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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

7,367 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

Wheat Deal with N.Z. ATTACKED Repercussions At Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 4

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Infected Vegetable Crop Failure to Destroy

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 6

At Penrith Pollce Court on Thursday Percy Clarence Bottrell, an inspector under the Plant Diseases Act, proceeded against C. Scharkie on an charge…

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Farmers To Get Kerosene

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 5

Answering questions in the Legislative Assembly today about the acute shortage of power kerosene for farming…

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Farmers To Get Kerosene

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 5

Answering questions in the Legislative Assembly today about the acute shortage of power kerosene for farming…

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Farmers To Get Kerosene

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 5

Answering questions in the Legislative Assembly today about the acute shortage of power kerosene for farming…

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Farmers To Get Kerosene

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 5

Answering questions in the Legislative Assembly today about the acute shortage of power kerosene for farming…

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Farmers To Get Kerosene

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 5

Answering questions in the Legislative Assembly today about the acute shortage of power kerosene for farming…

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U.S. Wool-grower Says Sheep Industry Dying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 6

WASHINGTON, March 6 (A.A.P.).—Sheep-raising in the United States is a rapidly dying industry, according to the president…

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Good Cattle At Gerringong Junior Farmer Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 2

TWELFTH annual show conducted by Gerringong Junior Farmer Club was held on March 1, There was a large attendance, despite unsettled…

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Official Wheat Costs Inquiry; Questionnaire to Farmers

The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 2

A QUESTIONNAIRE is to be submitted to 5.000 representative wheat growers throughout Australia in connection with the Wheat Production Costs Committee inquiry into the cost of producing wheat. The committee will also visit the main wheatgrowing centres and…

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Pool Returns on 1945-46 Wheat Crop

The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 2

From the 1945-46 wheat crop 64,253,000 bushels were sold for export as wheat or flour at an average realisation of 10/7.77 a bushel f.o.b…

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Firm Market for Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 8

The market for sheep and lambs remained firm at Flemington sales yesterday, and there was no quotable change from the rates of recent sales. Demand…

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Startling Wheat Figures

The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 4

MR. POLLARD gave some remarkable information about wheat price realisations when he replied to questions at Canberra this week. It transpires that the average realisation for wheat sold…

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Merryville Scores In Cattle Section

The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 14

IN the stud beef cattle section of the Yass Show, Merryville Pty. Ltd. won the grand championship of all breeds with the…

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Stud Sheep Arrive From Britain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 3

THIRTEEN stud sheep purchased by the N.S.W. stock Buying Delegation in Britain, landed in Sydney this is week. The…

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Sprouted Wheat for Poultry

The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 25

"Mrs. G.H.A.": Sprouted grain is sometimes used to produce green feed for poultry, and the best way to induce sprouting is to place about ¼-in. of grain…

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Chicago Wheat Market Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 6

CHICAGO, March 6.—The Chicago wheat market is holding firm following the jump in prices at the end of last week to the highest levels…

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Gundagai Stages Great Beef Cattle Display

The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 17

A panorama of the prizewinning cattle at last Week's successful Gundagai Show. Most of the…

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Sheep Prices High At Tulla Sale

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 15

Bidding was free and animated at the dispersal sale on the well-known Tulia Station, when 24,730 sheep realised £87,904…

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Growers Plan New Wheat Stabilisation

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 17

WAGGA, Friday. -- A conference of 61 branches of the Southern Division of the Wheatgrowers' Union at Wagga…

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