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Farming & the land, 1952

7,822 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 250

Dangerous Fall in Wheat Supplies Sought Interstate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 9

Mr. L. S. Harrison, chairman of the N.S.W. State Wheat Committee, yesterday warned: Wheat stocks in N.S.W. were down to the…

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Veterinary Notes Black Disease, Sheep Killer, Slowly Spreading in Australia

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 30

BLACK DISEASE is a seasonal disease of sheep which causes many deaths in Australia between December and June, and appears to be slowly spreading. Black disease is the popular name for this…

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Good Clearance of Wool At Albury's 6th Sale

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 35

The Associated Albury Wool BroKers report on their sixth fool 'sale of the current season in which…

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Dairy Farm Comps. Cancelled

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 31

Because of drought conditions and the ravages of the recent bushfires, this, year's dairy farm…

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Dairy Farm Comp. Off

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) announced yesterday that the N.S.W. Dairy Farm…

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Last Season's Wheat Acreage Was Record Low; Offical Figures

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 9

THE area sown to wheat for grain in Australia for the 1951-52 season totalled 10,434,000 acres—the lowest for any peacetime year since 1925-26…

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Good Yield From W.A. Wheat Variety In Trail

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 3

THE Western Australian wheat variety Wongoondy has yielded 21.1 bushels, an acre…

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U.S.A. to move on Argentina wool dumping

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 6

IMMEDIATE action to support prices for domestic wool by Granting loans of up to 90 per cent, parity under the United States agricultural support programme, and to impose countervailing duties on wool…

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F. & G.'s New Wool Show Floor at Newcastle

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 10

THE new wool show floor of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-op Co. Ltd. at Newcastle is now being used by the company for sales in that centre. Picture shows some of the F. and G. experts at the sixth sale in…

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Minimum Floor Prices Plan Starts In New Zealand Wool Commission Established

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 6

UNDER the Wool Commission Act, 1951, the New Zealand Wool Commission has been set up to administer a minimum floor prices plan for growers' greasy and scoured wool, and the scheme came into operation at the Wanganui sales on January 11,…

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£11½ Million Payment to Wheat Growers This Month; Full Guarantee Met by Our Special Representative

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thurs.—On March 25 the Australian Wheat Board will make a supplementary payment of £11,500,000 on the 1951/52 wheat crop in No. 15 Pool…

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Extension of C'wlth. Dairy Grant Urged

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

A CONTINUANCE of the Dairy Industry Efficiency Grant for a further five years has been recommended to the Commonwealth Government by the Australian Agricultural Council…

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Economic Survey of Nth. Farms

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 19

A SURVEY of farm machinery and farm management practices in the wheat-growing…

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

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 31

The State Marketing Bureau reports—BUTTER: Production since the recent rains has shown a fairly good increase…

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ON and Off the Farm Rail Ice-Cars Do Big Job

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 5

There are now 364 railway refrigerator cars throughout N.S.W, carrying meat, butter, cheese,…

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Irrigation Farms In Demand by Our Special Representative

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 9

RECENT property sales had indicated that irrigation farms on the M.I.A. were among the most sought after…

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Soldier Settler Uses Novel Ideas on Dairyfarm

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 20

SOLDIER settler Bill Allan has greatly Improved his war service land settlement dairy farm near Penrith by using several novel…

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United Kingdom Trip for Two Outstanding N.s.w. Junior Farmers

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 7

Two Junior Farmers from New South Wales will leave Sydney by the "Strathaird" on March 28 for a three months' visit to the United Kingdom as…

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Our Poultry Section Farm Grading of Eggs Not Needed Before Going To Board

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 23

NEWCOMERS to the poultry industry may wonder whether they will have to grade eggs before selling them to the Egg Marketing Board. The answer is no…

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What's New in Farm Research Bee Pollens

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 12

AN interesting paper read at the International Beekeeping Congress in England recently…

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