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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

7,367 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Grain Sorghum Proves Feed Crop Of Great Value

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 5

A TRIDUTE to the value of grain sorghum was paid this week by who stated that when his corn crop…

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Running-in The New Farm Tractor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 11

IF the farm tractor is driven carefully miring the initial stages of its life, it will prove more powerful, more reliable…

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Record Milk Output From British Farms

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

MORE milk than ever before is now being produced by Britain's dairy farms. British farmers have overcome marked feeding shortages, lifting winter yields by 25,000,000 gallons per month on 1941 production…

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Camden Needs Rain For Autumn Crops

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

FEED supplies in the Camden district were "only fair" and good rain was needed this month to avoid a shortage of into autumn fodder…

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North Coast Farmers Put Case For One Big Union

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 12

ALL organisations of primary producers should be dissolved and one organisation to be Known, as the Producers' Union formed…

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Good Crop Of Calves At Bundaleer

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 6

PROGENY of the two head sirea at Bundaleer Rod Poll stud, Tarana, Bundaleer Beaucaire and Haddon Royal…

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Dairy Cows Give Best Results When Always Well Fed

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

COWS in many of the highest-producing pare-bred herds were not receiving any more feed than many lower-producing cows…

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Wheat Scheme Defeat: Minister's View

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday.—Had the wheat industry been in a position equal with the past decade it was quite clear that the…

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Wheat Shipment on Way to Sydney

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 6

The Australian cargo steamer River Fitzroy is due on January 30 from West Australia with 8000 tons of bulk wheat and 1000 tons of bagged wheat. THIS is the first shipment to N.S.W…

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Wheat Shipment on Way to Sydney

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 2

The Australian cargo steamer River Fitzroy is due on January 30 from West Australia with 8000 tons of bulk wheat and 1000 tons of bagged wheat. THIS is the first shipment to N.S.W…

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Marketing of Cattle Held Up By Income Tax

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 5

BEARING on the closing of butcher-shops in Sydney and shedding some light on the subject from the stock-raisers' point of view is a letter to "Smith's" from John Knox, Gympie (Q). "Like most of our financial and…

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World Record Price for Tas. Wool

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 22

TASMANIA'S world-famous Merino wool brought a world record price of 153d when the first wool auction sale since 1939 was held at Launceston last week. With several countries, notably…

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Wool Use Expanding Unique Stock Price Position

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 2

When all countries gradually recover from the ill-effects of the war (report Winchcombe Carson Ltd.), demand for wool should be more…

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£55,000 Fortune Proves Embarrassment To Ex-Farmer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.--A former New Zealand farmer has made £55,000 on the London Stock Exchange but does not know what to do with the money. He is Mr. Alec Nathan, who…

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Story of a Little FARM--No. 3 Rose, the mad draught mare

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1947 · page 10

ROSE is mad. I think I told you something about Rose, our draught mare, Well, she is 12 years…

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Wheat Crop Estimate 100 M. Bushels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— Wheat delivered to the Australian Wheat Board to January 11 totalled 64 million bushels, and for the…

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Wheat Plan Debacle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 2

The Federal Government's persistent claim that a majority of Australian growers supported its wheat stabilisation plan has been rebutted by…

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Wool Closes Firm At Bradford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 6

Competition was good at the Bradford wool sales that closed on Friday, according to a message received by the National Council…

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Farm Cottage Burnt Down

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 4

MILTON, Sunday.—A farm cottage was burnt down last night on the property of Miss N. Wilfrid, four miles from Milton…

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Armed Farmers Fight Dog Packs

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 11

LITHGOW, Sunday.--Farmers and their wives, armed with shotguns and rifles, are forming shooting parties to protect their stock from wild dogs and…

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