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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

7,367 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 250

N.Z. Wheat Contract Attacked "Attempt To Steal Profits From Local Growers"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 9

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--A wheat agreement with New Zealand was an attempt to steal profits which belonged to Australian wheatgrowers, the Deputy-Leader of the…

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Pastoral Letter Is Acclaimed Long Extracts Quoted By Press, Radio Cardinal's View On Unions' Activities Wins Approval

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 1

COMMENTS on social questions contained in the Lenten Pastoral Letter of His Eminence Cardinal Gilroy, read in all churches last Sunday, provoked a keen response and won .wide acclaim in the general community…

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Nepean Show Record Entries in Various Sections Judges Acclaim Cattle Display Official Opening by Prime Minister

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 1

HEAVY rain on Thursday and Friday, with threat of more to follow, and a rumour round the town on Friday that the show was being postponed owing to the weather, no doubt militated against a large attendance at the 52nd Annual Show of the Nepean A. H. and I. Society…

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Escaped From Prison Farm

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 5

Escaped from Prison Farm. At Parramatta Quarter Sessions on 13th inst., Edward James Morris was sentenced to three months'…

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Junior Farmer Section

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 3

Vegetables.—Vegetable, any variety, Moreen Pratt 1 and h.c., Rex Ranby 2; Table Pumpkin or Squash, H. Gow l, J. McLeod 2; Tomatoes, B. Reid 1[?]…

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Help for U.k. Farmers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 24

LONDON, Thursday.--In the House of Lords, the Government accepted Lord Teviot's motion that, in view of the rapid exhaustion of dollar…

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Help for U.k. Farmers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 14

LONDON, Thursday. -- In the House of Lords, the Government accepted Lord Teviot's motion that, in view of the rapid exhaustion of dollar…

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Large Buyers Of Sheep And Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 15

A SELECTED staff of buyers from Rogers Moat Co. Pty. Ltd. operate all over the State and a constant stream of livestock is absorbed at the…

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More Wheat Sought For Farmers Who Lost Winter Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 5

A RESERVATION of 200,000 bags of wheat for pig farmers who lost their winter crops in the recent floods has been…

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Canada's Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 21

STOCKS of Canadian wheat in store or in transit in North America at midnight on January 16 totalled 143,000,045 bushels compared with…

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Wool Receivals

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 14

RECEIPTS of wool in Australia for the seven months ending January 31 this season totalled 2,538,708 bales, an increase of 266,760 bales…

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Rain Puts New Face on Farming and Pastoral Outlook; Wheatmen Get Bust

The Land · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

LAST week's rain, which has broken the back of the drought in many districts in New South Wales, has put a new face on the farming and pastoral outlook. With the exception of the Riverina, where rain is badly needed, most districts benefitted from good falls of up to six inches…

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Pastoral Conditions Improve In Two States

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 16

PASTORAL conditions had improved in New South Wales and Queensland following the recent rains, reported the secretary of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council (Mr. J. W. Allen) yesterday. Dry conditions still prevailed in parts of…

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Cattle Judging Rings at "Royal"

The Land · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 1

A general view of the cattle judging rings at the Sydney Showgrounds which are now in readiness for the first big…

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Cheap Butter For Consumers Is Nothing But "A Bad Habit," Farmer Declares

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 5

THERE has been a deal of thought, a little conjecture, not much of the spoken word, and scarcely anything written upon the all important subject—the stabilisation of the dairying industry. Surely this is a subject that is of national importance. But if, as is to be expected, the Commonwealth…

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A Bad Wheat Bargain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

The revelation in the House of Representatives that Australia has undertaken in effect to make a gift to New Zealand of millions of pounds…

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Finance & Wheat Stabilisation Plan

The Land · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 15

To THE EDITOR OF "THE LAND." Sir,—A lot has been said and written during the last few years on the stabilisation of the wheat industry…

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U.S. Wool Tariff

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 14

IN the U.S.A. the wool textile industry is in a state of uncertainty at the moment due to new tariff legislation which is anticipated…

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London Wool Rates High

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 17

LONDON, Friday.--Prices reached the highest level of the series when the current wool sales concluded in London yesterday…

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Sale of Stud Sheep in Rings

The Land · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 11

The Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep (N.S.W. Branch) has decided to ask the selling agents to give consideration to the…

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