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Farming & the land, 1948

5,907 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250

Outlook For Tobacco Crop Is Not Bright

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 16

OUTLOOK for the Australian tobacco industry this season is not at all bright, said the N.S.W. Acting Tobacco Expert…

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Farmers Say No Big Gain In Latest Egg Price, Rise

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 17

WITH the increase in egg prices, which came into effect last Monday, poultry farmers should experience no difficulty in paying the increased cost of feed, said the assistant secretary of Associated Poultry Fanners of Australia (Mrs. G. D. Wilkie) yesterday…

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Farmers Urged To Return Super. Bags

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 17

FARMERS are urged by the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Pollard) to turn their superphosphate sacks inside…

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The Farmer and Settler, Friday January 30, 1948, 11 Prime Minister Explains Dollar Shortage Sterling Areas Have Adverse Balances With U.S.A. No Early Improvement Likely

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 11

RECENTLY the Government imposed further restrictions on dollar imports. In one way or another, these restrictions will affect most of you, so you have therefore a right to be satisfied that they arc unavoidable and that they serve a real purpose. We require dollars to pay for American and Canadian…

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Fish Farming Could Be Successful

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 19

SUCCESS of fish farming practices as adopted in overseas countries and their application to suit…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 4

LONDON, Jan. 30.—Prices for merino and crossbred wools rose 5 per cent, at yesterday's auctions. Eleven bales of super combings from Victoria realised…

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Big Problems In Wheat Movement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 3

New South Wales is still facing enormous problems in moving and marketing its record wheat crop of more than 105 million bushels. On present figures, the…

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Wheat Quotations Overseas. Friday, January 30

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 2

All overseas quotes are for Thursday, January 29, 1948, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…

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There's a world wide plan for Farm Mechanisation

The World's News · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 15

LACK of power for planting and harvesting is one of the major obstacles to the restoration of farm production in war-damaged…

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Worker-farmer Link Saw Canners Routed

Tribune · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 3

Worker-farmer unity forced Victorian canning interests to capitulate to farmers’ demands for an increased price for their tomato crop. HIGHLIGHTS of a two weeks’…

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Farmer forecasts the weather a year ahead

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 4

A BOWRAL district dairy farmer is selling long-range weather forecasts at 3- for three typewritten sheets (postage paid). He is J. A. Richards, 47, of…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 5

The first series of this year's London wool sales closed on Friday. Competition was active and a medium selection of 11,604 bales cleared well…

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London Wool Prices Rise

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 8

LONDON, Sunday (Reuter-A.A.P.).--At the final sale of wool in the first series offerings totalled 11,604 bales, of which…

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Bob Dyer's DAIRY

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 6

THE American Task Force is intrigued by a rumor that the…

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Bob Dyer's DAIRY

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 6

THE American Task Force is intrigued by a rumor that the…

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Bob Dyer's DAIRY

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 6

THE American Task Force is intrigued by a rumor that the…

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Bob Dyer's DAIRY

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 6

THE American Task Force is intrigued by a rumor that the…

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Cattle, Sheep Ease

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 14

Sheep supplies at Flemington yesterday fell to 23,434 head. Values declined up to 2 a head; but prime lots showed little material change…

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Firm Demand for Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 4

Under keen and general competition, the Sydney wool market continued firm yesterday…

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Stop Press Wheat Harvest Rise

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 12

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Pollard) today stated that latest estimate of the prospective Australian wheat…

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