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Farming & the land, 1949

7,152 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Gardening Notes by "Legume" Rotate Crops for Results

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 5

Crop rotation has been applied on farm and garden for centuries, but not everyone realises to the full its immense importance. NOR is every tiller of the soil…

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Gardening Notes by "Legume" Rotate Crops for Results

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 3

Crop rotation has been applied on farm and garden for centuries, but not everyone realises to the full its immense importance. NOR is every tiller of the soil…

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Rabbit Plague Threatens Sheep Industry

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 23 January 1949 · page 5

A WAITING: Millions of rabbits wait outside rabbit-proof fences in New South Wales. When they…

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High Price for Dairy Land

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 23 January 1949 · page 6

LISMORE, Saturday.—A farm of 98 acres, four miles from Lismore, has been sold at auction for £9.506—£97 an acre…

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For farmers the future is dimmer

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 January 1949 · page 31

FOR Australian wheat farmers looking anxiously to international markets the future has dimmed a little. From the capital during…

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Farm Offer to Stowaway

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 January 1949 · page 37

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Sat. -- A New Zealand business man has offered the former German paratrooper Hans Heinrich a…

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Wool Auctions Open Quietly

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 14

THE eighth series of the 1948-49 wool sales opened quietly at the Sydney Wool Exchange today…

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Soviet at Big Wheat Conference

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Monday. --The Russian decision to send four delegates to the international wheat…

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Soviet at Big Wheat Conference

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Monday. --The Russian decision to send four delegates to the international wheat…

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New Wheat Talks Russia Accepts Invitation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (A.A.P.).—Russia and Argentina have accepted the United States invitation to attend the…

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Russia Decides to Attend Wheat Talks

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 4

NEW YORK, Sun. (A.A.P.). -- Russia and Argentina have decided unexpectedly to attend the International Wheat Conference which…

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U.k. Wool Sales Begin Today

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 12

The first of the 1949 London wool sales will open today. A total of 137,000 bales will be offered, of which 37,289 bales…

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Farm Agent Fined

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 3

William James Constantine, a farm and produce agent, trading as W. Constantine and Son and Campbell, who failed…

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Record for Local Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 13

Wool sold yesterday brought the season's Sydney record of 150¼d lb. Eight bales of superfine wool…

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Continent Pays Top Wool Price

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 17

AS at yesterday's opening wool sales, price levels today were below those of recent sales at Geelong…

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SUN Readers Say Home wool price

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 9

There has been much congratulation in Australia generally over the high prices being obtained in the wool industry. There are,…

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Australia's Wool Prices Are Flashed All Around The World

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 2

The wool sales are the only events in Australia which interest every country in the world. There are many places—Hungary and Peru,…

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Aid for Investors Rapid Increase In Wool Output Unlikely Reuter Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Jan. 24.—Rapid increase of world wool output by the 27 per cent. necessary to equate production with…

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No Fear in U.S. of Wheat Surplus Planting Large Areas Lower Prices May Follow

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 6

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Undismayed by the prospect of the world wheat market becoming saturated, American farmers are continuing to plant large…

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Ex-Courier Now On Farm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 7

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--If you're looking for Wittaker Chambers, excourier for an American Communist spy net-work, you won't find him on Pipe Creek, farm, Westminster, Maryland; you'll find Wittaker Chambers, farmer. "FARMING is the life," says…

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