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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

7,152 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

Last Minute News Wool Dispute

The Sun · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 20

MELBOURNE: Stopwork meeting of Storemen and Packers in Sydney next week will consider report…

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Allegation Of £100 Week Wheat Confract

The Land · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 7

A SPEAKER at the Coonabarabran branch of the F.S.A. alleged that a contractor had told him that he…

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Money for Wheat Appeal Defence Fund

The Land · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 7

Blayney F.S.A. branch has decided to give £20 to the Wheat Appeal Defence Fund, to meet the expenses of an appeal to the Privy Council…

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Fifth Advance On 1947-48 Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 17

MINISTER for commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Pollard) announced this week that a fifth advance had been approved on…

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Wheat Weights Cause Concern To Feeders

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 16

AT the request of several branches, Associated Poultry Farmers of Australia had conferred with the N.W. Railway…

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Wheat Breeder Praised; Gift To Fund

The Land · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 9

PROFESSOR Wat erhouse had been breeding highclass wheats for more than 20 years and his name was…

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Caucus Dictation to Wheat Bd. Criticised

The Land · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 9

WHAT was the use of having a Wheat Board if members of that Board were directed by the Minister or Caucus to sell wheat at…

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Cattle Sickness Cure To Be Shared By All

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 21

BRITAIN is to lay before the scientists of other nations details of the new cure for sleeping sickness in cattle caused by the tsetse fly in Africa. This remarkable discovery which…

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Midget Cattle Draw Much Interest In United States

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 41

SOMETHING different in the way of £5 livestock herds are developed when Cecil Meyers, Illinois (U.S.A.), decided to rescue a midget cow from the…

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British Breeds Of Cattle Suited To Tropical Conditions

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 17

MY experience of breeding cattle in the tropical areas of Queensland, for over 40 years has convinced me that by selection within the respective British-breed breeds of cattle, many excellent herds have been built up and kept to the one pure breed,…

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Cattle Numbers Practically Pre-war In U.K.

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 9

ALTHOUGH the United Kingdom sheep popu-lation has not nearly regained its pre-war level,…

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Minister Has No Knowledge Of Wheat Talks

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 17

MINISTER for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Pollard) has no knowledge of high level talks concerning wheat having…

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FINANCE £32 Mil. From War Wool Surplus

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 20

UNITED KINGDOM Wool Disposals Ltd., the joint organisation which disposes of the accumulated wartime wool surplus that the United Kingdom bought from the Dominions, earned a nett profit of £31,926,383 for the…

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Conference To Discuss Wool Ban, To-Day

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 19

SYDNEY wool auctions are still in suspense pending a settlement of the storemen and packers' dispute which has placed a ban on the lifting of wool from the stores for loading into ships. A conference between the parties concerned will…

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Prospect of Price Advantage From Wheat Grading System

The Land · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 11

THE fact that all other major wheat exporting countries grade their wheats suggests that they do so with the object of obtaining a higher total price as the result of keeping separate wheats that differ in…

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Leave To Appeal Granted In Wheat Test Case

The Land · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 1

EAVE to appeal against the decision of the High Court Australia in connection with the Nelungaloo wheat test case…

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S.A. Wheat F.A.Q. Is Heavier

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 44

THE f.a.q. standard for South Australian wheat of the 1948-49 season was declared at 63½-lb. per imperial bushel by the chairman of the corn trade…

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No Split in F.s.a. on Wheat Vote

The Land · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 12

PRESIDENT H. S. Roberton said at the last meeting of the F.S.A. Executive Council that there had never been…

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Good Cattle at Tenterfield Stud, Fat Stock Exhibits Impress at 72nd Show

The Land · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 20

TENTERFIELD is a noted New England district for beef cattle, both stud and fats, and these sections were outstanding at last week's 72nd annual three days' show, which was officially…

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Britain's Famous Cattle Breeds Remarkable Response To For Increased Dehorning Grows In Favor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 6

BRITISH cattle are found in almost every country in the world. Some of the breeds—Shorthorns, Ayrshire s, Aberdeen-Angus, Herefords to name only four—are native to the United Kingdom. Others, like British Friesians and the Channel Island dairy breeds, came from nearby countries…

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