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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

7,889 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Pigs and the Men Who Breed Them Young Farmer Breeds Good Stock

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 5

ROBERT L. Martin (18), Greenslopes Keerong, 13 miles from Lismore, is a leading Junior Farmer. Acting lender of the local J.F. Club,…

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Lecture Arranged For Poultry Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 17

A LECTURE entitled "Recent Advances in Poultry Disease Control" will be given by well known…

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Farmer In Straight Jacket, Says Corn Journal

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 17

ONE reason for the present world food shortage in because the farmer is put into a strait-jacket of control and thus cannot respond to world needs according to "Broomhall's Corn Trade News."…

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Satisfactory Overall Summer Dairy Output

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 4

FIGURES just released by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. Roland Wilson) relating to milk, butter and cheese production for October, 1949, show production increases generally in New South Wales, Victoria, and reduced…

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English Farmers Are Rallying Towards Co-operative Movement Lessons Learned From Wartime Conditions

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 4

SINCE the agricultural co-operative society movement was launched more than 70 years ago it has grown into a formidable organisation. In England to-day there are no less than 184 agricultural co-operative societies of farmers and growers: they have 120,000 members and a total annual…

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Fruitgrower Gives Sound Advice To Buyers To The Editor, "Farmer and Settler,"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 13

Sir: As an advertiser in your columns for a considerable time, handling many thousands of cases of fruit annually. I am at times subjected to…

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May Join Wheat Pact

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 24

LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).--The International Wheat Council is considering applications by Germany and Japan to join in…

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Butter and Petrol May Cost More

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- The price of petrol and butter may rise after the meeting of State Prices…

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Wool Prices May Go Higher

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 10

Prospects for higher prices at the opening Sydney wool sales of the New Year on Monday appear to be excellent. The all-time record…

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New Wool Price Record in N.z

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Fri. (A.A.P.-Reuter).--A record New Zealand wool price of 94¾d was paid at the first Timaru…

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Wool Men in Agreement Policy For Talks In London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday. — The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. J. McEwen, said to-day that the Federal Government…

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Romance of a Goat Farm

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 13

Out of a bright idea for ensuring that their child should grow into a strong and healthy youngster, a Melbourne couple has created a new enterprise, which, in four short years, has gained world renown, and is now well on the…

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Radiation Aids Crops

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

WASHINGTON.-- Potato plants grown from tubers which had been subjected to large doses of radiation…

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Price Of Butter May Rise Soon

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. — Prices of butter, hospital fees, petrol, aviation spirit, and some…

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Rabbits and emus invading farms

The Sun · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 5

RABBITS are invading the rich valleys of the Riverina in millions, a Wagga stock agent said yesterday. An Albury stock agent,…

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No Decision by Govt. on Tea, Butter

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 6

THERE has been no decision by Federal Cabinet yet to abolish tea and butter rationing. A sub-committee of Cabinet is…

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No Decision by Govt. on Tea, Butter

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 6

THERE has been no decision by Federal Cabinet yet fro abolish tea and batter rationing. A sub-committee of Cabinet is…

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No Decision by Govt. on Tea, Butter

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 6

THERE has been no decision by Federal Cabinet yet to abolish tea and butter rationing. A sub-Committee of Cabinet is…

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Clash Over Rationing Doubts on tea, butter

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday.--Commonwealth Public Servants are having…

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No Decision by Govt. on Tea, Butter

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 6

THERE has been no decision by Federal Cabinet yet to abolish t e a and butter rationing. A sub-committee of Cabinet is…

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