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Farming & the land, 1952

7,822 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 250

F.S.A. Gen. Secretary's Letter Farmers' Tour of N.z.; Need for Early Booking

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 40

Dear MEMBERS—Those members who contemplate joining the F.S.A. party to tour New Zealand later in the year are asked to get in touch with Head Office of the Association as early as possible…

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Homestead Farm Payment and Tax

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 25

"Homestead Farm": If I pay off money owing to the Crown on homestead farm, is the amount free from…

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Letters To The Editor Stop meddling, says farmer

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

Sir: Recently we had Mr. Menzies in headlines on his food production scheme, but it really boiled down to the same…

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Plans to Check Forest Fires Are Not Adequate To the Editor "Farmer and Stiller."

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

Sir: We have seen the devastation of bush fires over the past months. Whether the cost will be passed on to the taxpayer or handed down to…

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In the Orchard Light crops of fruit likely in many areas

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 16

HARVESTING and marketing of the main Valoncia crop it now drawing to a close, reports the N.S.W. Division of Marketing. Rain late in December and…

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Farmers and scientists co-operate in breeding better plant varieties

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

NEW varieties of plants to suit mechanical cultivation and the needs of the processor of foodstuffs were being produced by science, said Mr. E. J. Waring, Hawkesbury Agricultural College agronomist, at the Macquarie Divisional conference of the N.S.W…

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Junior Farmers Two Chosen to Visit England

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 16

TWO N.S.W. Junior Farmers— Bill Fotheringham, wingham, and Neville Wilson, Gilgandra— were chosen in Sydney on Tuesday to visit the United Kingdom at the invitation of the…

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Demonstration farms best

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 4

DESPITE extremely dry seasonal conditions, dairy grant demonstration farms throughout the various…

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Dairy quotas

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 4

THE Minister for Agriculture, on the recommendation of the N.S.W. Dairy Products Board, has determined the following…

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Pig Crop Report

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 17

BUREAU of Agricultural Economies has released for publication the "Pig Crop Report," giving details of…

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Demonstration farm value

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 5

ONE of the major problems confronting the dairying industry in this State was how to raise the…

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For better farming

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 5

DURING the past six months, progress made on demonstrations in connection with the Commonwealth…

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Dairy Men Need Help

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 5

TO lift dairyfarm outputs, farmers must he helped to get supplies of superphosphate, lime and other materials for soil…

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Farm Buildings on Cranbrook Are to Remain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 5

FOLLOWING a conference arranged by Mr. Roy Wheeler, M.P., the new across to Richmond Aerodrome through Mr. J. H, Haddin's farm, Cranbrook, Clarendon, has been re-located…

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Hybrid seed featured on Yenda farm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 13

SEED of hybrid corn and sunflower produced by Mr. N. S. Houghton, Farm 1087, Yanco, is distributed to…

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Governments Have Not Pulled Weight With Farmers "Absurdly Low Prices" Cause Fall In Production

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 13

FARMERS were definitely not to blame for the decline in rural production, which had been aggravated by the pegging of absurdly low prices for primary products, declared the general president (Mr. J. R. Somers) in his opening address to the…

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Wants news of soybeans To the Editor, "Farmer and settler."

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

Sir: In view of the serious shortage of protein-rich stock feeds in Australia, development of a soybean growing industry is…

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U.S. Rural Extension Services Are An Example To Australia Farmers' Co-Operation Is Keynote

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

DURAL producers and Governments alike in Australia should study the United States Agricultural Extension Services work. From It they could learn how to co-operate to provide…

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Potato Crops Ruined

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

LITHGOW, Thursday.— Farmers in the potato belt south of Lithgow have wasted a year's work and…

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SUN Readers Say Farm rates

The Sun · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 13

Exorbitant council rates, in many cases, cost metropolitan farmers as much as £210- a week. Obviously…

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