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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

7,822 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

Quality of Cattle Entries At Guyra Show "Highest On Record" From Our Special Representative

The Land · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 18

THE quality of the fat cattle entries at last week's 44th annual Guyra Show was the highest on record, despite the dry season, Show officials said. The officials added that…

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FREIGHTING 8m. Bus. Wheat to N.S.W. "Will Cost Growers £1,000,000"

The Land · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 17

AUSTRALIAN wheatgrowers would have to pay another £1,000,000 in freight on the 8,000,000 bushels which the N.S.W. Government wanted brought into this State from other States…

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Wheat Controls Attacked, Overseas Price for Aust. Grain Urged by Speakers at F.a.q. Fixing

The Land · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 7

GOVERNMENT controls were killing initiative in the wheat industry. Chairman of the grain section committee of the…

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Review of the Week's Markets Dairy Produce (Sussex Street Wholesale Markets)

The Land · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 31

The State Marketing Bureau imports—BUTTER: Local production continues to decline, but sufficient stocks are…

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ON and Off the Farm Triumph For Veteran Horseman

The Land · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 5

Mr. Kell B. Jeffrey ran horselover of Kurri, who for more than half a century has been waging a…

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Doleful Dairy Outlook

The Land · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 35

CONTINUANCE of drought conditions in N.S.W. dairying districts has caused a further decline in dairy…

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Junior Farmers for Royal Show Camp

The Land · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 6

THE Junior Farmers' Clubs Council of New South Wales has chosen those members who will attend the Sydney Royal Show Camp from April 3 to 11. They are:…

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What's New in Farm Research Fly Control

The Land · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 11

THE high temperature in heating pile of farm manure is generally too severe for fly maggots, and…

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Young Yanco Farmer Finds Profit in Seeds From Our Special Representative

The Land · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 10

A KEEN young farmer, Mr. N. S. Houghton, of Farm 1687, Yanco, on the M.I.A., is doing a useful, remunerative and unusual job producing hybrid sweet corn seed and sunflower seed…

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Biggest, Highest-Yielding Corn Crop at First Try

The Land · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 13

A FORMER Junee wheatgrower has grown the biggest and highest-yielding hybrid sweet corn crop on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area at his first attempt. He is Mr. Ron Carlon, of…

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Mechanisation Is Part Answer To Farm Problems Can Counter "The Drift" And Lift Production

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 2

GREATER use of mechanisation in farming was one means by which the movement from the land to the cities could be countered and production increased, said Mr. C. Fraser Elliott, High Commissioner for Canada, when he officially opened the…

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£1 million for N.S.W. farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 19

MINISTER for Transport (Mr. Sheahan) stated this week that the wheat farmers and the people of…

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Beef to fish in range of farm sidelines

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 12

BEEF cattle, bees, poultry, pigs, milch goats and fish all offered possibilities at profitable farm sidelines, said Mr. W. L. Hindmarsh, chief, N.S.W. Division of Animal Industry, addressing…

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Disastrous Fires Play Havoc With Dairy Production Early Rain The Only Cure

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 7

BUSH fires ringed Nowra, on the South Coast, late last week. Fires had swept through Hall's Crook area destroying eight homes and a building workers' camp. Appeals were made us fires…

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Junior Farmers How Scotland trains her young farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 16

A DOZEN boys in waterproofs, sou westers and Wellington boots, and carrying rakes and spades, stood on the banks of a little tributary of Scotland's River Clyde. There was snow on the hills, ice on pools in fields and rutted lanes, and the cast wind was cold…

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Heat Reduces Citrus Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 16

OWING to an erratic setting of citrus and a heavy fruit drop in tho M.I.A., a marked reduction in Valontia and navel crops is expected. The Division of Marketing…

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Chinese Farmers to Lose Land

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 7

HONG KONG, Fri. (B.U.P.).-- The farmers of China are going to lose their land again, although one of the most powerful propaganda weapons of the Chinese Communists in the civil war was land reform-- a piece of land for every peasant. The peasants have their…

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13 Farmers Fined £223 Over Fires

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 7

KYOGLE, Fri.-- Thirteen Urbenville district farmers who pleaded guilty to 25 charges…

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13 Farmers Fined £223 Over Fires

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 21

KYOGLE, Fri.-- Thirteen Urbenville district farmers who pleaded guilty to 25 charges…

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Chinese Farmers to Lose Land

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 7

HONG KONG, Fri, (B.U.P.).-- The farmers of China are going to lose their land again, although one of the most powerful propaganda weapons of the Chinese Communists in the civil war was land reform-- a piece of land for every peasant. The peasants have their…

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