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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1958

141 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 8

Farmers Record Lowest Post-war Income Share

Tribune · Wednesday 8 January 1958 · page 12

SYDNEY: The national income of farmers may be lower this year than last year, when the estimated net farm income was £509 million or 10.9 per cent of the national income. "THIS prediction is made in…

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Relief for Farmers

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 January 1958 · page 4

Any farmer, who is being pressed by creditors or who is unable to meet his commitments, is entitled to apply to…

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Junior Farmers

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 January 1958 · page 6

Upper Castlereagh Junior Farmers held the Christmas party at the Methodist Sunday School Hall…

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Big crops for a farmer who does not plough lend

Tribune · Wednesday 15 January 1958 · page 2

AN idea current for more than two centuries is that if you want to grow a good crop, you…

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Good News for Poultry Farmers Cheaper Electricity Mooted

The Biz · Wednesday 15 January 1958 · page 4

Alderman G. E. Maunder, chairman of Prospect County Council, told. "The Biz" representative last week that there…

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Junior Farmers Will Exhibit at Nepean Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 January 1958 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Upper Castlereagh Junior Formers' Club was held in the Methodist Sunday School Hall last Thursday night. In the absence of the…

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They Appealed for Water for their Small Farms

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 January 1958 · page 1

A deputation was received by Penrith Municipal Council from residents of Toorah, which is in the Londonderry direction. The first speaker was Mr. B. Caster, who explained the plight of the 100 or more…

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More Australian Sheep for Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 17 January 1958 · page 3

A Sydney Jewish doctor who owns a sheep station in the irliidtion Area next March intends sending ahother 1,000 corriedales to an Israeli farm in the Negev…

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Rice Crops Boom In France

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 22 January 1958 · page 15

The bold few who in 1940, when France was cut off from foreign supplies by the war…

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Junior Farmers

The Biz · Wednesday 22 January 1958 · page 18

The future of Australia's primary, industries depends to an important extent on the interest, enthusiasm and knowledge of the…

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Fur Farmer was Speaker at Rotary

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1958 · page 2

After its Christmas vacation the Rotary Club of Penrith resumed meetings on Thursday evening last at Log Cabin…

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USA passed in wool and potatoes

Tribune · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 4

LONDON: Last year the Soviet Union outstripped the USA production in wool and potatoes, both in total…

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Rotary Conference at Warwick Farm

The Biz · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 18

The most important assembly so far held in the district will be the annual conference of 275th Rotary District Rotarians…

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ORWELLANIA 1984 and Animal Farm

Tharunka · Monday 3 February 1958 · page 4

"1984" is a success, not as a novel, but as a political work. It is a grim picture of the degradation and futility to which the human spirit may be dragged…

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Menzies wont help the W.A. dairy farmers

Tribune · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 8

Western Australian dairy farmers, struggling to keep the industry going, have been refused assistance by the Federal Government. In a telegram to Premier Hawke,…

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Tax on Wheat Opposition by A.p.p.u. Fairfield West Branch Australian Primary Producers' Union

The Biz · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 28

A Special tax on wheat for the purpose of freight equalisation would not work out as beneficial to poultry farmers in the long…

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Rotary District Conference at Warwick Farm Racecourse

The Biz · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 12

The annual conference of Rotary Clubs in District 275 of Rotary international' will take place at Warwick Farm…

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Aiding Poultrymen Wheat Freight Plan

The Biz · Wednesday 12 February 1958 · page 14

To bring N.S.W. poultry farmers and other wheat users urgently needed relief, the State Government should pay at…

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Electricity Charges Concessions to Poultry Farmers

The Biz · Wednesday 12 February 1958 · page 23

Copy of letter received by Mr. Hetherington, Rawson R., Fairfield West on February 11, from the Prospect County Council:--…

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Rotary District Conference at Warwick Farm Racecourse

The Biz · Wednesday 12 February 1958 · page 12

The annual conference of Rotary Clubs in District 275 of Rotary International will take place at Warwick Farm…

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