Master Farmer Trophies To Be Presented at Field Day Function Arranged at Yanco
The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 2
ROPHIES zvon in connection with the second Master Farmer Competition, conducted by "The Land" and the Farmers and Settlers' Association in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, zvill be presented by the Minister for Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Walla Farmer's Success in Topdressing Pasture
The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 6
Splendid results from topdressing pastures has been obtained by Mr. E. J. Gros.se, of "Orange Grove," Walla Walla, 1937 winner of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers to March on London?
The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 6
THROUGHOUT England strong dissatisfaction with the agricultural policy of the British, Government has been expressed at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mixed Farming to Beat Soil Erosion Community Settlements Advocated by Noted English Authority 'Best Hope', Science Congress Told
The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 7
THE best hope for the prevention of soil erosion lay in mixed farming, where both livestock and grain were produced, and where grasses and clovers necessarily played an important part, declared Sir John…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stripping a Ten-Bug Crop in N.
The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 5
A yield of 30 bushels per aero was secured front this flattened crop on the farm of Mr. H. Bailey, "Karittala," Emerald Hill, by the use of a Horwood Bagshaw 14ft. power drive Imperial header, hauled by a McCorinick Decring diesel tractor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Closing Up The Farmers' Ranks
The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 11
THE conference of representatives of producers' organisations in Australia, to be held in April, might well prove to be a turning point in primary production throughout the Commonwealth. The object of 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 car ex 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, 12/0; two years, in advancc, 23/-; three yeurs, in advance, 34/-. Subscription to "The Land" includes the "Farm and Station Annual." Single copy, "The Land," 3d; single copy, "Farm and Stution Annual," 2/-. Contributions are invited and will be paid for on publication. No responsibility can he accepted for the return of manuscript, hut 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 1853E, G.P.O., Sydney, New South Wales. Board of Directors: Hon. W. C. Cambridge, M.L.C., General Secretary, Fanners and Settlers' Association of N.S.W. (Chairman); lion. if. S. Henley, M.L.CGeneral President, Farmer and Settlers' Association of N.S.W.; E. Field (Vicc-President, Fanners and Settlers' Association); W. W. Killen; and II. K. Nock, M.I'. Mannfjink Editor: II. V. Budd. Associate Editor: M. A. II. Laidlaw. Advertisiiik Manager: E. W. Carter. ADDRESS: 57-59 Regent Street, Sydney. Telephones:.M 0971 Telegrams: (3 lines) "The Land," Sydney. Friday, January 20, 1939. Canberra Cold-Shoulders Weather Prophet
The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 11
THE criticism of Mr. Inigo Jones's weather forecasting methods by Dr. E. Kidson, New Zealand Government meteorologist, at the Science. Congress this week, will not deter this public-spirited Queenslander from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Consistent Junior Farmer
The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 8
Douglas Blow, winner of the J.unior Farmer' Club vegetable growing State championship in 1938, scored another success recently when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Farming Agreement
The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 13
Subscriber:" B" made an agreement with "A" to act as caretaker of a property in return for the tight to farm it for three yearn. Shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wants Limit on Home Price Bounty; Helping Small Farmer
The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 11
Dear Peter.-I'm very sorry that you didn't sec the position of this wheat bounty on home consumption price as it appears to inc. I notice that "Inky West" also thinks…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Our Readers' Views The Editor is not responsible for the opinions of his oorresoondents. Farming Methods To the Editoe or "The Land"
The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 12
Sir,—Backing cp J. X. Scott's tetter in last issue: I bad good fallow for 1937, pfcnsed early in May. Hid I stripped it I may have coc one besfcd per acre, but I…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →No Junior Farmer Team for U.K. This Year; Poor Financial Support
The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 12
OWING to lack of financial assistance by the clubs themselves it will be impossible to send a team of junior farmers from New South Wales to the English Royal Show at Windsor Park this year…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Canada Supports Empire Farm Policy
The Land · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 12
Saskatchewan (Canada) Wheat Pool delegates, at their annual meeting- at Regina recently", fully endorsed tlie decisions of the Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farmer Is Labor Candidate S.A. By-Election ADELAIDE
The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 3
The by-election for the State seat of Light (vacated by ex-Premier Butler in order to contest Wakefield) takes place on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Were Misled, Farmers Claim
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 2
The debt-burdened wheat-growers of the south-west were not the victims of go-getting land salesmen, but had bought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poultry Farmers Ask £20,000 Grant
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 5
Poultry farmers yesterday asked the Government for £20,000 to help them recover from losses suffered in the heatwave and bushfires…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japan's Imports. Wheat and Wool Decline. TOKIO, Jan. 19
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 8
Imports of wool into Japan in 1338 were valued at yen 94,426,000, a decline of yen 203,978,000, compated with the value in 1937. When imports amounted to yen 9,560,000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cleaner Wheat Crop Sought
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 6
A cleaner New South Wales wheat crop is the aim of the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Held). He has urged the farmers to adopt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Young Woman Breeds Cattle
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 6
Miss N. O'Brien, of Albury, has stepped Into the ring as a breeder of Guernsey cattle. She is under 21. and a member of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Stocks Increasing Farmers Ask For More Silos
The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 5
Silo construction to accommodate accumulating wheat stocks of the Slate is proceeding continuously, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Reid)…
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