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Farming & the land, 1946

6,431 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

Wool Board Chief for London Talks

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 5

Chairman of the Australian Wool Board (Mr. Douglas T. Boyd) will represent Australia at the meeting of the International Wool Publicity and…

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Royal Family Shows Interest In Wool

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 12

KEEN interest in exhibition of woollen products is being taken by members of the Royal Family, who have made three…

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Graziers' New Chief Is Well Known Breeder of Cattle

The Land · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 8

THE new prosident of the Graziera' Association of N.S.W., Mr. P. A. Wright, of Wollomumbi Hereford Stud, Armidale, is one of the foremost cattle…

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Wool Fabric For The Ideal Basic Frock

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 12

"SHEER worsted or woollen is the perfect fabric for basic dresses, because women look more expensivelyy dressed in…

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Growers' Bodies and Wheat Plan; Country Report Denied

The Land · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 1

A DENIAL that the Farmers and Settlers' Association and the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation had approved the Commonwealth's wheat stabilisation proposals was made this week by the President of the…

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South Africa Has Ratified Joint Wool Disposal Plan

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 7

FROM South Africa cornea news that the South African Government has ratified the Joint Organisation proposals and has thus brought the…

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H. K. Nock, Acting Chairman of Wool Board

The Land · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 2

Mr. H. K. Nock, treasurer of the F. and S. Association and member of the Australian Wool Board, has been unanimously appointed acting…

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No Farms For Men Who Want To Start Dairying

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

THE "Food for Britain" appeal was closely connected with soldier settlement, declared Mr. S. T. Stephens in the N.S.W…

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Australian Export Wheat and Flour Going to the East

The Land · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 2

A TOTAL of 55½ million bushels of wheat will be available for export from Australia this year, according to a statoment by the Australian Wheal Board. Of thin quantity export flour will absord 33½ million bushels while the balance of 22 million bushels will be exported in the form of wheat…

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Wheat Receiving Agents; Request by F.s.a. Refused

The Land · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 7

REFUSING a request from the Executive of the F.S.A. that two receiving agents be appointed at every country siding where average…

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Graziers Oppose Minister's Power To Over-ride Wool Commission

The Land · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 19

THE clause in the Wool Realisation Act giving the Minister power to over-ride the decision of the Wool Realisation Commission, through dissent of the chairman, was strongly condemned at last week's conference of the Graziers' Association of N.S.W…

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Notes from Victoria Country Party Seeks Changes In Wheat Scheme

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 11

UNLESS important amendments were effected, the Country Party would not agree to the Commonwealth Wheat Stabilisation…

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Smaller Clip Coincides With Strong World Demand For Wool Supplies

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 3

THIS season's Australian clip, up to the present, shows a decrease of approximately 10 per cent., or 282,00 bales, compared with a year ago. The reduction is chiefly in Victoria (199,000 bales) and South Australia (97,000 bales). New South Wales and Queensland figures are slightly higher and West Australia and Tasmania lower…

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F.S.A. President's Letter Fed. Wheat Plan Was Not Approved By Growers' Bodies; Report Denied

The Land · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 32

FELLOW PRODUCERS.—From one of the Association's Organisers (Mr. Newcombe) comes a report circulating — and being circulated—in the Barellan district that both the Association and the Australian…

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The LAND Friday, March 22, 1946. P.P.U. Supports F.S.A. on Wheat Price

The Land · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 2

THE claim by the Farmers & Settlers' Association for a price of 5/2 a bushel at country sidings for wheat was…

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Star Letter of the Week Farmers' Crushing Load of Debt To the Edttor of "The Land."

The Land · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 1

Sir,—Australian farmers are carrying, or attempting to carry, a crippling burden of debt. Before the war the total debt was…

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Mechanisation—Education Vital To Future of Agriculture; Views of Progressive Farmer

The Land · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 1

FUTURE development of agriculture hinges on rural education and farm mechanisation, and the one is…

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The Land · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 20

A LTHOUGH it is usually known as contagious abortion, it must be understood that Bang's disease does not always involve loss of the calf. Nor is calf loss the only source of loss through the disease for it can cause reduced milk and butter fat yield and, as well, reduced fertility…

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Farm Building and Construction Staple Construction: The Use and Care of Planes

The Land · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 15

IN a short series on elementary carpentry, our building expert has already given two articles on the choice of tools and their use. This week he discusses the uses and care of different types of planes,…

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Farm Water Supplies

The Land · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 4

"THERE are some good features in the Farm Water Supplies Bill now going through the State Parliament, but it is a pity the measure has been marred by others not so satisfactory…

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