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Farming & the land, 1947

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Dairy Shorthorn Cow Started Grand Line Of Stock

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 4

FROM the Dairy Shorthorn cow, Beatrice Graggs, calved in 1917, no fewer than 212 descendants have been born at Great Barford, Bedford,…

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Country Tours Help Junior Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 4

ORGANISED tours of agricultural districts are an important feature in the training of junior farmers. By visiting other centres the boys learn of the various methods of farming as applied under differing seasonal conditions and…

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Farm Water Supply

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 15

The greenish of red [?]m which sometimes occurs in the water supply is due to the presence of minute forms of plant life ([?]gae)…

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Britain's Farm Soil Near Exhaustion

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 10

THE 70-year-old former president of the Royal Agricultural Society in England (Vise[?] Bred[?]), who has arrived in Melbourne, will…

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Root Crops for Winter

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 5

THERE is still time to sow turnips and swedes in tableland districts, and where passing storms have resulted in conditions…

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Drastic Provisions In The New Farm Bill Britain's Latest Move Special Price Reviews Are Envisaged

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 5

THERE is a new partner in the British agricultural industry—the State, and the State hopes to promote stability and efficiency. It will take very wide powers to ensure good estate management and faming…

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Bigger Wool Clip

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A revised estimate of the Australian wool clip for the 1946-47 season, issued by the National Council of…

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Dalgety's Wool Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 2

At the wool stales at Brisbane this week a very satisfactory market was experienced and excellent clearances made of both greasy and scoured…

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Britain Buying Argentine Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 25

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.). -- Reuter's financial editor learns in responsible grain trade quarters that Britain has bought, or is about to buy, 500,000 tons…

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Dearer Butter Urged Plea To Boost Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 19

An increase in the price of butter to 2/ a [?] would create a bountiful supply for home consumption and for export to Britain, the general…

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Bigger Wool Clip Estimate Raised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 8

At 3,107,878 bales, the latest estimate of the 1946-47 wool clip shows an increase of 107,878 bales on the estimate of June last year,…

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Wool for Japan £10 Million Deal Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 1

TOKYO, Jan. 24.—American, Australian and Japanese experts are now working out final details of a wool deal which may give…

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Farmer Catches Anthrax Outbreak In Stock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 1

BATHURST, Friday.—A farmer is seriously ill with anthrax, which has been reported in cattle and sheep in the…

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Fall On Barrow Kills Farmer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 4

A wheelbarrow last night caused a man's death at Blacktown. The man was Frederick George…

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In The Garden Carrot, Parsnip Crop for Winter

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 4

FROM now on, keep up sowings of carrots and parsnips--on the succession principle--to maintain a full supply of soup vegetables during the early winter. LOOK for a crop from two and a…

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In The Garden Carrot, Parsnip Crop for Winter

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 8

FROM now on, keep up sowings of carrots and parsnips--on the succession principle--to maintain a full supply of soup vegetables during the early winter. LOOK for a crop from two and a…

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In The Garden Carrot, Parsnip Crop for Winter

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 8

FROM now on, keep up sowings of carrots and parsnips--on the succession principle--to maintain a full supply of soup vegetables during the early winter. LOOK for a crop from two and a…

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In The Garden Carrot, Parsnip Crop for Winter

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 4

FROM now on, keep up sowings of carrots and parsnips--on the succession principle--to maintain a full supply of soup vegetables during the early winter. LOOK for a crop from two and a…

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Jap wool purchase welcomed

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1947 · page 6

PROSPECTS of Japan re-entering the wool trade are welcomed by Sydney…

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Story of a Little Farm -- No. 4 Kerry end the human potato

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1947 · page 10

THE serene and confident idiocy of Kerry, our Irish setter, all good looks and no sense, is one of the…

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