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Farming & the land, 1949

7,152 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Bean Seed Certification; Inspection of Crops

The Land · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 21

BEAN seed crops entered for certification under the New South Wales Bean Seed Certification Scheme are being inspected by…

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Farm Building and Construction A Swimming Pool At Home; Will Help To Keep Young People On The Farm

The Land · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 13

"HOW ya gonner keep em down on the farm?" is an old song that makes us realise that perhaps something should be done in the way of inducement. Even though we swam in the dam with squelching mud between the toes…

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Dairy Industry Doings Milk Price Increase Is Sought

The Land · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 12

AN average return the year round of 2/2 a gallon—2/4 for autumnwinter—is sought by the Primary Producers' Union in its submission to the…

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"Good Dairy Will Soon Be Novelty"

The Land · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 12

"ON present appearances a good dairy in this district will soon be a novelty." Mr. F. Hildred, Stock Inspector at Goulburn, makes that…

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Roughage A "Must" For Dairy Gows

The Land · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 12

STRESSING the fact that roughage is a "must" in the feeding of dairy cows, the Division of Dairying, Department of Agriculture,…

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Dairymen Bitterly Criticised

The Land · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 12

IT was an absolute disgrace that dairymen would not co-operate in a T.B.-free milk supply for Singleton unless compensation were paid for…

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Price Stability Important Giving Farmers Incentive To Produce More

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 1

SINCE the end of World War II. much has been said and written about shortages of foodstuffs in many countries, of the…

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No Change Made In Age Limit For Junior Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 21

DELEGATES to the annual meeting of the Junior Farmers Clubs' Council of N.S.W. in Sydney on Wednesday decided that the age limit for…

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Oil Seed Crops Are Being Tried In Victoria

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 20

RECOGNISING it serious worldwide shortage of vegetable old and fain that may not be overcome for many years, the…

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Pome Fruit Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 16

A RECENT survey of pome fruit crop prospects in N.S.W. indicates that the main crop will be light and the fruit generally small. reports…

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Rotary Club Awards Scholarship For Junior Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 2

A THREE-YEAR scholarship, tenable, at Hurlatone Agricultural High School, will be awarded by the parramatta…

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Fourteen More Farms Listed For Soldier Settlers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 2

FOURTEEN jarms on Jemalong Estate, Forbes, would be made available to members and ex-members of the Forces, said…

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Migration Set-up Does Not Satisfy L. S. Loewenthal To the Editor, "Farmer and Setller."

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 24

Sir,—Migration matters in Australia have become absurd from a national viewpoint. Spokesmen, with great publicity, give figures showin…

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Dairy Quotas

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 6

THE Minister for Agriculture, on the recommendation of the N.S.W. Dairy produots Board, has detormined the following quotas to operate…

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Parkview And Alne Bank Studs Take Major A.I.S. Honors At Kiama Show Illawarra A Picture As Dairy Breeds Parade Before Judges "Best Bull IN Australia"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 6

ONCE again the Australian Illawarra Shorthorns held pride of place at Kiama Show last Saturday—the 101 st exhibition conducted by the Kiama. Agricultural and Horticultural Society in the heart of the district in which Australia's own breed of dairy cattle was evolved. Numbers have been greater…

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Bean Crops Are Being Surveyed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 14

BEAN seed crops entered for certillcation under the N.S.W. Bean Seed Certification Scheme are being impeded by officers of the…

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Evidence Of Shortages Sought By Farmers' Union

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 9

IN West Australia, as elsewhere, primary producers are seriously handicapped in their operations by the lack of tractors, trucks, agricultural implements, fencing wire,…

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National Advisory Service In Solving Puzzles Facing Farmers Early Fears Were Groundless

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 16

FARMERS all over the world arc traditionally reluctant to ask advice from anyboay except from one another. They do not see how a man not actively engaged in farming can give 'advice to a man who is. So when Britain's Ministry of Agriculture launched its ambitious National Agricultural Advisory Service, it anticipated a certain…

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Union Row Over Dairy Whip

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 1

A meeting of the Milk and Ice Carters' Union called yesterday to discuss the union ban on the…

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Uproar at Meeting of Milkmen Move To End 'Dairy Whip' Ban

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 7

A meeting off milkmen, called to modify a ban on the handling of "Dairy Whip," ended in uproar…

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