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Farming & the land, 1949

7,152 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250

U.S. Wool Stocks Decline In 1948

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 19

Stocks of domestic and foreign wool in U.S. at the beginning of 1949 were not sufficient for the year's consumption. The New York Journal…

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Union won't lift ban on delivery of wool

The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 15

Storemen and packers voted almost unanimously at a meeting today for a continuation of the ban on deliveries of wool, skin and hides from wool stores. Their decision is expected…

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Luddenham Show at Top Form Best for Many Years Top-grade Cattle; Record Takings

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 1

A good season, keen organisation, and general revival of public interest conduced to happy results for Luddenham A. and H. Society in the holding of its 46th Annual Show—the first two-day Show since the war—on Friday and Saturday…

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Escaped From Prison Farm

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 8

George Wilmot Butler pleaded guilty at Penrith Court on 7th inst, to a charge of escaping from custody at Emu Plains Prison Farm, on July 25,…

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Prison Farm Escape Fails

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 7

BATHURST, Wed.--Bruce Gordon Chilby, 18, and John Charles Pett, 23, were recaptured a few minutes after they…

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Fatal Motor Collision Man Killed at Warwick Farm

The Biz · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 8

One man was killed an another seriously injured when a motor lorry and utility truck collided on the Hume Highway near Warwick Fa[?]m last Friday…

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Poultry Farmers Laugh! When Asked to Save. (From Secretary, A.P.F.A.)

The Biz · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 6

The Prime Ministers request to all sections of the Australian community must have called larth a measure of sardenic laughter, from the now almost…

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Sheep Rates Up

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 18

Sheep prices at Homebush yesterday were up 2 a head. A total of 28,186 were offered for sale, and the market was…

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Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 7

At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday 8,372 bales were catalogued. At auction 8,067 bales were sold…

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Farmers' Strong Protests On Wheat Pact Talks

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 2

STRONGEST exception was taken, by the executive council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, at its meeting in Sydney this week, to the action of the Federal Government Sn refusing producer representation, either in an advisory…

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THURSDAY Light Cattle Penning

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 26

The State Marketing Bureau reports: Numbers available showed a sharp decline on Thursday and totalled 1,449 head, including 76 auctioned in the store…

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Boree Creek Sheep Sale

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 27

Now Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company Ltd., (Inc. in England) report, having held ft very successful Special Sale of 5,500 local district sheep…

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Quality Dairy Cattle Parade Splendid Display at Nowra's 73rd SHOW

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 14

DAIRY cattle always provide a strong feature at the shows of the Shoalhaven A. and H. Association; and the 73rd annual exhibition of that body, held on the Nowra showground last Friday and Saturday, was…

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Most Pastoral Areas Need Good Rain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 20

GOOD soaking rain is needed in most pastoral areas of Australia, except in Victoria, where a favorable season continues, reports the secretary of the Graziers' Federal Council (Mr. J. W. Allen)…

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Wheat Industry Defence Fund

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 3

THE following additional subscriptions to the Wheat Industry Defence Fund have been received by the Farmers and Settlers…

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Another Wheat Pool Advance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 7

CANBERRA, Thursday.—A further advance of 1/6 per bushel had been approved on No. 11, Wheat Pool, the Minister…

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Pollard On Wheat Conference

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA. — "The Government is anxious to secure for Australian whcatgrowers the maximum possible beneficial…

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The Wool Trade; Brokers' Reports Wool and American Conditions

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 28

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: United Suites conditions arid the trend of Australian Wool markets recently have shown reverse tendencies. Prices for merino and…

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New Buffalo Fly, Cattle Tick Solution

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 18

EXPERIMENTS with a solution of D.D.T. and eucalyptus to destroy cattle tick and buffalo fly are being made at…

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Local Wool Prices Firm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 17

Wool prices at yesterday's Sydney sales were firm on rates at Wednesday's sale. A total of 9150 bales was sold,…

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