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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

8,421 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Wild Spending In Africa Wool Boom By a Special Correspondent in Capetown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 2

COUTH AFRICA, like Australia, is in the throes of an all-time record wool boom…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 7

At the Sydney wool sales yesterday, 12,416 bales were catalogued, of which 12,374 were sold at auction. The…

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Cattle Relish Brown Lucerne Hay Fire Risk the Main Drawback

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 2

Brown lucerne hay is more succulent and freer from dust than the dry green hay; most cattle show a decided preference for it, and the only…

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Us Destroys German Homes, Farms To, Make Way for Troops

Tribune · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 5

BERLIN.—American occupation forces are t rylng to force thousands of German families out of their homes and off their farms to make way i or troops, parade grounds and military barracks. IN Lower Saxony alone, 3392 homes, 159 hotels, 314 industrial permises…

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Floods Driving Farmers Away From the Land

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 7

MAITLAND, Thursday.-- Financially crippled through their losses from floods, many farmers in the Lower Hunter area are being driven from the land. Disclosing this today, Mr. A…

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Floods Driving Farmers Away From the Land

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 7

MAITLAND Thursday.-- Financially crippled through their losses from floods, many farmers in the Lower Hunter area are being driven from the land. Disclosing this today, Mr. A…

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Saffron Thistles Worry Sheep In Wheat Areas

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 21

SAFFRON thistle in wheat areas has caused considerable worry to sheep. Losses have followed dipping but lameness has been moro provalent than deaths,…

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Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 17

Cattle yardings showed a small Increase and totalled 2468 head of which 203 were sold in the store section. General quality…

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Dairy Cattle As Beef

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 11

DAPTO, Thursday.—Far too many dairy cattle are being killed for their beef value, in the opinion of experts…

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Smaller Sheep Sales At Homebush Due To Rising Wool Values

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 13

CATTLE numbers remained steady, but the number of sheep sold at Homebush in 1950 declined, said Mr. E. L. Allen, vice-chairman of Sydney Fat Stock Salesmen's Association…

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Beef Cattle World

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 18

The recently Imported bulls in Narrangullen Aberden-Angus stud Estate late C. T. Reid) of Narrengullen Yass, N.S.W. have…

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Sheep For Uruguay

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 13

DURING a visit to New Zealand as a delegate at the Corriedale Sheep Society's world conference in Christchurch, Dr…

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Bencubbin Wheat

The Land · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 23

"Curious": How was the wheat variety Bencubbin evolved? When was it first grown commercially in N.S.W.?…

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Q'ld. Butter Production

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 5

QUEENSLAND butter production was 11,794,944-lb. last November compared with 10,210,144-lb. in October and…

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Higher Div. From Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 20

Australian Stock Breeders Co., Ltd., made £15,791 profit for the year, ended November 30, compared with £13,131 for…

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Pastoral Co. paying 46 p.c

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 20

Squatting Investment Co., Ltd., stock and station owners,, earned £274,628 record profit for 1950…

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Toured Wool Areas

The Land · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 25

The new American Ambassador to South Africa (Mr. John G. Erhardt) has completed a 10-day tour of the Karroo and…

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Sale of Wool

The Land · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 23

"W.H.L.": Winchcombe Carson Ltd., woolbrokers, of 48 Bridge Street, Sydney, are interested in the purchase of small amounts of…

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Wool Research Scholarships

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 21

INTERNATIONAL WOOL Secretariat has awarded scholarships at Heldelburg University for wool research…

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Record Wool Prices

The Land · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 36

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. reports: Wool sales continued in Sydney this week, and further record prices have…

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