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Farming & the land, 1951

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Sow Crops Now For Winter Green Feed

The Land · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 36

LUCERNE and Berseem clover should be sown now to provide green feed lor poultry during the winter and later in the year, advises the poultry branch of the Department of Agriculture…

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Sidelights on Farming Use 2, 4-D With Care

The Land · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 37

It has been established by recent Canadian research more…

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Farm Hints

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 13

AS I told you in this column last week, I am continuing to publish hints considered…

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Potato Moth Hits Crookwell Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 12

POTATO moth is bad in the Crookwell area and is doing a lot of damage to certified seed crops…

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Farmers Swing To Oats

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 3

FARMERS in many wheat growing district such as the Central Slopes and Tablelands, Wagga,…

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Maitland Show Success Was Tribute To District Farmers Adversity Of Floods Overcome

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 3

OPENING the Maitland Show on Thursday, March 1, Sir Angus Gillian, official representative of the British Council, said the high standard of exhibits was a tribute to the grit and determination of the district's farming community…

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Seeks Job on Poultry Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 17

AN Englishman with his wife and family is seeking employment on an Australian poultry farm,…

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"Get Down To Earth" Advice To Poultry Farmers "Case For Deep Litter"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 17

ERECTION of poultry shedding at the present time is very costly and any savings that can be implemented, without affecting the welfare of the stock to be housed, are worthy of close consideration, says an editorial in "The Poultry Farmer."…

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Indiscriminate Harvesting Of Sick Rabbits Could Ruin Campaign C.S.I.R.O. Warning To Farmers On Spread Of Myxamatosis

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 2

A WARNING to graziers that indiscriminate large-scale harvesting of sick rabbits might interfere with the spread of myxomatosis was issued by C.S.I.R.O. last week. Landholders anxious to In-…

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Dairy Culls Should Be Used To Produce Beef

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 5

AIM at a high yield in your dairy herd. Do not cull the low producers—the old practice when milk records were used incorrectly—but rather use them with a beef bull to produce the…

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Dairy Machine Lubrication

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 5

Dairying Division of the Department of Agriculture and Stock (Q.), giving some hints on the lubrication of…

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Fine Dairy Line-Up

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 4

At no other Castle Hill Show had the dairy entries been so plentiful and of such good quality, experts said. Though there were no Friesians or Guernseys, 135 Jerseys, 81 Ayrshires and 47 Australian Illawarra Shorthorns entered the ring…

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Junior Farmers Raising Age Limit Will Help Group Activities

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 13

OF special interest to junior farmers in N.S.W. is the decision of the State Council to raise the age limit from 21 to 25 years. It will bring the movement in N.S.W. in line with other States,…

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Bug Plague Hits Crops

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 8

A new insecticide is being rushed to areas along the Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers, where…

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Airmen Load Butter Ship

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Saturday. -- The first ship for Britain loaded by airmen who are working…

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Airmen Load Butter Ship

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Saturday. -- The first ship, for Britain loaded by airmen who are working…

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Airmen Load Butter Ship

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Saturday. -- The first ship for Britain loaded by airmen who are working…

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Airmen Load Butter Ship

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Saturday. -- The first ship for Britain loaded by airmen who are working…

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Airmen Load Butter Ship

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Saturday. -- The first ship for Britain loaded by airmen who are working…

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Airmen Load Butter Ship

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Saturday. -- The first ship for Britain loaded by airmen who are working…

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