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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

5,907 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 250

Delay in Implementing Just Price Basis Big Loss to Dairymen, Says P.p.u. President

The Land · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 2

THE loss occasioned to producers of dairy produce by the protracted delay in implementing the just price basis for the industry would never be capable of calculation…

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ON and Off the Farm Two Smart Girls

The Land · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 5

Two land girls who "pull their weight" on their father's farm and who were exhibitors at last week's Tamworth Show in the A.I.S. dairy…

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Dairy Produce

The Land · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 26

The State Marketing Bureau reports:- BUTTER: Production still shows a slight seasonal decline. The price remains unchanged at 195/- per cwt., including 2/6d…

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Tree Planter's Guide Hints on Planting Farm Hedges

The Land · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 13

FARM hedges need not be extensive nor expensive. In the country observe two first things in hedge planting: climate and soil. Select the species best suited to local conditions. Choose the hardy types, the ones that will require little attention and will live long…

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Dams Pay Dividends on Small Farms

The Land · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 15

DAMS on farmlets, particularly in isolated locations in the outer portions of the County of Cumberland, are to-day…

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Price Delay Is Resented By Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 2

DISSATISFACTION at the delay in fixing the new price to milk producers was expressed at an executive…

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Payable Price, States Minister "Hard Bargain Driven" Poultry Farmers In Better Position

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 10

PRICE fixed under the U.K. egg contract would be much more attractive to poultry farmers if the industry improved its methods of production and marketing, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Po[?]rd)…

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Weather Beats Soybean Crops On Clarence River

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 11

OF the 91-acres sown to soybeans in the N.S.W. Clarence River district this season, less than 17-acres would be harvested,…

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Western Farmers Burning Stubble

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 11

THE west is a mass of fires as farmers burn stubble in preparation for wheat sowing, said the Forbes agronomist (Mr. W. Curtels) in…

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Tractors on the Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 9

INCREASING tractor tyre sectional size by replacing for example 12.75-28 with 13.50-28 has very little effect on drawbar pull. THe larger tyre…

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Experienced Farm Worker Seeks Job In Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 9

MR M. G. LIVINGSTOME, an Englishman who has had experience as a general farm hand in N.S.W., is seeking nomination by a…

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Fat Cattle "Uniform"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 2

Shorthorns and Hereford steers in the fat cattle section at Sydney's Royal Easter Show…

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Wheat Advance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 3

The Australian Wheat Board has announced that a fourth advance on No. 10 Pool (season 1946-47) wheat would be…

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Wheat Pact Signed

The Sun · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday.-- On behalf of Australia, Mr. Makin (Australian Minister in Washington) today signed…

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Impressive Display By a Pastoral Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 9

The display was by far the best and most impressive ever staged at any Royal Show in Australia. The Royal Agricultural Society…

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Fat Cattle at Royal Show Judging Incomplete

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 9

Thousands of cattle breeders and stockmen from all parts of Australia watched the judging of fat cattle at the Sydney Showground yesterday. This was the first time…

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Good Demand for Best Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 16

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter).--Offering at yesterday's London wool sales totalled 2[?],992 bales, of which 13,188…

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London Wool Sales Close on Firm Tone

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.-- The current wool sales closed on a steady tone. During the sales there was…

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Pollard's View On Dairy Prices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 9

If dairy farmers could not make a success of their work with commercial butter at 2/ a lb they were on unsuitable…

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