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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

5,907 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Strong Cattle Demand Ready Market For Lines of Ewes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 6

A STRONG southern demand for cattle existed on the store stock market this week, according to agents in Sydney. Supplies were insufficient to satisfy the inquriy. Although the supply of good lines…

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Wool Board's Mobile Unit on Country Tour

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 19

A MOBILE display unit arranged by the Australian Wool Board is now travelling on a continent-wide basis…

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Wool Sales Yass Clip Makes Record Price

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 14

THIS season's Australian record price for wool-127d. per lb.-was paid by a buyer operating on behalf of…

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Wheat Price Rises To 6/3 A Bushel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. Pollard, announced in Canberra yesterday that…

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Two-Thirds Dubbo Wheat Below F.A.Q.

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 11

ONLY a third of the wheat in Dybbo district is expected by the ogro[?] (Mr. R, W. Bhelloy) to be f.n.q. [?]. and over)…

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U.S. Wool Buyers Expected To Operate Strongly

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 6

PURCHASES of Australian wool by United States interests are expected to increase during the remainder of the season…

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Wool Buying For Japan Adds Strength To Market

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

SHIPMENTS of wool from Australia to Japan have been made this season and are likely to continue. Towards the close of 1947, decreasing…

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Freak Summer Weather Over Whole State Rain, Hail and Wind Lash Farming Districts In Worst Spell For Years Survey of Crop Losses Not Yet Complete

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

FREAK weather, over the entire State, has produced the third wettest four weeks (from December 15 to January 15) ever recorded. With torrential rains drenching every corner of the State, many parts, in…

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Valuable Competitions Resumed Championship For Coastal Dairy Farms In N.S.W. Stimulating Efficient Methods

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 5

ARRANGEMENTS have been made to resume the coastal dairy farm championship competitions—conducted by The Farmer and Settler" in conjunction with the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture— this year. Before the competitions were…

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Price of Wheat Rises to 6/3 Federal Guarantee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The price of wheat for local consumption and the guaranteed return to growers will be increased to 6/3 a bushel bulk f.o.r. ports from next Monday…

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Immense Wheat Damage But Stock Industries Helped By Rain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 8

RAIN that has fallen more or less regularly over the N.S.W. wheat belt since Christmas has caused a probable loss of 10,000,000 bushels. This is in addition to the seri…

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155,000 Bales of Pool Wool to Be Offered I

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

AUSTRALIAN Wool Realisation Commission has announced a programme of offering total-ling 165,000 bales before June 30…

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Concessional Wheat Sales Condemned Growers Denied Upward Lift In Export Price

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

CONCESSIONAL wheat sale at the expense of the wheat grower were roundly condemned by the president of the N.S.W. Formers and Settlers' Association (Mr. Hugh S. Rober[?]on), who is also president of the Australian…

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Consider Wool Aspect Profitable Fleece Desirable Ewe Breeding For Lamb Industry

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

A DELAIDE.—Although cross-bred ewes are recommended for heavy carrying pastures, where the breeding of crossbred lambs for export is the main object, the wool side of the question must not be overlooked…

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Over 40 Million Bushels of New Season's Wheat Delivered In N.S.W.

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

OVER 40 million bushels of new season's wheat have now been delivered to the Australian. Wheat Board in New South Wales. Stale Superintendent of the Board (Col. Holborow)…

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Bd's. Dockages on Under-F.A.Q. Wheat Extra 3d. Bushel For Shot & Sprung

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

THE rates of dockages on under-quality wheat, both bagged and bulk, were announced yesterday by the…

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F.S.A. President's Letter Overseas Wheat Sales Not Act of National Generosity But A Penalty on the Producer

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 32

FELLOW PRODUCERS, —Unless there is a change in the Federal Government's attitude, the Prime Minister and the people of the United Kingdom, and the Prime Minister and the people of India, will…

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Combined Trench-digger And Tile-layer Proves Useful on N.Z. Farms by a New Zealand Correspondent

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 14

THE New Zealand farmer has generally looked upon winter as the best time of the year for putting farm drainage work in hand. Certainly, the slackest time of the farming year usually coincides in winter with water-logged soils in which hand-digging, and also that by machinery, is…

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Star Letter of the Week Call For Action By Young Farmer To the Editor of "The Land."

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

Sir,—As the son of a pioneer farmer, having been born and bred to the soil, and inheriting a love for the freedom associated with its many…

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'Hopper Menace Alaraming; Swarms Are Now Emerging & Threaten Crops, Pastures

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

REPORTS from many districts in the State this week reveal that the grasshopper menace is becoming more alarming. Swarms are now emerging and threaten vast areas of pastures and crops. Chief Entomologist of the Department of Agriculture (Mr. McCarthy) yesterday urged…

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