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Farming & the land, 1945

5,347 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

Outside Arbitrator Still Sought by Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 3

"AS the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) was overseas in May, 1944, when trouble was first brewing over the price of milk paid to primary producers, and sick when it reached a crisis last month farmers have now…

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Farmers Can Buy Trees at Small Cost To the Editor, "Farmer and [?]"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 2

Sir:—I read with interest your remarks under the heading "Our Country as I See It" in a recent issue of the "Farmer and Settler"…

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Power To Create Booms, Depressions At Banker's Will To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 6

Sir,—Winston Churchill has said "that at the termination of last war there was very little in the productive sphere that the British worker…

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Crop Reports Contain Statistics Helpful To Many

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 7

THIRTY miles from his nearest neighbor, a farmer listened to a radio crop report broadcast by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The speaker forecast a billion-bushel wheat crop, perhaps the largest in…

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Weather Man's Tips Prove Great Help to Stock Raisers, Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 16

ONE of the best known men in the Commonwealth, who, for years, has lived at close quarters with that most discussed of all subjects-the weather-Mr. D. J. Mares, Government Meteorologist, will retire in March. His services have aided graziers, farmers, fruitgrowers, Government Departments, including Agriculture, Conservation…

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British Farmers Speak Highly Of New White Clover

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 16

THE variety of white clover known as [?], introduced a few years ago by the we[?] Plant Breading Station, is hold in high [?] by…

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Farm Relief Greatest Yet

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 6

Relief being given by the commonwealth to primary industry was greater than in any previous drought, the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully)…

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Farmers Want Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA. Thursday.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, said to lay that he would convene a confidence between representatives of the…

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Wheat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 17

LONDON, Friday.--Yesterday's closing prices per bushel for wheat in English currency were: Parcels (f.o.b.): Australian, unquoted; Rdsafe (Arg.), f.o.b., new crop, 54 (steady)…

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Wheat for Wops

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 3

ALTHOUGH Australian poultry farmers in North Queensland are unable to obtain wheat because of a transport [?]an,…

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10 Million Sheep May Die

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 5

JUNEE, Friday.—It is estimated here that probably 10 million sheep must starve to death, unless wheat can be…

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Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Thursday, February 8, 1945, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…

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Diet of Sticks, Sand Killing Sheep in West

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 4

Even good rains now will not prevent additional heavy sheep losses, far western graziers report. Stomachs of better-conditioned sheep killed for rations…

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Weekly Wool Report— Dalgety & Co. Ltd

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

Appraisement series No. 155 commenced at this centre on Wednesday last, 7th inst., and will conclude on the 15th inst…

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On the Land Sheep Country Drought Losses Will Be Heavy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 11

Drought losses of sheep will be greatly accentuated in the near future by the cutting out of wheat supplies, but no one can…

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Meat Seized by Police at Farm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

When Parramatta police visited a farm at Baulkham Hills late last night they seized a yearling calf and three lambs…

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Meat Seized by Police at Farm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 7

When Parramatta police visited a farm at Baulkham Hills late last night they seized a yearling calf and three lambs…

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Meat Seized by Police at Farm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

When Parramatta police visited a farm at Baulkham Hills late last night they seized a yearling calf and three lambs…

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Meat Seized by Police at Farm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

When Parramatta police visited a farm at Baulkham Hills late last night they seized a yearling calf and three lambs…

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Meat Seized by Police at Farm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

When Parramatta police visited a farm at Baulkham Hills late last night they seized a yearling calf and three lambs…

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