY cattle in Now Guinea are mostly of mixed breeds descended from the predominantly Jersey and Guernsey cattle imported into the…

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