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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

7,889 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 250

Sporting Big Card for Randwick A.J.C.'s Warwick Farm Meeting Lord Moss and Buzmark to Clash

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 12

Big fields have been nominated for the A.J.C.'s Warwick Farm meeting at Randwick next Saturday. The principal double will…

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Rains still benefit farm men

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 11

Rain continued yesterday throughout the Central, Central West, and…

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Wheat Committee Chairman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 15

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham, announced yesterday that Mr. L. S. Harrison, formerly Wheat…

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Wool Prices Again Firm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 34

Prices at Newcastle wool sales yesterday were firm at recent Sydney levels. Super spinner wools were…

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More Wheat Silos Tenders Soon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 15

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham, yesterday announced the names of the 12 additional country…

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Too much wheat, too few dollars

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 34

The U.S. may have a wheat surplus of more than 450 million bushels for the season ending July 31, 1950. Indications suggest that…

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Firm Wool Market 13,250 Bales At Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 16

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.— Super spinner wools at Newcastle wool sales to-day showed a slightly easing tendency, but good skirting…

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"Nobody On Farms In 20 Years:" Warning By Senator

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—There would be nobody left in primary industry in 20 years if the flow of people from the land to the city continued at the rate experienced in the last 15 years, Senator…

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Fears U.s. Farm Crisis

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 34

NEW YORK Wed.--Farming in the U.S. was on the verge of its most crucial period in history, the Secretary of…

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U.s. Farming Exports Hit

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--U.S. Agriculture is running head-on to a dead end as far as exports are concerned, because importing countries lack dollars, the Secretary for Agriculture (Mr. Brannan) said…

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Talks to Poultry Farmers

The Biz · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 7

Egg Board members, Messrs. W. H. Bruce and P. Ryan, attended Fairfield West A.P.F.A. Branch meeting in King's Hall on Monday, 6th inst…

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Wheat

The Land · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 31

Overseas and Sydney wheat quotations by the State Marketing Bureau. All overseas quotes are for Wednesday, March 8, 1950, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a…

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Orange Cattle Sale

The Land · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 32

Winchcombe Carson report:—Some 45[?] cattle were yarded, about 300 of which w[?] in the fat pens. Tim quality was only f[?] with the exception of a few pens of [?]…

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Beef Cattle World

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 6

At the 103rd Devon show and sale at Exeter in October last several of the best intended exhibits were absent, having been purchased some days earlier by Mr. A.J…

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ON and Off the Farm Not Only Sheep [?] [?] [?] [?]

The Land · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 5

The picturesquely named "Pine Ridge" Border Leicester Stud, property of the Inder Bros. at Dunedoo, does more than produce stud rams…

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Milk, Butter, Cheese Output

The Land · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 24

THE estimated production of whole milk in Australia during the month of December, 1949, was 1484 million gallons compared with 131.8…

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More Sheep Called for

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 18

SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. (A.A.P.)--The president of the National Woolgrowers of the U.S. (Mr. H. Vaughan)…

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London Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 36

Now Zealand Loan & M.A. Co. Ltd reports:—Sydney this week had only one day of wool auctions, on Monday, March 6, when the 13th series of sales which…

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More Sheep in Great Britain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 7

ESTIMATED sheep and lamb population in England and Wales in December last was 9,122,000, compared…

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Lime In Drought Sheep Feeding

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 6

IMPORTANCE of lime supplements when cereal grain mixtures were used for the drought-feeding of sheep was stressed in…

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