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Farming & the land, 1949

7,152 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 250

Nepeon Dairy Factory Chemist and Tester Appointed

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 6

Nepean Dairy Society and the farmers of the district are fortunate in having the services, as chemist and milk tester, of Mr. Neville Chant. On…

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Wheat, Wool Menaced By Rabbits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 4

The New South Wales wheat crop may be halved next season and wool exports drastically reduced…

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Beef Cattle World

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 6

Messrs. Rochester and chatham Tallameena, orange (N.S.W.) have purchased 12 young Aberdeen-Angus females from Messrs. V.W. and M.S. Barwick Pyramid…

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Sheep Total Rises

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 16

AUSTRALIA'S sheep population rose from 96,000.000 in 1960 to 103,000,000 in the 1947-48 season—the largest total since 105,000,000 in…

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Wheat Harvest

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

WITH only about another million bushels to come in from the current wheat harvest in New South Wales present received total…

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Q'ld.'s Record Wheat Crop

The Land · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

A 14 million bushel wheat crop—a record for the State—is expected, in Queensland this season. This was revealed at a recent meeting of the…

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Sunsuit Of wool

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 6

STYLISH SUN-SUIT of super- lightweight worsted wool, printed in a sunflower design,…

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Wool Disposal Figures

The Land · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 28

The Farmers &c Graziers' Co-op. Co. reports.—Buyers are engaged in Brisbane, where, so far as Northern centres are concerned, the New Year market opened…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday.—The fourth series of Brisbane wool sales closed to-day with prices very firm at yesterday's rates…

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Sunsuit Of Wool

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 6

STYLISH SUN-SUIT of super- lightweight worsted wool, printed in a sunflower design,…

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Italy's Wool Purchases

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 3

GOOD purchases and shipments of Australian wool have been made on Italian account this season, During the first half of…

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Wheat Trivals at Yeoval

The Land · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 15

WHEAT varieties tasted at Yeoval last year were stripped early in December. Head frosting and mice damage lowered yields of some…

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Additional Wheat Silo Space

The Land · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

TENDERS have been accepted for the construction of additional storage bins at seven country wheat elevators at a cost…

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New South Wales Wheat

The Land · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 26

Sydney January; Rates fixed by the Australian Wheat Board are:—Millers' lots: All prices for export on application to the Board. Value of all…

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The Wool Trade; Brokers' Reports Wool Consumption Exceeds Production

The Land · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 28

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—The outlook for the second half of the Australian wool selling season is promising. Great Britain and the Continent have…

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No Live Cattle Go To Guernsey

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 5

DAIRY cattle breeders on the Island of Guernsey are up in arms about rumors that unregistered animals have been…

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Why Should Farmer Have To Wait For Full Amount of Wheat Guarantee?

The Land · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

TO THE UJDITOK OF "THE LAND," Sir,—"Niggardly as usual," correctly describes the Government's initiation of its boosted wheat scheme, and quite…

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Wimmera Winners In Wheat Competition

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 8

WINNERS of the ten Victorian district wheat competitions in the Wlmmera are announced. These become eligible for the district…

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Hand Machine For Winnowing Wheat

The Land · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 14

This old type winnower, which has to be operated by hand, was used in a small crop of wheat In the Bathurst district this season…

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Letter From Kent Ashford's 80th Cattle Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 16

KENT.—Although not up to its pre-war eminence when it was considered second only to Smithfield, the Ash ford Cattle…

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