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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Wool Clip May Bring £90,000,000

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Total value of this season's Australian wool clip would exceed considerably £90,000,000 if all went well for the rest of the season, Mr. J. F. Murphy said…

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World Wheat Control Hopes Of Success At Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 6

LONDON, March 19 (A.A.P.). —The attitude of Argentine delegates at the International Wheat Conference, Australian circles…

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Argentina May Aid In Securing World Wheat Stabilisation

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 12

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--Argentina's presence at the International Wheat Council's meeting, and the tendency of the major importing countries to accept the principle of price stabilisation, are regarded…

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Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney. Wednesday, March 19

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 4

All overseas quotes are for Tuesday, March 18, 1947, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…

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Chicago Pit's Wild Day Three-Dollar Wheat Short Lived

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 6

CHICAGO, March 19 (A.A.P.). —The Chicago wheat market broke sharply yesterday after the price for March delivery had soared in the…

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Floods Ruin Crops In England

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--The great floods sweeping England will make food shorter than ever in…

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Tamworth's Record Show Fine Parades Of Sheep, Beef And Dairy Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 4

FOLLOWING on the driest season experienced in the district's history, the Tamworth show, conducted this week, was stated to be the best on record. Entries were in excess of those of any previous exhibition and the attendance greater than eyer before. Exhibits were most attractive…

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Heavy Entries of Dairy Cattle

The Land · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 31

DAIRY cattle will have their first showing in Sydney since 1941 when the last Royal Sydney Show was held. In the interval coastal…

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Fall In Dairy Cattle Numbers

The Land · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 7

NUMBERS of dairy cattle in Australia at March 31, 1946, the latest date for which figures are available, totalled 4,606,691,…

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Sheep Skins

The Land · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 47

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. Ltd. report: On Friday last, there were 43,700 forward. Best woolled sorts had strong support at late high rates, while ¼…

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Brucellosis In Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 11

APART from the work at Glenfield, a forward step had been taken in connection with vaccination of cattle, using the Strain 19 vaccine, in…

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Beef Cattle Judges

The Land · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 20

JUDGES who will officiate in the Beef Cattle sections at the coming Sydney Royal Show are as follows:—…

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Leukemia in Cattle

The Land · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 29

The discovery of an 8-years-old Jersey cow at Rockhampton (Q.), suffering from leukemia, is interesting veterinary officers, as it is believed…

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U.S. Sheep Flocks

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 27

CURRENT sheep numbers in the United States were the smallest for about two decades. Uncertainty in the American sheep industry was…

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Wheat Deal Criticised

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 26

POULTRY farmers, who had not sufficient feed for their flocks, were at a loss to understand the Government's action…

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World Wool Outlook

The Land · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 2

As a result of the war peoples of the world were more "wool conscious" and wool was being sold at a 50 per…

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The Wool Trade; Brokers' Reports Reduced Wool Stocks

The Land · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 47

Winchcombe Carson Ltd., report:— The most heartening information recently disclosed is that in 2 years, accumulated stocks of Australian wool held by the…

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Research Work On Sheep Extended

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 27

APPOINTMENT of a Veterinarian to Trangles Farm to take over the control of sheep breeding work had made possible the extension of…

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World Plan for Wheat

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

The increasing readiness of the Argentine to participate in arrangements for the orderly marketing of wheat raises the hope that the…

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Excellent Dairy Cattle At Dapto Royal Show Contenders Judges Unanimous Praise Of Exhibits

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 7

DAPTO'S annual show last week was a great success. Dairy cattle made up a strong section, interest being added by the presence of stock to appear at the Sydney Royal Show. Secretary (Mr. H. H. Beattle)…

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