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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

5,347 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 250

Greasy Wool Eats Up Cash in Transport

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 5

OFTENTIMES it is said that to treat wool in the country towns does not minimise rail charges, but just the reverse. If we take one bale of greasy wool, it costs 20/- to rail to a given centre, one bale of scoured wool…

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Wool Price Proves Value Of This Strain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 6

MESSRS. W. W. Ingrey & Son, Yarraglen Merino stud. Grenfell, report an excellent ram selling year, with sheep going to…

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C.P. Leader Attacks Wool Substitute Plan

The Land · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 18

COMMENTKNG on statements that plans were being made for the manufacture of substitute fibres is Australia, the leader of the…

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Board's Demand In Wheat Releases For Starving Stock

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 15

IN order to avoid any hold up of Government controlled feed for stock in drought areas, the Australian Wheat Board asks…

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First Advance For Next Season's Wheat Is Announced

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 16

A FIRST advance of 4/3 a bushel, f.o.r. growers' sidings, on all wheat from the 1945-46 harvest will be paid immediately…

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India's Hopes Of Ousting Japan In Wool World

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 5

IT was recently reported that the International Wool Federation was making a survey of the position as regards India, and the remarks of a…

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Dairy Farmers & Direct Action

The Land · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 6

RALEIGH District Council of the P.P.U., at its last meeting, carried a motion that shareholders in nil co-operative dairy factories be…

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Big Demand Likely For Wool In Far East Area

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 6

IF tropical weight woollens could be produced in big quantities, U.N.R.R.A. would eagerly consider them as an alternative to cotton in…

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No Export of Wheat From Australia This Year; Board Reviews Position

The Land · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 3

IN a statement issued by the Australian Wheat Board on the present position of wheat-stocks it is mentioned that there will be no further Exports of wheat during the present year and that the Board has been…

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Better Rams Necessary to Maintain Standard of Natino's Wool Clip "Scrubbers" Must Go Mongrel Sires Drag Flock and Wool Quality to Low Level

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 4

AT this time of year many owners of Merino flocks are selecting rams to mate with their ewes. Fortunately, they have a wide range from which to choose as the Merino studs of the Commonwealth have generally been developed to a very high standard…

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Wonebs Interests Straight From the Sheep's Back Warrawee Group Sends Thousands of Knitted Garments Overseas

The Land · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 16

ON the side verandah overlooking the lovely garden of a Warrawee home, almost any morning, a group of busy women can be seen, their heads bent over their work, only pausing for a cup of morning tea'and a hot scone before continuing with their labors…

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F.S.A. President's Letter. What Will It Mean If We Miss A Wheat Cron In The Coming Season?

The Land · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 24

FELLOW PRODUCERS.—Although I may be rendering myself liable to a charge of some repetition and overlapping, I think the present wheat position is so serious and under-estimated that if, in any small…

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Dairy Award

The Land · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 15

"Land Man": The award for a permanent general farm hand on a dairy farm is £5/1/per week, less £1/5/- per week for board, less 5/- it the employer launders and mends…

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Official Announcement By Scully of 4/3 a Bus. All Round For Next Crop

The Land · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 1

TO encourage wheatgrowers to plant increased acreages, the Commonwealth Government will pay 4/3 per bushel for growers' sidings on all wheat for the 1945-46 harvest. This advance will be paid immediately on delivery…

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Farm Hints and ideas Home-Made Pig Feeder

The Land · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 5

THE following particulars of a homemade sell-feeder for feeding wheat, to pigs has boon sent to us by a Barmedman reader. He has a number of these…

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Duke's Tribute To Farmers In Opening Parlt

The Land · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 2

AUSTRALIA'S annual expenditure on food exceeds £200,000,000, and is more than the total Commonwealth…

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Too Many Farmers' Organisations in Aust., Says British Visitor

The Land · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 2

TOO many formers' organisations in Australia were at cross purposes with each other, said Mr. William Young, of the British farmers' delegation, at Grafton last week. He said that the National Farmers' Union In Britain hoped for an…

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"Farm Strike the Only Solution"

The Land · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 7

Sir,—We road repeatedly of strikes at Homebush, and a meat famine in Sydney. The result is that sheen, cattle and pigs dio in the yards…

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On & Off the Farm. Shortage of Queen Bees

The Land · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 5

Professional breeders queen bees have ceased to advertise. This, to Mr. W. A. Gooduere, chief apiarist to the N.S.W. Department of…

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Farm Buildings and Equipment Straining Posts & Wiring for Concrete Fence Construction

The Land · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 10

IN putting up a fence it pays to make a permanent job of it. In our last three articles directions have been given for making concrete posts, reinforcement and wiring of the fence. This week the method of affixing…

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