£20,000 Storm Damage Wheat Ruined Hail 2ft. Deep Melbourne
ALTHOUGH confined to a small area, the intensity of a cyclonic storm that swept through the Mallee last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming & the land, 1936
11,450 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250
New South Wales Hard Wheat New Commercial Class Separate Handling And Marketing
SINCE its inception in 1927, the plant breeding branch of the Department of Agriculture has made good…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Readers' Views Why Wheat Prices Rose To the Editor of "The Land."
Sir,—In your issue of December 20, I see that Mr. E. Field attributes the present rise in wheat prices to what he calls orderly marketing, brought about by the Argentine…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Home Price for Wheat "Will Not be Wonderful" To the Editor of "The Land"
Sir,—I was just having a blow after taking off 450 acres of crop for the small return of 600 bags of wheat and 20 tons of hay, when I saw in your paper the report of a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Methods of Judging Merino Sheep MR. E. U. Watson's Plan Opposed "Shearing Tesls Unnecessary" How Judges Work
RECENTLY Mr. E. U. Watson, the well- known merino stud sheep-breeder, of "South Greenbank," Young,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bulk Handling and Pooling Supported by Visiting Professor What Wheat Rivals Are Doing (Special Correspondent) MELBOURNE
Professor C. R. Fay, Reader in Economic History at the Cambridge University and a prominent figure in world agriculture, has recently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →English Wool Trade. Speculation in Merino Tops. (From Our Special Correspondent.) By Air Mail. BRADFORD, Dec. 13
The usual year-end quietness is beginning to creep over the Bradford wool market, and it is impossible to ignore the fact that within the past fortnight there has been a sagging…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the Bale & on the Hoof What I think of Wool and Stock Matters Evils of Over-Stocking
OVER stocking is brought under observation once again, this time by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Utilising the Uselss Dairy Cows
A MEAT factory which is the only one of its kind in the world has been opened in the Irish Free State. Its job will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Improved Yields Cereal Crops in South Australia
THE Acting Government Statist of South Australia (Mr. A. W. Bowden) estimates that the yields of the various cereal crops in that State will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Land Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Official organ of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales. Subscription rate 12/6 per annum (payable in advance). Single copy 3d. 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 E, G.P.O., Sydney, New South Wales. Board of Directors: Sir Arthur Trethowan, M.L.C. (Chairman); E. Field (General President, Farmers and Settlers' Association): Hon. W. C. Cambridge. M.L.C. (General Secretary, Farmers and Settlers' Association); W. W. Killen; and H. K. Nock, M.P. Managing Editor: H. V. Budd. Associate Editor: M. A. H. Laidlaw. Advertising Manager: E. W. Carter. ADDRESS: 57-59 Regent Street, Sydney. Telephones: M 6971 (3 lines) Telegrams: "The Land," Sydney Friday, January 3, 1936 A Farmer Knight
THROUGHOUT the country there will be genuine pleasure at the announcement that a knighthood has been conferred by the King on Mr. A. K. Trethowan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Teams Home-grown Horses Are Cheapest
THE farmer who breeds his own working horses, and looks after them properly, is the one who keeps his production costs down…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →N.Z. DAIRYING Minister Promises Sales Bounty
A promise that New Zealand dairy farmers would receive a bonus or subsidy on the current season's sales of produce was made by the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Dairy Prospects Are Variable Patchy Rains Pastures Range from Good to Scanty
DECEMBER conditions in the dairying districts of this State, according to reports received by the Director…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Junior Farmers and Their Doings
JOHN CHAPONEL, the 15-year-old President of the Richmond Junior Farmers' Club, whose picture is published above, must surely rank as one of the most promising lads in the movement throughout the State…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Soil Building Dairying Industry And Production
THE difficulties experienced by settleys in the low rainfall areas during the last decade have given rise to the opinion that all closer…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sudan Grass Cause of Mortality Among Dairy Stock
REFERRING to recent losses of dairy stock grazing on Sudan grass, the agrostologist of the Department of Agriculture (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A Section for the Poultry Farmer. Getting Birds Ready for Display A Few Points Ready for the Exhibitor at Coming Poultry Shows
ALTHOUGH the main poultry exhibitions in the metropolis A and country districts will not take place until after Easter, a few points on how to tram and feed birds for the coming shows may assist novice breeders in preparing their…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Breeding Farm Stock & VETERINARY To answer your question, our Veterinarian must know all the facts. Therefore, give full particulars of the malady when you write. Forage Poisoning or Botulism
ON several occasions during the last ten years advice has been asked concerning a diseased condition which the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dairy Work
"Dairy."—There is no award covering dairy hands, and therefore, the wages paid and the hours of work are as mutually agreed upon by the employer and the employee at…
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