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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

7,367 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Farm Building and Construction "Pise" Buildings Are Popular

The Land · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 9

THE series of articles on the making and laying of concrete blocks or bricks contained much information…

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Boys For Farms

The Land · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 9

Farmers and graziers requiring the services of lads willing to be trained should contact the secretary, Boys On Farms, Rural Employment Scheme,…

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Breeding Farm.stock.veterinary To answer your question our veterinarian must know all the facts. Therefore, give full particulars of the malady when you write, All inquiries should be addressed to "The Land" Newspaper, Box 1558, C.P.O., Sydney, and not to our veterinarian personally. Sore Backs In Horses Are Hard To Cure; Ill-Fitting Saddles the Main Cause

The Land · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 14

FREQUENTLY readers ask through the columns of "The Land" what treatment can he given a horse with a sore back, expecting that a healing ointment will do all that is required to effect a cure. Nothing is further from the truth, for the back of the horse, once it sustains an injury, is extremely difficult to cure…

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Our Poultry Section Former P.O.W. Making Good As Poultry Farmer At Dubbo Planned Improvements While In Camp

The Land · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 15

CAUGHT with the ill-fated Eighth Division and held in captivity in Japanese prison camps for many of the war years, Mr. Beaumont Ellison is now making a bold bid to establish himself with his family on a commercial poultry farm…

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U.S. Cotton Crop Drops To 25-Yr. Low

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 8

IT is reported from Washington that American's cotton crop is estimated at 8,482,000 bales. This figure is 5.0 per cont. below last year's crop of 9,015,000 bales and is about one-third smaller than the ten-year (1035-41) average of 12,552,000. It…

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Farmers Should Invest In Co-ops. Now

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 16

NOW is the best possible time for farmers to invest in their own co-operative according to the Governor of the United States Farm…

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Pasture Improvement Is Suffering From Government Neglect Serious N.S.W. Position Premier Must Act Immediately To Rebuild Staff Of Experts Grass, Most Important Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 2

CONCERN is being expressed in country districts at the failure of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture to build up the field branch of the Division of Plant Industry, and particularly that section dealing with pasture improvement…

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Britain's Revolution In Agriculture Pedigree Stock Safeguarded Farmers Achieve Miracles Production

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 10

IN recent years Britain's farmers have achieved miracles of production in their fields, despite shortage of labor and reduction in supplies of fertilisors. Their achievements rank with the prodigious production of ships, tanks,…

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Farm Plant Branch In Sydney

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 10

MESSRS. E. Anders and Sons, Freeling and Gawier, South Australia, manufactures of the Auders shares, points and discs for all makes…

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Pre-War Dairyman May Grow Bananas Under Re-Establishment

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 20

TO be eligible for an agricultural re-establishment allowance, an ex-serviseman must have been engaged in an vice, but it was not essential that the particular occupation…

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Poor Yields From Unirrigated Potato Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 20

IRRIGATED potato crops generally had given good yields but unirrigated crops that suffered in the late…

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Racecourse Returned, But Farm Retained

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 19

IN 1043, at the Array's request, an 80-year-old lamer, his aged wife and son were evicted from their…

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Record Crops Harvested In United States

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 18

TOTAL crop output In the x United States during 1046 was the Greatest in the country's history, according to an official…

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Premier To Consider Dairymen's Request

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 2

The N.S.W. Premier (Mr. McKell) yesterday interviewed a deputation from the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, and…

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Kyogle May Have Model Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 2

PLANS for the establishment of a model dairy and piggery on a 30-acr[?] plot at Kyogle are being considered by the N.S.W. Department of…

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British Farmers Almost Went On Strike

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 13

BRITISH former have been talking 'strike, and by all accounts, have been very near direct action. The powerful National Farmers' Union has been at odds with what it describes as "the Government's Fascist policy in directing…

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Overseas Firms Make Farm Machines In Britain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 2

EVERY facility to firms wishing to establish plants in the United Kingdom for the manufacture of agriculture machinery is offered by…

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Wollongbar Farm In Wrong Place, Writer Declares

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 4

WAS Wollongbar Experiment farm in the wrong plate ? asked a contributor to the "Northern Star." He thought dial…

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Advice From Experts On Harvesting The Apple Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 20

POINTS to be considered in the harvesting of apples are stressed by Messrs. H Broadfoot and E.O. Whittker, Horticulture Division…

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Country women's Interests Teaching America's Farm Women Unique Service that Has Fought Isolation

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 15

SOME 3,000,000 women living in fanning areas and small towns in America receive regular attention and assistance from the Home Demonstrations System conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture…

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