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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

5,347 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Wheat Rationing Surprises N.S.W. Minister

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 16

THE N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) has revelaed that he was not consulted before the announcement was made by the Austraian Wheat Board that wheat was to be rationed throughout Australia. Not only was this…

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No Wheat Ration for Production of Feed

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 2

A flour mill which had switched completely to the production of wheatmeal for stockfeed was closing because it could get no more wheat under the Federal Government's wheat rationing scheme, the secretary…

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Wheat Plan's Objective Mr. Scully Replies To Criticism

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday —The only geneial restuction imposed by the wheat stabilisation plan is one designed to prevent…

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Flour Mills Must Close Because of Wheat Cuts

The Sun · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 5

A NSW wheatmeal mill is closing down and putting off all hands because its supplies have been cut off by the Scully wheat ioning plan…

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Dairy Fanners Urged to "Stick to Their Guns" To the Editor, "Farmer and Scatter"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 2

Sir: I have been reading with interest the struggle going on between the Government and the dairy farmer, and I am pleased to see the…

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Farmers Supply Milk Again Government is "Implacably Unsympathetic," says Dairymen's Secretary

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 7

YESTERDAY dairyfarmers in the zone supplying Sydney and Newscastle decided to resume deliveries of milk, although the Federal Government point blank refused to grant them an average price of 1/10 a gallon, or to have the mathematical infalibility of the Prices Commissioner (Professor…

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The Wool Trade; Brokers' Reports A.M.L & F. Appraisement

The Land · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 20

Australies Mercantile, Land and Finance Company Limited report- The appraisements opened after the Christmas recess on Monday, January 3,…

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Call for Higher Wheat Price & Lifting of Restrictions; State Minister Outspoken

The Land · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 1

A CALL to the Federal Government for an immediate announcement of its intentions regarding the removal of wheat acreage restrictions, and the payment of a remunerative price on all wheat produced, was…

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Wool Replaces Rubber in Wartime Industries Board Chairman Returns From London

The Land · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 7

COMPLETE indoor bowling greens of green wool felt are being used by Britain's wartime workers to provide winter recreation during the hard winter months, when few opportunities for outdoor sport occur. These bowling greens are immensely popular and, as soon…

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New Uses and Markets for Wool of Great Importance To Empire Producers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 3

FURTHER developments in the use of wool as a result of British resource and invention were revealed by the chairman of the Australian Wool Board (Mr. Douglas Boyd) on his return from London, where he presided at the meeting of the International Wool Executive…

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Wheat Rationing Plan Announced Federal Move To Check Consumption; Bd. Control Supply on Quota Basis

The Land · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 2

ANNOUNCING that the Commonwealth Government had decided that a check must be kept on wheat consumption, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Scully) stated this week that this step had…

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British Farm Delegation Expected This Week-End N.F.U. Vice-President, Leader

The Land · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 1

THE party of British farmers, representing the National Farmers' Union of England, is expected to reach Sydney this week-end from New Zealand. The visitors have spent some weeks in the Dominion and are…

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Star Letter of the Week Should Heed Advice of Practical Farmers to the Editor of "The Land."

The Land · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 1

Sir,—As a successful wheat grower with many years' experience on the land, I dread the downward trend of primary production. and the ultimate…

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Keep Surroundings Of Dairy Clean

The Land · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 24

Flies are carriers of many infections, and the refuse in which they breed—decaying vegetable matter, old rags and paper, and…

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Profitable Farming on Steep Hills Interesting U.S. Experiments; Weeds Help Save Precious Topsoil

The Land · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 4

SUMAC, milkweed and other roadside weeds, now recognised by soil conservation experts as important weapons against soil erosion, may help to halt the waste caused by the gullying and washing away of topsoil which has already…

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New Implements Will Be Needed To Adopt Stubble Mulch Farming

The Land · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 3

"THERE have been and still are advocates respectively of the mouldboard and of the disc implements for ploughing, but the respective merits of these implements have now to be weighed afresh for their value…

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N.f.u. President Explains Mission of Farm Delegates

The Land · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 2

PRIOR to the British farm delegates leaving England, the president of the National Farmers' Union (Mr. J. K. Knowles) explained that their mission was to prepare the way for a conference, to be held later this year, at which representatives of farmers' organisations from the Dominions and colonies…

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On & Off the Farm Australia Can Grow Good Tobacco

The Land · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 5

Two farmers, father and son, at Helen's Hill, Ingham (Q.), made £7,000 from tobacco grown between 1941 and 1943. These successful…

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Successful Wheatgrowing in the Western Division Crops Irrigated From The Lachlan

The Land · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 5

THAT wheat, for both grazing and harvest, can be grown successfully in the Western Division has been demonstrated by Mr. L. Johns, of "Hazelwood," Hillston, who last year devoted 400 acres of his 10,000-acre holding on the west bank of the Lachlan to irrigated cereal crops…

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Farm Buildings and Equipment All-in-one Kitchen Cabinet; Construction Details (Part 2.)

The Land · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 11

IN the construction of the all-in-one kitchen cabinet and table described in last week's issue, any kind of softwood may be used, providing the timber is dry, straight and free from knots or warps. To obtain the…

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