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Farming & the land, 1949

7,152 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 250

Dairy Cattle Breeder Was Sharefarmer Two Yrs. Ago Lyndon A.I.S. Stud Success

The Land · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 12

WINNER of many major awards in the A.I.S. Section at Maitland Show last week, Mr. F. C. Readett, of…

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Bulk Handling Of Wheat Favored

The Land · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 6

At the instance of Mr. P. R. Reynolds (Molong), the Graziers' Association conference agreed that the Government be asked to make use of…

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Should Wheat Grading Be Introduced?

The Land · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 1

This controversial subject is discussed by Mr. J. Kemp-Bruce, who has had a life-time dissociation with the wheat trade, in a special article…

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Wheat Acreage May Be Increased

The Land · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 1

IN those districts where the rainfall has been sufficient to permit of the preparation of fallows, indications are that the area sown to wheat will probably…

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Homebrush Stock Markets Monday Small Sheep Yarding

The Land · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 33

The State Marketing Bureau reports: Supplies were lighter on Monday, the yarding comprising 25,859 head, of chiefly very fair quality. Wethers and ewes on…

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Wool Storemen And Packers Dismissed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 19

FOLLOWING the 'refusal of Sydney wool and hide storemen and packers to accept a 15/ increase in wages offered by the employers at last COO were dismissed. The men persisted in their ban on the lifting of wool from stores and…

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Must Act on Wool Marketing

The Land · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 4

THE discussion at the Graziers' Association conference this week clearly indicated the desire of most wool producers for a properly organised marketing scheme to operate when the present J.O…

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Wool Board Essay Winners Announced

The Land · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 22

PRIZE-WINNERS in two essay competitions conducted by the Australian Wool Board were announced by the Board this week. The…

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Many Badly Prepared Wool Clips

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 8

COUNTRY Producers' Sellting Co., Ltd. state "It is to be regretted that little care and attention appear to be shown in…

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Election Of Growers For Wheat Committee

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 16

A POLL or wheatgrowers to elect four grower representatives to the State Wheat Committee would be taken by postal,…

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Wheat Industry Should Examine Its Problems

The Land · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 4

WHEATGROWERS will no doubt read with interest the special article by Mr. J. Kemp Bruce, published elsewhere in this issue, on wheat grading. This is the first of a series of articles…

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More Wheat Likely in Some Areas

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 20

IN districts where rainfall had been sufficient to permit of the preparation of fallows, indications were that the area sown…

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Wheat Lands Ready For Next Sowing

The Land · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 2

GOVERNMENT agronomists this week reported favorable soil conditions for next season's wheat…

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Speed Up of Wool Board's Programme

The Land · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 23

THE Australian Wool Board's twelfth annual report, for the year ending June 30, 1948, says the Board continued to speed up its…

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Stored Wool at Showground Is Problem

The Land · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 2

A TOTAL OF 23.000 bales of wool is stored in halls and pavilions at the Sydney Showground and cannot be move…

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Graziers Support F.S.A. Wheat Nominees

The Land · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 2

The N.S.W. Graziers' Association has decided to support the eight nominees of the Farmers and Settlers' Association who will be…

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Produce and Trade New World Wheat Offer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 15

NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.).--Wheat exporting nations have scaled down the wheat they…

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No Cut Prices Promise at Wheat Talks

The Land · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 3

THE Australian Government representative to the International Wheat Conference at Washington had no authority to…

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"Betty" Is No Dumb Sheep As This Photograph Shows

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 5

"Betty" the lamb keeping abreast of' the news while she sits in her own armchair. The pet lamb,…

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Letter From Kent Graziers Hear About Diseases In Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 8

KENT.—Sheep breeders and graziers from all parts of Kent attended an all-day meeting at Ashford to hear an address' by Professor T. Dalling (veterinary officer of the Ministry of Agriculture) on discuss in sheep and to discuss…

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