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Farming & the land, 1948

5,907 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Cattle at the Show; R.A.S. Arrangements

The Land · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 14

The Royal Agricultural Society is asking exhibitors of stock to forward particulars as to their trucking arrangements and trucking dates. This…

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Good Autumn Assured In Pastoral Areas of N.S.W.

The Land · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 9

REPORTS from all quarters of N.S.W. confirm earlier impressions that pastoral conditions will be right for the autumn, says the monthly statement on seasonal conditions issued by the Graziers' Federal Council of Australia…

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Wool Sales in Tas. a Record

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 4

HOBART, Wednesday.-- When the Hobart Wool Sales ended yesterday, indications were that a record aggregate of…

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Better Wool Clip From Improved Pastures

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 9

PASTURE Improvement In the only effective economic means which will allow [?]lers on the p[?]rer grantic solis of the…

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Appeal for speed-up of wheat shipments

The Sun · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 8

Appeal for speed-up of wheat shipments was made today by the chairman of the Grain Trade Section of the Chamber of Commerce (Mr. J. Hurley)…

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Stud Beef Cattle Bring High Prices in U.k

The Land · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 1

THE New Zealand Loan & M.A. Co. Ltd., Sydney, have received a cable from their London office to the effect that the champion bull, Sugwas…

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World Body Wants Free Trade In Wool

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 9

FROM Paris the executive committer of thet International Wool Textile Organisation has telegraphed the president of the United Nation[?]…

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Wool Sales Record Price For Tasmanian Clip

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 14

A SUPERFINE Merino clip realised the Australian record price of 138 ½d. at the opening of the Hobart wool sales…

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The Wooll Trade; Brokers' Reports Yorkshire's Wool Buying

The Land · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 31

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Yorkshire competition has been one of the most sustained features of this season's wool sales. Her mill turnover has been…

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Share Dairy Farmer Wins Important Subsidy Case

The Land · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 2

A SHAREFARMER won an important case at Casino last week relating to the allocation of the butter subsidy as between the sharefarmer and the owner of the property. After a lengthy hearing, Mr. I. E…

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Wheat Board Expect Harvest Of 205,000,000 Bushels

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 10

ACTING chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Mr. J. Cavanagh) expects that wheat deliveries throughout Australia from the present harvest will reach 205,000,000 bushels. Deliverics to date' were about…

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Poll Shorthorn Three Times Champion Cattle Judged In Rain At Yas Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 6

POLL Shorthorn, Merryville Royal Domino, bred and exhibited by Merryville Pty., Ltd., Yass, was grand champion for the third time in succession at the Yass show last Saturday. Several of the animals in the beef cattle…

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High-class Merino Sheep Feature of Yass Show by Our Special Representative

The Land · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 8

DESPITE heavy rain, which was responsible for the abandonment of many ring events and lowered gate takings, Yass Show Society triumphed in making a success of its 73rd annual exhibition last week…

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Independent State Action on Wheat Likely Sequel To C'wealth's Uncompromising Attitude

The Land · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 2

IF the Commonwealth continued the uncompromising attitude shown last week, three or four States might form a wheat stabilisation plan independent of Canberra…

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Australian Record Wheat Harvest of 228 Million Bus. C'wlth. Statistician's Review

The Land · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 1

DESPITE losses due to unseasonable weather at harvest time, Australia's wheat gram harvest for 1947-48 is expected to reach the record figure of 228,000,000 bushels, according to the latest review by the…

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F.S.A. President's Letter the Story Behind the Wheat Stablisation Failure at Canberra

The Land · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 32

FELLOW PRODUCERS.—It will take us all some time to get over this affair, and some of us may never get over it. It was not the physical and mental strain of the business—although that was bad enough, it was…

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High Yielding Crop of Hybrid Maize

The Land · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 1

Samples of the hybrid make crop produced thin season on the faring of Mr. Harold Doust at Grafton. Seeds tests revealed a yield of…

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Our Poultry Section Sow Green Feed Crops Now For Winter and Spring Supply

The Land · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 20

THE best time to sow crops to provide green feed for poultry daring the winter and spring is from now until the end of April, stales Mr. E. Hadlington, poultry expert of the Department of Agriculture, who…

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Minister Hands Over Experiment Farm

The Land · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 32

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham), right, handing over the Yanco Experiment Farm to the manager, Mr. P. F. Stanton, at a recent ceremony at the Farm. After being controlled for some years by the Department, of Education, the Yanco Farm is now under the…

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"Bide Here," He Said, "Whatever Happens," and This Farmer's Wife Bided There

The Land · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 4

THE was a great patriot. When he came to the country ever so many years ago he was a man of substance. That he was also a…

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