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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

5,347 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

Children Killed on Farm

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--A neighbor told the Magistrate's Court at Nelson that he had heard Alan Stuart…

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Rockmelon Crop Too Late For Americans

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 4

A record crop of rockmelons, planted last spring when Americans thronged Sydney, is glutting the market…

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Last U.s. Sale of Piled Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 17

NEW YORK, Friday (A.A.P.).--At Boston a keen demand for good grades of foreign lots marked the last sale of stockpile wools…

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On the Land Sheep Numbers Dwindling No Surplus From Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 11

Sheep numbers are dwindling in all the eastern States and must continue to do so unless widespread rains bring relief…

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War-time Output of Australian Woollen Mills. Wool Report—dalgety & Co. Ltd

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 2

Due to war conditions woollen and worsted manufacturers throughout' Australia have concentrated on production for…

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Today .... in the Garden Get Best Out of Your Pea Crop

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 8

FAR too much pea seed is lost because, after sowing, soil-inhabiting organisms cause rotting. Treatment of the seed with copper oxychloride will avoid this…

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Today ....In the Garden Get Best Out of Your Pea Crop

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 8

FAR too much pea seed is lost because, after sowing, soil inhabiting organisms cause rotting. Treatment of the seed with copper oxychloride will avoid this…

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Dairymen Thank "Herald"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 5

The Singleton branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council has passed a resolution thanking "The Sydney Morning Herald" for "the enormous…

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Q'land cattle rustlers busy

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1945 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sat. -- Cattlemen at the United Graziers' Conference in Brisbane this week claimed that cattle rustlers…

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Culnooy Once a Sheep Musterer Trial winner's hard schooling

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1945 · page 9

Culnooy, winner of yesterday's Canterbury Trial Handicap was ounce used to muster sheep on a Coonamble station. Mr. R. Helyard, Culnooy's former trainer, could not…

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Land girl, husband meet on farm job ADELAIDE

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1945 · page 10

When a NSW Land Army girl began harvesting a Murray River grape crop she round her RAAF husband working on the same…

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Farm machine pool now boon to NSW coast areas; 300 per cent, increases

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1945 · page 7

FARMERS in NSW coastal districts using labor and machinery from the farm machinery pool have, in some cases, been able to increase the amount of land they cultivate by 300 per cent. Originally intended for coastal districts only, the scheme has been…

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GARDENING It's time to get ready for the onion crop

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1945 · page 29

A STEW without an onion was once described by a friend of mine as -- like an egg…

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Man offers farm to wife, lover

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1945 · page 32

NEW YORK, Sat. -- An American farmer who discovered his wife carrying on a love affair with a farmhand offered the couple an 80-acre farm to live on. He also offered to divorce his wife and give the…

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Appeal For Wheat To Feed Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 11

The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) hes been asked to release wheat for starving sheep…

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Wheat to Starving Sheep: N. S. W. Stock Feed Scheme

The Sun · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday.-- Wheat will be made available for starving sheep, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Scully) announced today. Previously it had been stated that there would be no wheat for…

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Sheep to Get Grain

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday. -- Wheat rations to feed starving sheep are to be allowed by the Wheat Board, the Minister for…

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Sheep to Get Grain

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday. -- Wheat rations to feed starving sheep are to be allowed by the Wheat Board, the Minister for…

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Sheep to Get Grain

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday. -- Wheat rations to feed starving sheep are to be allowed by the Wheat Board, the Minister for…

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Fine for Dealing in Stolen Butter

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 2

James Henry Trammell (76), oyster vendor, was fined £5 at Newtown Court today on a charge of receiving, on or about February 5 at Petersham, one cwt. of butter he knew to have…

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