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Farming & the land, 1949

7,152 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

Farm Crops and Pastures Fruit Growing Progress

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

In his Presidential address to the N.S.W. Branch of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, Dr. F. T. Bowman, Principal Fruit Research Officer of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture, summarised…

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Ships Not to Wait for Wool Union Ban Stops Loading

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 5

Shipowners yesterday ordered all ships waiting in Sydney for wool to leave and complete their loading in other ports…

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Junior Farmers Tree Raising Flourishes In S.A.

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

South Australian Tree Planters' Association aimed to have a million trees planted by individuals and public bodies, excluding the Forestry Service, in 1949, to commemorate the Royal visit, and although this has now lapsed the tree planting project has not been abandoned, and many Young Farmers are hard at work raising tree seedlings…

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Farm Quiz Box Question

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

According to the latest official statistics the average yield of corn in Australia is only 24 bushels per acre. What do you think is…

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The FARMER'S Wife Bea Pumpkin Eater

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

Many people find the pumpkin family unpalatable. Here we give you some recipes which should tickle the taste of even the confirmed non-pumpkin eater. Try them for yourself and discover that the pumpkin, and other members of its family,…

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Bolts Rescue S.A. Grape Crop

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 4

Without the Balts a great proportion of S.A.'s grape crop -- about 80 per cent. of Australia's total crop -- might have…

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Visit New Zealand And See How To Farm

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 4

"Visit New Zealand and see how to farm," was the advice given by a prominent member of the party of N.S.W. farmers who recently returned from an educational and goodwill tour of New Zealand…

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Farmer Who Breeds Potatoes

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

Fifty-five-year-old Austin H. Price, of Bannister, near Crook-well, N.S.W., is a rare example of a farmer who finds time to do plant breeding work. Mr. Price breeds potatoes and has produced several new varieties…

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Seizure of Farms

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 5

PRAGUE, Saturday. -- The Czechoslovakian Communist Party announces that steps…

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No New Milk Price Yet Dairymen Impatient

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 4

Dairymen would not tolerate Government delay in fixing the new price of milk, Mr. L. C. Turton said last night…

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Final Offer on Wheat Price

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 3

WASHINGTON, March 5 (A.A.P.).—Exporting nations at the world wheat conference have made a final offer to accept 180…

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Wool And Basil Strike Ends

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— Melbourne members of the Wool and Basil Workers' Union, who have been on strike since Monday…

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Dismissals Over Wool Store Ban Threatened

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 1

Employers will dismiss all wool store employees who refuse to handle deliveries after Tuesday morning…

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Effort to Break Wool Ban

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 9

Wool brokers will meet today to attempt to break the deadlock on the wool loading dispute…

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Threat To Sack Wool-store Men

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 4

Sydney wool-store employees would be dismissed immediately if they did not deliver wool from the stores to-morrow, said a broker last night. He said that employers…

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Wool Exports To Russia Up £8mil

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 10

Australian wool exports to Russia in the seven months ended January 31 rose by £8,407,000. In that period Australia…

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Farmers in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 4

These farmers rode around London on February 25 as a protest against the anti-blood sports bill. They are shown here in fashionable Regent Street…

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Farmers' Concern at Snowy River Plan

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Orbost residents will seek legal advice on whether the courts could halt the Snowy…

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European Wool Activity

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 5

Wool mill development continues in most parts of Europe, says Winchcombe Carson Ltd. in its weekly report…

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Plans for Wool Ball

The Sun · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 13

The Wool Ball will be held this year at Romano's on May 28--the Peter Pan Kindergarten Committee decided this morning. A prize for the best woollen…

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