All Stud Cattle To Be Judged On One Day At This Year's Show
AT this year's Royal Easter Show the beef cattle classifications of previous years will be retained, and there will be additional classes for Poll Shorthorns…
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How Germany Gets Wool Control Of South African Sales LONDON
The Capetown correspondent of "The Times" states: "Germany's almost monopolistic control of the wool sales is perturbing British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wants Change in Wool Marketing System to the Editor of "The Land."
Sir,—The wool question is a serious one, and mature consideration will have to be given to the method under which our product is marketed. I suggest that a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Glut. Search for New Solution. World Conference to be Called. LONDON, Jan. 12
The International Wheat Advisory Committee now meeting in London, has agreed to comvene a world conference to consider specific proposals for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →This Week's Sydney Wool Sales Encouraging Lift in Market Rates Up 5 Per Cent
AN improved tone in the wool market evident this week resulted in values rising from par to 5 per cent. on last…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →— on the Land — Lack of Profits. Wool Growing and Manufacture. Cutting Costs. Bradford, Dec. 17
Much has been heard in the last few years about the lack of profit in wool growing. Strangely enough there have been similar complaints about the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Readers' News The Editor is not responsible for the opinions of his correspondents. Corbett Strain of Corriedale Sheep to the Editor of "The Land."
Sir,—We must again ask permission to reply to Mr. J. B. Macfarlane's letter in your issue of December 30. We would like to assure your readers that we have the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →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, 12/6; two years, in advance, 23/.; three years, in advance, 34/-. Subscription to "The Land" includes the "Farm and Station Annual." Single copy, "The Land" 3d; single copy, "Farm and Station Annual," 2/-. 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 1558E, G.P.O., Sydney. New South Wales. Board of Directors: Hon. W. C. Cambridge, M.L.C., General Secretary, Farmers and Settlers' Association of N.S.W. (Chairman): Hon. H. S. Henley, M.L.C., General President, Farmers and Settlers' Association of N.S.W.; E. Field (Vice-President, 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 Telegrams: (3 lines) "The Land," Sydney. Friday, January 13, 1939 Buyers' Move for Cheaper Wool
THE statement by the President of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. Henley) regarding the marketing of wool, published elsewhere in this issue, merits the serious attention of all woolgrowers,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →First Wheat Bounty Payment of 3d. a Bushel Rural Bank Will Act As Distributing Agency £287,000 For Special Relief Instalment Plan Outlined
THE Rural Bank of New South Wales is the distributing authority for this State for both the home price wheat bounty and the relief money for distressed wheatgrowers. In a statement dealing with the distribution of this money, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three More Estates For Settlement; 39 Farms Available
THERE more estates, it is expected, will be available for selection this month under the Government's Closer Settlement Scheme. The estates…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tax on Farmer's Flour
"Flour Tax": Home two years ago I took 10 baps of wheat for gristing to a local miller and they offered to store the flour for me until I wanted it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming Methods and Results a Grower's Viewpoint. to the Editor of "The Land"
Sir,—In a recent issue the Director of Agriculture (Mr. McDonald) is reported to have stated that this year the wheat crop was a particularly good one, and he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers' Questions on Flour Tax and Home Price Bounty
MANY questions have been received by our Inquiry Department relating to the flour tax and the payment of the home price bounty. In view of the wide interest in this question we are publishing below a representative selection of replies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Most Insolvents Were Farmers
FARMERS easily outnumbered all other classes, of Australian insolvents for the year 1937-38. The recent annual report of the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Facts about FARMING in other COUNTRIES Farm Research in New Zealand
AGRICULTURAL research is more active in New Zealand to-day than it has been at any other stage in the Dominion's history. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Maize Crops Suffer
THE weather conditions during December were the most trying for maize experienced for many years, declares the Chief Instructor (Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Section for the Poultry Farmer Preventing Poultry Mortality During A Severe Heat Wave
DURING the past few weeks weather conditions both in the metropolitan area and throughout the country have been very trying, and the extremely hot weather has been responsible for serious losses of poultry. Heat waves occur practically every…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →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. Locating the Seat of Lameness in Horses
LAMENESS is about the most difficult matter to give advice on. Questions have frequently been submitted by…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →With the Junior Farmer Clubs Current News and Notes Dumaresq Comp. Winners
THERE is a growing interest at Dumaresq, and…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Purple Tax-Free Petrol for Farmers
FOLLOWING legislation passed by the Saskatchewan (Can.) Parliament last year, purple petrol, tax exempt for farm…
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