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Farming & the land, 1946

6,431 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

Canada's Field Crops' Value Declines by £57,605,556 Finance

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 21

VALUE of Canada's wheat production in 1945 at £90,067,056 -- 305,912,000 bushels -- is more than a third lower than that of the 1944 crop. THIS regression applies not only to wheat, according to the Dominion…

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Canada's Field Crops' Value Declines by £57,605,556 Finance

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 21

VALUE of Canada's wheat production in 1945 at £90,067,056 -- 305,912,000 bushels -- is more than a third lower than that of the 1944 crop. THIS regression applies not only to wheat, according to the Dominion…

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Canada's Field Crops' Value Declines by £57,605,556 Finance

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 21

VALUE of Canada's wheat production in 1945 at £90,067,056 -- 305,912,000 bushels -- is more than a third lower than that of the 1944 crop. THIS regression applies not only to wheat, according to the Dominion…

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Pastoral Conditions

The Land · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 10

The Australian Woolgrowers' Council issued this week the following report on Australian pastoral conditions—:…

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Wheat Crop Near Average

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 4

The Australian wheat crop for the 1945-46 season is expected to total 144.5 million bushels, six million bushels below the average…

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Will Hit Next Wheat Crop

The Land · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 1

Any failure to got supplies of superphosphate to growers will inevitably be reflected in reduced wheat production," said Mr. A. H…

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Light Cattle Dearer

The Land · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 19

The State Marketing Bureau reports:—On Monday supplies of cattle showed some reduction and totalled 1,944 head including 281 auctioned in the store section. Grown…

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Farmers Urged To Grow More & Better Wheat

The Land · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 3

SPEAKING after the fixing of the f.a.q. standard for wheat last Friday, the chairman of the grain trade section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce (Mr. M. J. Hurley) attacked the policy of restrictions on wheat…

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Machinery and Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 2

Sir,—The Government has made a special appeal to farmers to sow every available acre of land with wheat. Therefore, we expect the Government…

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The Wool Trade; Brokers' Reports British Wool Consumption

The Land · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 21

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: Prior to the war, Great Britain's consumption of wool averaged about 2,150,000 bales annually, It is now estimated to be 1,300,000 bales. Her…

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Queensland Cattle On Long Trek

The Land · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 13

AFTER being on the road for several weeks a mob of over 1000 bullocks passed though Scone last week. The cattle came overland from Queensland and crossed the bordor at Goondiwindi on Boxing Day. Messrs. Higgins, Parkinson and Co., of Muswellbrook, arranged the…

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THURSDAY Sheep Values Again Dearer

The Land · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 19

The State Marketing Bureau reports. —The number of sheep and lambs available at Eomebush Sale Yards on Thursday was again limited, pennings totalling 21,263 head…

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Special Sheep Sale at Wagga

The Land · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 20

The New Zealand Loan & M. A. Co, Ltd. and Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co. Ltd., report having held an exceptionally good sale on Tuesday. Just on 30,000 merino…

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Sheep-Stealing at Weethalle Denied

The Land · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 2

WEETHALLE farmers and graziers refute statements published and broadcast recently, that sheep-stealing is rife in the Weethalle and…

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Wheat Surplus For Export

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 6

Australia's exportable wheat surplus from the 1945-46 harvest would be about 64,000,000 bushels, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr…

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Wheat Yields Exceed Expectations

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 20

WHAT harvesting operations were completed during January and yields generally were very good and exceeded earlier expectations, said the…

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Wheat Ownership; Growers' Query

The Land · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 8

When-does wheat become the property of the Australian Wheat Board? This question exercised the minds…

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6,000 Attractive Sheep for Sale

The Land · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 20

A highly attractive offering of 6,000 sheep will be submitted at W. A. Buttenshaw's Lake Cowal Wool Shed Yards on Thursday, March 7. It includes Merino ewes and…

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Record Claimed For Wheat Cartage

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 4

By carting 17,695 bags of wheat from December 6, 1945 until January 25, 1946, Mr. Keith Hodgson, Greenothorpe, probably establishes a…

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Neilrex Objects to Wheat Scheme

The Land · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 8

AN emphatic protest against the proposed set-up of the Wheat Stabili Federal Government, was voiced at the sation Scheme, as announced by the…

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