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Farming & the land, 1948

5,907 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 250

Pinkeye in Sheep

The Land · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 33

"J.R.": Your best course is to go through the flock and take out all badly affected sheep for treatment. It has been found that mild cases of…

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Wool Sales

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 22

WOOL auctions were suspended this week on account of the hold-up in shipping In consequence of the…

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Some Crops Still Producing F.a.q. Wheat

The Land · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 22

There are quite a number of wheat crops on the slopes near Orange which are producing grain of fair average quality, reports Mr. R. C…

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Maitland's Excellent Exhibition Centenary Of Settlement Keen Competition In Dairy Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 4

MAITLAND show, last week, was officially opened by the United States Ambassador to Australia (Mr. Robert Buller), who paid tribute to the great part played by the farming community "in the problem of restoring war-torn…

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Butter Price And Costs Committee

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 4

THAT dairy farmers and their representatives in Australia, almost without exception, applauded the Federal Government's decision to…

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THURSDAY Good Sheep Up 22/

The Land · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 35

The State Marketing: Bureau reports: Although pennings continued to be light, numbers submitted showed some improvement on the previous sale day's…

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Sheep Moved Up Above Snowline

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 8

OVER 30,000 sheep have been moved from the Gundagai district to country above the snowline…

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Damaged Wheat to Pigs

The Land · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 33

F.P.": It is extremely unlikely that the damaged wheat would be suitable to feed to pigs; in fact, if, as seems likely from your letter, the wheat is…

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This Crop of Bencubbin Wheat Showed Phenomenal Resistance To Bad Weather

The Land · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 7

HOW a 75-acre paddock of Bencubbin wheat, battered down by one of November's storms, and deluged by more than 10 inches of rain since, survived to yield 774 bags when harvested recently, is told by Mr. J. Sly, of "Grawlin…

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Stud Cattle Sales at The Royal

The Land · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 39

Stud Cattle Sales will be carried on at the Royal Show by Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., New Zealand Loan, Pitt,…

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White Australia Policy Essential In Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 8

A QUESTION of immediate danger to the Australian wool clip was whether it was to remain 100 per cent. while, Mr…

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Inverell Will Sow Less Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 7

OWING to the late harvest in the Inverell district, it is certain that less wheat will be sown than last year reports the agronomist (Mr. L.W…

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Concern Over Sprung Wheat Sowing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 21

THERE is concern in the dry areas of the Griffith-Hilliston district about sowing sprung wheat the agenomist (Mr. F…

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Most Wheat Now In Storage

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 2

ONLY 2,000,000 bushels of wheat were received at N.S.W.silos and stacks during the week ending…

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Good Wheat Shown At Tamworth

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 2

CONSIDERING the weather conditions which prevailed at the time of the wheat harvest, quality of the wheat exhibit at…

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Wool with a "soft handle"

The Sun · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 11

A cable from London states that woollens with a "soft handle" such as saxonies,: jersey cloths and "crepe tweed" were the main materials featured in the Society of London Fashion Designers Spring Show.'…

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Few Wheat Ships Going To Britain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 2

OF a total of 20 wheat ships that have left Sydney with the present harvest, only seven have gone to the United…

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Wheat Quotations Overseas. Thursday, March 11

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 2

All overseas quotes are for Wednesday, March 10, 1948, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…

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Bakers Praise Quality of Gabo Wheat

The Land · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 11

A statement by the N.S.W. Bread Manufacturers' Association this week drew attention to the high quality of Gabo wheat variety. It was stated…

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Federation Chief Hits Wheat Pact 'Astonishing Document'

The Land · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 1

THIS alleged international wheat agreement is the most astonishing document that ever has been submitted to any…

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