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Farming & the land, 1946

6,431 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250

Poultry Farmers Ask for Subsidy

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 2

A Federal subsidy for poultry farmers or a 50 per cent, increase in the price of eggs was demanded today by the…

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Sheep's Head (On Floor) for Her Cats

Truth · Sunday 10 February 1946 · page 38

DESCRIBED as an eccentric with a mania for feeding stray cats, and who had had a hole cut in a door to allow…

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Cattle, Sheep Both Dearer

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 5

There was a further general rise of 10- to 15-. and, in places, more, for cattle at to- day's Homebush sales…

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50 Sheep for Britain Refused

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Ex-Senator J. F. Guthrie's offer of 50 carcases of mutton to the Food for Britain appeal, made some months ago, was not…

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Fails After Ride In Cattle Truck

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Tranquil Star went to Moonee Valley for Saturday's C. F. Orr Stakes in an open cattle truck…

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Stock Feed Wheat Quota Cut to Assist Britain

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 2

OFFICIALS of Commonwealth Food The Federal Government has decided to reduce the allocation of wheat for stock feed to make more available to Britain, as it considers human lives of more importance than animals…

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Huge World Wheat Shortage 200,000,000 Bushels Shy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sunday.--World wheat supply is 200,000,000 bushels short of demand, states the U.S. Agricultural Department. In a food survey of 65 countries, the…

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Wheat Switch To Britain Govt. Plan To Cut Stock Feed

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 15

THE Federal Government has decided to reduce the allocation of wheat for stock feed to make…

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Wheat Switch To Britain Govt. Plan To Cut Stock Feed

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 15

THE Federal Government has decided to reduce the allocation of wheat for stock feed to make…

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Wheat Switch To Britain Govt. Plan To Cut Stock Food

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 15

THE Federal Government has decided to reduce the allocation of wheat for stock feed to make…

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On The Land Wheat Scheme Welcomed Principle Sound; Price Too Low

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 5

The success or failure of wheal stabilisation would depend upon the drafting of the details of the Commonwealth scheme…

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Animal Farm Second Instalment of Our Serial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 6

MALICIOUS stories told against the animals were never fully believed. Rumours of a wonderful…

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Letters to the Editor Farming and Red Tape Settlement Delay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 2

Sir,—How long are we to wait for the State and Federal Governments to take some definite action to implement their avowed policy of settlement on…

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Dairymen's Threat In Price War

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 3

Dairy farmers might cut off milk supplies if the Federal Government did not show in the next few days that it was…

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Farms Faked to Take Down Soldier Settlers

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 5

Land sharks are cheating ex- servicemen by inducing them to buy derelict farms dressed up to look like attractive properties, states a booklet issued by the Department of Agriculture…

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British Grain Crops Devastated By Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 8

LONDON, Monday.--Catastrophic floods-- one- third of the country was under water at the weekend-- have ruined thousands of acres of British crops. GRAIN crops sown in the autumn…

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Bob Dyer's Dairy

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 17

ALL this house- breaking and robbery that's going on reminds me…

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R.S.L. Branch Has New Job Welfare Worker's Dairy

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 18

COMBINED Services R.S.L. Branch, 5 Barrack St., has set up a Rehabilitation Advisory Panel composed of city business-men with contacts in every profession and trade. Members are Mr. M. Goldstein (president),My. L. F. Nix…

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Farmers Worried by Petrol Thieves

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 14

PARIS.--Thieves who bored holes in the U.S. Army petrol pipelines near Montelimar caused great consternation among local farmers…

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British Grain Crops Devastated By Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 8

LONDON, Monday.--Catastrophic floods-- one- third of the country was under water at the weekend-- have ruined thousands of acres of British crops. . GRAIN crops sown in the autumn…

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