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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

7,152 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

Britain's Sheep And Wool Widening Interest Of Other Lands In Lesser Known Breeds Many Types Are Dual-purpose

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 7

ONE British breed of sheep alone—the Lincoln—has sent 70,000 animals overseas in the course of less than 40 years and when the development of. new stock, raising industries was at its height many thousand sheep were shipped from Britain every year…

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Early Autumn Rail Anxiously Awaited In Pastoral Arecs

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 6

GRAZIERS and farmers in New Sou Wales arc already looking anxious[?] toward March for seasonal rains to e[?] sure good herbage growth and satisfa…

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12 For Last Season's Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 14

CANBERRA, Thurs.--Wheat-growers will get more than 12 a bushel bulk for 1947-48 crop wheat delivered to No. 11 pool…

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Candidates For New' Wheat Board

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 2

EIGHT wheatgrowers have been selected by the excutive council of the N.S.w. Farmers and Sottlers' Association to contest the…

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Queensland's Cattle Industry At The Cross-Roads

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

BRISBANE.—Queensland's cattle industry is at the cross-roads, and the next few years will decide whether Australia will maintain her export quota of 100,000-tons. This was stated in a report to the United Graziers' Association executive council by the cattle committee chairman (Mr. J. L. Wilson)…

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Homebush Stock Markets Monday Cattle Values Fall

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 26

The State Marketing Bureau reports:—Numbers submitted showed some improvement on Monday and totalled 2,118 head including 222 auctioned in the…

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The Processing of Wool (Continued)

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 24

Weaving: Before the warp beam is placed in the loom each warp end must be passed through healds, or eyes, which are set in frames. When the warp beam is…

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Ban Hits Wool Sales Off

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 1

The Sydney wool sales next Monday have been cancelled because of the storemen's and packers'…

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Wool Exports Earn Big Money

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 7

FIGURES recently announced by the Acting Commonwealth Statistician reveal that Australian wool exports in the first six…

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No hope of poet on wheat

The Sun · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--No written agreement on wheat prices is expected to…

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Wheat Poll; Growers Entitled to Vote

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 1

EVERY wheatgrower who delivered wheat to the last two pools would automatically have his name placed on the roll and be entitled to a vote for State wheat committee representatives. This would apply even to those who were unlicensed qrowers last season. This was[?]…

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More talks on wool tie-up

The Sun · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 10

CANBERRA, Friday.-- Chief Commonwealth Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. Mooney) has been asked to…

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Last Minute News [?] Wool Dispute Talks

The Sun · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 20

Federal Conclusion [?] (Mr. J. H. Portus) [?]parties for Monday in[?] to…

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Growers Can Put Views On Wheat Pact

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 16

NOTHING stood in the way of any organisation placing its views before the Government regarding the…

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Delay In Wheat Loading Hits Farmers Cost Of Demurrage Up To 1/6 Bus. On Some Cargoes Growers Are Penalised

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 1

DEMURRAGE COSTS on wheat ships held up in Sydney Harbor were staggering, Mr. H. S. Roberton, general president of the F.S.A., said this week…

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N. W. Yeo, Ading Wool Commission Chairman

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 1

MR. N. W. YEO has been appointed Acting Chairman of Australian Wool Realisation Commission, following the recent death of Mr. J. F…

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Ship Leaves 2000 Bales of Wool Cargo

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 11

The P. and O. liner Chitral yesterday sailed from Sydney for London, leaving 2000 hales of wool in brokers' stores…

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F.S.A. Nominees For Wheat Committee Election

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 2

NOMINEES from four zones in New South Wales were appointed at its meeting this week by the executive council of the F.S.A, to contest the election for producers representatives on the State Wheat Committee…

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Fine Display of Cattle, Horses at Paterson District's First Show

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 16

THE first Show of the Paterson-District Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held on the local Showground last week-end, and it should develop into one of the most successful annual fixtures in the Hunter Valley…

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Meat Price Should Rise to Wool Price Level

The Land · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 7

THE increase in meat prices should equal the increase in wool prices in Australia, Mr. R. C. Wilson, general…

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