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Farming & the land, 1944

6,082 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 250

Strong Dairy Section at Crookwel1

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 5

ENTRIES of dairy cattle at Crookwell show last week were particularly strong and competition was keen…

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Britain Sees Trend to Specialised Poultry Farming

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 8

PRESENT conditions and the steadily growing Government regulations are guiding the poultry industry of the United Kingdom in…

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Dairy Subsidy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Regulations were issued to-day setting out the procedure adopted for the allocation and payment of the subsidy granted to the dairying industry. The…

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"Beggars of Hungary" Forming Army Farmers, Peasants Rally For Revolt

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--Reports from Partisan headquarters in Yugoslavia say that 3,000,000 "beggars of Hungary" are combining into what may develop into a Hungarian…

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The Pastoral Address of the Conference of 1944

The Methodist · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 1

Dear Brethren, Once again we greet you most cordially in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Belonging as you do to the same household of faith, we gladly include you in our fellowship, and invoke…

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Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 4

All overseas quotes are for Thursday, March 23, 1914, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…

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Weekly Wool Report — DALGETY & Co. Ltd. March 23

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 1

"Never since the world began can there have been so many plans and schemes for setting mankind on the road to…

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On the Land Great Wool Turnover More Than Million Bales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 5

For the nineteenth successive year wool turnover on the Sydney market this season will total more than a million bales…

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Down on the Farm

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 17

TEN of us, good artillerymen and true, were deep in the heart of the backblocks practising at being…

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Dark Ages Farming

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 4

broke out market gardening was at the John Chinaman stage. "Smith's" agricultural expert PEASANT farming is a back number. Russia industrialised the land, and at this late date Australia is being geared to modern methods. When war…

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Tickle taken out of wool

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 March 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Sat.--Australian research workers have taken the tickle out of wool by treating it with papaw…

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Write in for Directions to knit this pullover in fine wool or silk

The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1944 · page 8

This tailored pullover in wide rib has a front panel in bell stitch and is designed for 34 to 36 bust measurement. The garment…

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Taree Cattle Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 3

TAREE Saturday.—Dairy cattle were an outstanding feature of the revived Taree Show More than 100 Jersevs were shown by 21 breeders…

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On the Land Winter Butter Price Farmers Ask 4d More

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 3

GRAFTON, Saturday.—The Grafton Co-operative Dairy Co., at its annual meeting, decided to ask the Minister for…

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Wheat Subsidy Plan Minister's Statement

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 2

At Canberra last week a bill to give effect to the Government's wheat subsidy plant, which has been operating since 1942, was…

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Abattoirs Lag Sheep Killings 13,000 Short

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 4

Because of absenteeism, slaughtermen at Homebush Abattoirs killed only 77,000 sheep last week, instead of 90,000…

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British Wheat for Portugal First Shipment Since War Began

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 2

Mail news from Liverpool reports that Mr. Henry Hopkinson, British Minister to Portugal, said in Lisbon recently that the arrival…

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Farmer Killed by Bolting Horse

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 5

MOSS VALE, Monday.--The mutilated body of John Francis McCormick (64), of Bundanoon, was found in a paddock on his property…

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Labelling Wool Products

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Proposals to introduce uniform labelling laws in Australia to protect woollen materials against cheap textile fibres,…

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Fantastic Wool Policy

The Sun · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 4

THE proposal of the Australian Wool Board that uniform laws for the labelling of woollen goods should…

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