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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

5,347 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 250

Combined Stud and Commercial Pig Farm

The Land · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 10

AFTER an inspection of the combined stud and commercial piggery of Dr. Caselberg and Mr. W. Stephens, of Benanderah,…

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Sow Now for Winter Crops Ensure Plentiful Supply of Green Feed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 16

ON a large percentage of poultry farms insufficient attention is given to growing of green feed crops, but if poultry farmers realised what a valuable asset a regular supply of succulent green feed is to their flocks…

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Recent Rains of Marked Benefit to Graziers and Farmers in Several Districts

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 8

THE parched North West of New South Wales has enjoyed good rains and agricultural authorities agree that the rain will be of marked benefit. Chief of the Division of Plant Industry (Mr. A. H. E…

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Farming's Future In Great Britain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 7

PRINCIPAL H. G. Robinson, of Midland Agricultural College (Eng.), stated recently that the future of farming depended upon…

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New Electric Grain Dryer Used By British Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 18

A NEW type of grain dryer, which can be put into full operation in four minutes, has been successfully installed at…

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Goat Dairy Sought

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 17

LONGREACH (Q.) branch of the New Deal for the "West" movement is asking Longreach Shire Council to examine the possibilities of…

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Son Takes Over Father's Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 17

OWING to ill-health, Mr. Jack Walsh, Green Mount, Jamberoo, was forced to sell out his dairy. The sale was conducted by J. N. King…

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Making the Lot of the Farmer a Happy One

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 17

HUMAN ingenuity is epitomised in the latest farming transplanting machines, and with their further development farm drudgery will be abolished. But even in the present stage of development, as described by R. K. Gerrand in…

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Junior Farmer Clubs Buy Own Hatching Plant

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 16

POULTRY farming was claiming the interest of many members of Junior Farmer Clubs, according to the annual report of the senior…

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Ideas on Organic Farming Confirmed Building Up Soil Fertility Appeal for Field Trials to Help Land Users

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 20

IT was pleasing to see in the "Farmer and Settler" of February 16 two articles by officers of the Department of Agriculture on soil fertility, one of which, by Mr. A. W. S. Moodie, stressed the vital place of organic…

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Selecting Tree Species for Farm Planting

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

WHEN a farmer has decided that he will plant trees on his holding, the choice of species he makes will naturally depend on the main objective of the plantation. If fencing material or rough…

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New Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

MR. S. J. HOSIER, well-known farmer of the Bellinger district, is moving to the Hunter River district. His Urunga Jersey stud, Itiveraide…

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Not For Farms; Drive Coal Lorries

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

TWO men whom the Army had refused to release for work on dairy farms in the Cumden district, were driving coal lorrien on the South…

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Tractors on the Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 11

THE inexperienced tractor driver is advised to try his hand at tool making whenever he can spare an odd hour or two…

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Dairy Quotas

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 7

THE Minuter for Agriculture, on the recommendation of the N.S.W. Dairy Products Board, has determined the following quotas to…

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Main Tasks For Farms In Future

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 6

ADDRESSING a meeting at Hertford (Eng.) to consider the future of agriculture Mr. H. D. Walston, a farmer, submitted that the chief…

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Farmer Praises Italian Workers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 6

One pound a week Italian war prisoners were better farm workers than basic wage Australians, Mr. Frank Foster, farmer, of Gunnedah, said yesterday…

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Wool Levy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 2

Sir,—The Federal Government has just announced that it is introducing a bill for the furtherance of research in wool, and is taking 2/ per bale from us to help…

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Farmers Respond Well to Appeal for More Wheat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES farmers were responding magnificently to the appeal by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) to prepare more…

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Farmers Respond Well to Appeal for More Wheat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES farmers were responding magnificently to the appeal by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) to prepare more…

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