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Farming & the land, 1948

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Dairy Farmers Still Have Troubles

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 5

FREQUENT references in the Sydney daily press, giving the idea that the dairy farmer had reached the peak of his financial returns, were condemned by the general secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council…

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Wheat Plan Before Agric. Council at Canberra Next Week

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 3

THE Australian Agricultural Council, when it sits in Canberra on Monday and Tuesday, will discuss wheat…

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London, Paris Dress Shows Feature Wool January 30, 1948

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 23

WITH Australian wool fetching its highest price ever in overseas markets, and European manufacturers snapping up pure-bred lines of…

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3,061,000 Bales Wool Clip for 1947-48

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 1

LAST July's estimate of the Australian wool clip for 1947-48 season still stands at 3,061,000 bales, including about 100,000 bales…

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Answer To Attack On U.S. Wool Labelling Law

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 3

STRONG comment is made by the "National Wool Grower" (U.S.A.) on attempts which are being made to depreciate the…

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Most N.S.W. Wheat Is Below F.A.Q.

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 8

MAJORITY of N.S.W wheat from the current harvest will be below F.A.Q. standard of 50-lb. said the Minister for Agriculture…

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Kendee Yields 45.5 Bus. To Acre In Wheat Trials

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 9

KENDEE, with a yield of 45.5 bushels to the acre, and a bushel weight of 64 lbs., topped the wheat varietal trials at Trangie…

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750 Merino Rams for Goulburn Sale In Notable Sheep District Faces Favorable Prospects

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 3

SEVEN hundred and fifty rams and a number of stud ewes, from more than 40 of the noted studs of the southern and western portions of the State will be offered at the Farmers and Graizers annual rain sale at Goulburn on Thursday, February 19 As in former years, the sheep…

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A Quick Glance At the News Record X-bred Wool Price

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 2

At the Melbourne wool sales this week 82d. a 1b. was paid for a five bale clip of Polwarth wool from Coleraine. This is claimed to be a…

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Our Readers Views Weakness of F.A.Q. Wheat System to the Editor of "The Land."

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 12

Sir,—Once again the problem of f.a.q. find under-quality wheat is being discussed by the executive of the F.S.A., and from the reports of the…

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Official Survey Shows 57 p.c. of N.S.W. Wheat This Season Is Below F.A.Q. Standard

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 2

ABOUT 57 per cent., or 59 million bushels, of the estimated wheat crop of 105 million bushels in New South Wales this season will be below f.a.q. standard as a result of adverse weather conditions…

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F.S.A. President's Letter Pollard's Reply on Concessional Wheat Sales; Defence of Govt. Policy Regardless of True Facts

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 32

FELLOW PRODUCERS.—I would draw your attention to the reply (published elsewhere in this issue) of the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. R. T. Pollard) to my letter to him of some six weeks ago…

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Harvesting Record Oat Crop Ends

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 16

HARVESTING of what is believed to be the State's greatest oat crop has now been completed. Mr. J. Kemp Bruce, cereal manager…

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Yanco Farm To Be Spearhead of Irrigation Research; Agric. Dept. Has Big Plans by Our Special Representative

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 1

LEETON, Thursday.—Bringing of Yanco Experiment Farm under the control of the Department of Agriculture would have an important bearing on the agricultural progress of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation…

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Dairy Industry Doings Cost Of Milk Production

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 15

IN recent evidence before the Milk Board on the cost of production of raw milk for the retail trade, the Primary Producers' Union submitted…

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Sidelights on Farming

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 19

Plant Takes 70 Years To Mature: There's a plant which takes from 10 to 70 years to…

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Remarkable Yield of Pasture Hay at Leeton Experiment Farm

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 19

Pictured here are some members of the Leeton Experiment Farm staff building a huge stack of pasture hay, the result of this season's bountiful season. The hay will prove invaluable when the lean, dry Reasons come again. The pasture was sown last April at the rate of 12 lb. perennial rye to 4 lb…

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Farmer Ridicules Talk of Surplus Bags to the Editor of "The Land."

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 3

Sir,—I would like to reply to a statement made by an official of the Australian Wheat Board in which he says a surplus of bags exists in the…

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Commission's New Service on Farm Water Supplies Is Popular With Landholders

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the Farm Water Supplies Act became operative only 18 months ago, 1,250 applications for inspections, plans and advice have already been received by the Water…

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The Week's Markets Reviewed Dairy Produce (Sussex Street Prices—Wholesale Market)

The Land · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 26

The State Marketing Bureau reports:- BUTTER: Production continued to be maintained in most districts. Local consumption is being met and there is an appreciable…

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