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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

8,304 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

F.S.A. Move For Wool Publicity

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 7

The executive council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association this week adopted a report by Mr. B…

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N.S.W. Wheat Deliveries Top 51m. Bus

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 35

UP to yesterday (Thurs.) wheat deliveries in N.S.W. had totalled 51,686,000…

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Many Factors Decide Baking Quality Of Australian Wheat

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 22

BAKING quality in wheat is not a simple character, but of a very complex nature. Great advances have, however, been made…

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More Aid For Dairy Farmer

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 5

A MEETING of the N.S.W. Milk Board's Centra) Production Committee was held in Sydney early this…

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Six Divisions in R.a.s. 1953 Field Wheat Tests

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 29

THE Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. this year will conduct field wheat championships in six divisions. The decision was made at a meeting of the society's…

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Page for the man on the land £18,000,000 SOUGHT Wheat men's move

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 15

The Farmers and Settlers' Association will ask the Federal Government…

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Aust. Graziers' Leader Warns On Need To Counter Synthetics Threat To Wool Industry

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 19

THE greatest danger to the Australian wool industry probably lay in the scoffers who said that the threat of synthetics was a lot of nonsense, Mr. R. D. Bakewell said at the weekend…

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F.S.A. Wants Aust. Wheat Board Sales To Continue If I.W.A. Negotiations Fail

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 2

IF negotiations in Washington to keep the International Wheat Agreement going failed, the Australian Wheat Board should continue selling Australian wheat, the F.S.A. general council decided in Sydney this week…

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What's New in Farm Research Seedless Tomatoes

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 25

PEOPLE who do not like tomatoes because of their seeds may yet get seedless tomatoes if the…

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There Is A Grave Danger That City People May Yet Envy The Farmer

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 4

LAST WEEK, when I was on holidays, if you remember, I wrote about the changed…

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The Land "Nations may battle and the world rock with revolution, but the land will care for him who cares for it." Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations Official Organ of the Farmers'and Settlers' Association of New South Wales. Subscription Rates: One year in advance, 25/-; two years in advance, £2/8/-; three years in advance, £3/11/6. Subscription to "The Land" includes the "Farm and Station Annual." Single copy "The Land," 6d.; single copy "Farm and Station Annual," 3/-. Contributions are invited and will be paid for on publication. No responsibility can be accepted for the return of manuscript, but when stamp is enclosed every effort will be made to ensure return of unsuitable matter. Cheques, money orders, etc., should be made payable to The Land Newspaper Ltd. Address business communications to the Manager, and literary, contributions to the Editor, "The Land," Box 1558, G.P.O.. Sydney. N.S.W. Board of Directors: W. C. Cambridge (Chairman). Hon. H. S. Henley, M.L.C., H. K Nock, A. Heath and H. V. Budd, M.L.C. Managing Editor: Asst. Managing Editor: H. V. BUDD, M.L.C. a G Hudson. Advertising Manager: E. W. Carter. 57-59 Regent Street, Sydney. Telephones: M 6971, MA 9680, MA 3336 Telegrams: (5 lines) "The Land," Sydney Riverina Representative: J. P. McMenamin, 164 Edward Street, Wagga. Telephone: Wagga 3872. Friday, February 6, 1953. Intolerable Railway Charges

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 4

As time goes on more and more evidence accumulates of the monstrous effect on country people and country industries of the intolerable level to which…

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99 Soldier Farmers in 100 Ram Ballot

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 2

NINETY-NINE soldier settlers were admitted to a ballot for 100 Merino rams at the Department of Lands in Sydney this week…

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On and Off the Farm Pioneer Honored

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 5

A miniature farm, complete with fencing, cattle implements and buildings, was a feature of the table…

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N.S.W. Farmers Criticised For Growing Poor Quality Bread Wheats

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 15

SPEAKERS at the f.a.q. wheat declaration in Sydney on Friday attacked the poor quality bread-making wheats which farmers in N.S.W. grew, and the…

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Farm Machinery for Boys' Home

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 15

Ferguson system farm machinery was handed over to Dr. Barnardo Homes, Mowbray Park, Picton, last week. The machinery will help further the agricultural training of boys from Britain at the Park, a 600-acre self-supporting property. British industrialist Harry Ferguson…

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Hybrids Give U.s.a. Maize Crop Big Lift

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 30

THE growing of hybrid maize had added about 750,000,000 bushels a year on a smaller area of land in the U.S.A., the U.S. Information Bureau says…

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Dairy Cows As Mothers

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 10

Sir,—I read with interest the statement by Mr. Allen Campbell, of Billabula Shorthorn Stud, under the…

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State Labor Govt. Has Slugged the Primary Producer, Says N.s.w. Farmer

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 11

THE State Labor Government's policy of "cheap food at the primary producers' expense" has been so consistent over the years that Premier Cahill's rural policy statement of "high priority for food production," and "adequate…

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Making Young "Aussie" Farmers

The Land · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 21

STARTING OFF as an "Aussie" farmer, Jock Cuthbert, aged 15, from Scotland, has a ride on one of the farm horses at the Dr. Barnardo Home at Mowbray Park, Picton. The 600-acre property was acquired in 1929, and nearly 3,000 British children have since received schooling and farm training there…

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Junior Farmers Presentation To Star J. Farmer

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 9

ON Tuesday John Koir, of Bogolong, via Grenfell, was presented with the trophy awarded to him by the Rural Bank at "Star" Junior Farmer of N.S.W…

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