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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

7,152 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250

Losing Her Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 2

"Don't cry, Bo Peep, you've still got me."…

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Wheat Man Farrer

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 3

Most Australians know in a general way that years ago a man called Farrer did a great deal to increase our wheat production by breeding…

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Pastoral Coy. Pays 23 P.c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 6

The Squatting Investment Co. Ltd. is paying a dividend of 7/ a share of 30/, including a bonus of 5/, for the year ended…

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Cook Home On Sheep's Back

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 15

MOST original gift to jockey Billy Cook on his departure for England this week was a copy of his family tree…

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LIVESTOCK and Animal Husbandry Toxaemic Jaundice Of Sheep

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 5

Although it has been known for some years that toxaemic jaundice is due to an excess of copper in the blood stream and liver tissues, the reason for the copper accumulation has never been determined. Recent…

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Most London Wool Prices Remain Firm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday. -- Although competition was again strong at the London wool sales yesterday, crossbred…

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Farm Crops and PASTURES Raising Cabbage and Cauliflower Seedlings

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 8

Cabbages and cauliflowers are among the most important vegetables sown in late summer and early autumn in most parts of Australia, and special care should be taken to see that good, strong, healthy seedlings are available for transplanting…

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AUSTRALIANA Farm pigs attack cow

The World's News · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 20

ALTHOUGH wild pigs have been known to attack and eat drought-stricken sheep, it is unusual for domestic pigs to attack stock. A case…

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Men Sought To Sell Dairy Whip

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 3

The general manager of the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Co., Ltd., Mr. L. Place, said…

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The FARMER'S Wife Let's Bake a Cake

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 10

Country cooks are famous for their cakes. Here some of our readers, all first-class cooks themselves, give their favorite recipes to help you in adding to your own list of the kind of cakes that…

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Overseas Research The Latest in Theory and Practice Rapid Green Crop Drying

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 6

THE rapid artificial drying of green fodder crops expanded…

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Farm Quiz Box

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 12

Farmers commonly believe that various plant diseases, such as blight of…

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Junior Farmers Excellent Club Show At Jamberoo

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 12

The Jamberoo Junior Farmer Show is always one of the outstanding club events in N.S.W. and the Fourteenth Annual Show in December was a great success. Highlight of the day for the 600-700 people in attendance was the visit of Professor E. Petersen, famous American dairy authority, with his wife, and the official party which earlier in the…

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London wool market strong LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 44

Only 346 bales of wool were left unsold of the 17,928 bales offered at the London auction yesterday…

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It Works This Way Australia's Wool Industry Part 2

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 5

1.WHEN THE SHEEP HAVE BEEN SHORN, FLEECES ARE TAKEN TO ROLLER TABLES FOR SKIRTING. THIS REMOVES SHORT, STAINED, AND INFERIOR WOOL. 2. THE CLASSER THEN EXAMINES THE FLEECES, AND GRADES THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR QUALITY AND VALUE. AMONG THE THINGS HE CONSIDERS ARE EFFECTIVE…

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Tax Expert Tells Poultry Farmer Is Plucked

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 13

I RECOMMEND poultry farmers to protect their rights by lodging objections against all future assessments which deny…

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Heavy Sheep Losses Dearer Wool In U.S. Forecast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (A.A.P.).—The storms which have swept the great meat and wheat producing States of the…

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London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 12

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.-Reuter).--Wool offerings for the third week of the current sales totalled 32,146 bales…

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Fall in wheat cheque

The Sun · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Monday.-- Australia's wheat cheque is expected to be £30,000,000 less this year than last…

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Woman Pinned by Wheat Bags

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 4

A mother and her baby daughter were pinned to the ground and another child struck by bags of wheat which fell from a truck at the corner of Clarence and Market…

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