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Farming & the land, 1938

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Breeding Farm Stock& Veterinary To answer your question, our veterinarian must konw all the facts. Therefore, give full particulars of the malady when you write. Feeding of Protein During a Drought

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 42

ALTHOUGH nuts containing large proportions of protein have been recommended to he fed when a fair amount…

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Cavalcade of Farming in Australia 150 Years of Agriculture

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 2

THE story of the building of a nation is always one of romance and adventure. In the world's history, however, there is no more amazing…

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Cavalcade of Farming in Australia (Continued from p. 2)

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 4

1787—May 13. Governor Phillip and the fleet of 12 ships leave Portsmouth on the long journey to Australia…

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Govt. Charged with Not Treating Dairymen Fairly

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 30

THOUGH the requirements of the dairying industry are becoming greater every year, and the Primary Producers' Union is recognised as the…

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Farm & Station Homesteads—Rangers Valley, Glen Lines

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 29

The homestead, surrounded by neatly-kept gardens, at Messrs. Campbell Bros.' Rangers Valley Station, Glen Ittnes. (See article on page 33.) PHOTO: THE LAND…

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Scope for Improved Patsures in State's Dairying Districts

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 30

COMMENTING on pasture improvement and grassland management methods in vogue in New Zealand, Mr. J. Russell King, general manager of the Producers' Co-operative Distributing Society, told the annual meeting of that body that dairy farmers could greatly…

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Lessons of Pature Trials on Dairy Land

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 30

THE lessons gleaned from more than 800 trial plots of improved pastures on dairyfarmers' properties during 1937 were set out in a…

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With the Junior Farmers Clubs Current News and Notes

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 46

Vegetables at JUDGING of Gerringong Junior Farmers projects at Gerringong was carried out this week by…

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Rise of the Dairying Industry On Rich Dairying Lands the Coast Rapid Development Followed Early Settlers' Straggles

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 14

THE breeding, feeding and milking of the dairy cow were foremost in the minds of the first settlers in New South Wales, but it was many years after the first fleet sailed into Port Jackson that the dairy industry, as we know it to-day, took its rise…

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Pioneer Farm Organisation in Vanguard of Progress Fine Record of Service

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 12

ESTABLISHED 46 years ago to give united voice to many thousands of producers in New South Wales, the Farmers and…

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Pome Fruit Crop

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 47

On the basis of information supplied to the Marketing Bureau, the forecast of the current season's yield of apples and pears in New South…

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Birthplace of Farming in Australia

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 23

AUSTRALIA'S first farm was established at Sydney Cove, soon after the arrival of the first fleet, and contained about 9…

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A Section for the Poultry Farmer, Conducted by an Expert Poor Support for Some Classes at Parramatta Young Bird Show

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 41

IT is to be hoped that the clashing of show dates, which occurred last Saturday, will not be repeated throughout the season, as entries at the various shows are certain to suffer. Parramatta Poultry Club's annual young bird show was held at Granville…

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How a young Victorian Farmer's Invention Changed Wheatgrowing

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 21

A FEARSOME contraption, consisting of pieces taken from strippers and mowers, plus many hand-wrought parts of McKay's own design, was the first stripper harvester, invented just 58 years ago this month by Hugh Victor McKay, son of a Victorian farmer…

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Finance, Ally of Farming How Banks Helped in Development

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 19

A LTHOUGH primary production, as practised in the ages when the human race was gradually emerging from savagery, could be carried on…

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Leads the World in Farm Machinery

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 20

PROBABLY in no country in the world has the advance in primary production, coupled with the use of scientific farming methods and…

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Master Farmer Competition Field Day at Guyra

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 25

Some of the farmers who attended, the field day last week at "Crystal Brook," Guyra, the property of Mr. W. R. Drabsch, listening to an address by a departmental expert. Mr. Drabsch represented New England in "The Land" Master Farmer Competition last year, but owing to the unfavorable season the championship judaing field day zvas postponed until this month. (See report and other il[?] lustrations on page 34.) PHOTO: THE LAND…

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New England Farmers at Guyra District Field Day

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 34

Some of the visitors at the field day at Mr. W. R, Drabsch's property, "Crystal Brook," Guyra. Mr. G. T. Dawson (district agricultural instructor), wearing sun helmet, is explaining oafs variety trials…

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Mixed Farming the Solution of Our Agricultural Problems, says Expert

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 34

IT has become more and more evident during recent years that the only solution of many of our serious agricultural problems lies in the discontinuation of a policy of specialisation, either in grazing or cropping, and the adoption of a sound system of mixed farming," declared Mr. K. G. Carn, H.D.A., during an address at a field day held last week on "Crystal Brook," the Guyra…

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A Countryman S Dairy Random Notes From Will See the Outback

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 28

THE oversea delegates, who will be attending the British Empire Producers' Conference in Sydney at the end of March will have plenty…

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