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Farming & the land, 1947

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World Wheat Supply

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 16

ON the basis of present estimates, says the Monthly Review of the Wheat Situation published in Canada, it is difficult to see how Australia…

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Wheat Cost Inquiry

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 24

PERSONNEL of the cost wheat production committee has been announced by the Minister for Commerce (mr. Pollard)…

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American Wool Consumption

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30 (A.A.P.).—Mr. Eugene Ackerman, executive director of the American Wool Council, addressing the Wool…

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Assurance on Sheep Stud Resumptions

The Land · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

THE Minister for Lands (Mr. Dunn) had assured a deputation from the N.S.W. Sheep-breeders' Association that no…

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Hardy Sheep Carry Dense, Good Fleeces

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 14

RAMS bred in the Kilnyana Merino stud, owned by Mr, H. G. G. Stone, Mulwala, combine good constitutions and…

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Leading Sheep Breeders at Orange Sales

The Land · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 7

—Snapped by "The Land" cameraman at the sale of stud sheep by Winchcombe Carson Ltd., at Orange last week. Top: Two well-known Corriodale breeders watch proceedings. From left, Messrs. R. D. Bray, of "Vychan" Stud, Eugowra and W. J. McSweeney,…

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Stop Press Prussic Acid Kills Sheep

Daily Mirror · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 24

NARRABRI, Friday.--Prussic acid poisoning killed 150 sheep in a few hours at Narrabri trucking yards this morning. The sheep were…

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Consumers Could Pay More For Butter Dairy Industry Difficulties Production, Not Demand, Is Main Anxiety

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 8

BOUNTIES, which could have been avoided if the present Government had not attempted to peg prices, had accumulated into many millions, said the general manger of the Producers' Co-op. Distributing Society…

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Protect Seed Wheat From Insects

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 16

SEED wheat may be protected from insect attack by treating with either magnestic or copper carbonate powder before bagging or storing…

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Finance Drought's Toll of Aust. Butter Export

Daily Mirror · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 16

WITH Queensland and New South Wales butter output affected by drought--many dairy farmers were forced to sell their herds last year--Australia's exports for season 1946-47 are expected to fall…

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Butter Diverted to Canada From U.k

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 12

NEW YORK, Thursday (A.A.P.).-- Between 4,000,000 and 5,000,0001b. of New Zealand butter diverted from Britain is expected to arrive in Canada within…

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Finance Drought's Toll of Aust. Butter Export

Daily Mirror · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 16

WITH Queensland and New South Wales butter output affected by drought--many dairy farmers were forced to sell their herds fast year--Australia's exports for season' 1946-47 are expected to fall…

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Schoolgirl Sheep Expert; Success at Orange Sales

The Land · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 16

VALERIE, 13- year- old schoolgirl daughter of Mr. E. S. Frecklington, of "Eronga," Border Leicester…

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Dates for Sheep Show And Ram. Sales

The Land · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

The council of the N.S.W. Sheep-breeders' Association has decided that the annual Sydney Sheep Show will be held this year on June 5 and 6,…

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Wool Is Favored For Accessories

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 18

WOOLEN accessories are the vogue in Paris at present. They range from printed scarves worn turban-style, to knitted…

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Wool Average Below 1924 Level

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 16

IN a special press release the Australian Wool Board draws attention to the fact that the average price…

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No Increase in Stock Feed Wheat

The Land · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 7

Stock feeders, including poultry farmers, were not likely to get any wheat quota increase, said the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture…

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New Wheat Varieties Are In Demand

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 16

COMMENTING on the heavy demand for seed of the new wheat varieties In[?]gnia and Pinnule, the Victorian Director of Agriculture (Mr…

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Wheat Costs Inquiry C'ttee Announced

The Land · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 8

PERSONNEL of the wheat costs inquiry committee was announced last week by the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard)…

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U.S. Butter Output Will Show Big Increase

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 20

BUTTER manufactured for consumption in the United States in 1947 will reach an estimated total of 1,350,000,000-lb., an increase of 2,00,000,000-lb, over the 1946 production…

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