Wheat Position Calls For Drastic Action, Says Fed. President
IN a recent statement the president of the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation (Mr. Powell) urged drastic action to remedy the alarming…
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Flour Combine Profits Rules Wheat And Bread Industries SYDNEY, Feb. 1
Vince Helby, a well known baking trades worker, in an interview today welcomed the decision of the Wheatgrowers' Protection Society of N.S.W. to establish its own flour mills to compete with the existing associated mills…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Sales Dull Tone Best Types Improve After Weak Opening
COMPETITION at this week's Sydney wool auctions was rather dull on the opening day, but showed some improvement on subsequent…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Future of the Wheat Industry and a Simple Stabilisation Plan An Epistle of Peter Snodgrass
THE statistical position in regard to wheat has readied and exceeded the point where natural forces can be expected to save the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →F.S.A. News & Notes General Secretary's Letter Will Hake Close Survey of Wheat Industry Problems
IMPORTANT questions relating to the wheat industry, both as regards the home price scheme and marketing generally, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Higher Wheat Yields Follow Use of Zinc Sulphate Victorian Claims Tests by N.S.W. Department at Edgeroi
THE possibilities of using zinc sulphate as an aid in the production of wheat are being tested by the Department of Agriculture on the property of Mr. Noel Barrett, Edgeroi…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Re-opening of Country Silos, Says Minister This Season was a Severe Test for Bulk Wheat Handling System Growers Advocate Thorough Review
IT was announced by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Reid) this week that country silos would not be re-opened for the receipt of wheat this season, and that growers should make their own arrangements to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Around the Northern Beef Cattle Studs Goonoo Goonoo Shorthorn Stud Enlarged-Good Hereford Team from Bexley—Blacks Thrive on Lucerne—Veteran Devon Breeder—Ivanhoe Hereford Stud's Advance
PEEL River Land and Mineral Co. Ltd.'s Goonoo Goonoo Beef Shorthorn Stud at Tamworth has been enlarged considerably since last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Policy Assists Farmers, Is Claim of Rural Bank Sale Action Is Avoided Where Possible
"WHEN borrowers, who are in financial difficulties through circumstances beyond their control, evidence a desire, to retrieve their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Want Larger Silos & Stacking Sites
CONDITIONS existing at the Narromine grain in elevators during the recent wheat harvest were discussed at the last meeting of the local branch of the Fanners and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South-Westerns Settlers Ready to Leave Farms
A MESSAGE from Lake Cargelligo states that many Hillston farmers are preparing to vacate their properties under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Boys for Show
The Royal Agricultural Society has decided to extend invitations to 30 members of the N.S.W. Junior Farmers' Clubs, 10 members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Farmers' Party for England?
THE formation of a Farmers' Party in England, with direct representation in the House of Commons, was suggested by Col. C. D. Roe, President…
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"Farmer"; Would a farmer who sometimes works on wages, also does shearing, etc., be charged Federal State or Special Income tax on these…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Junior Farmers on Tour
So successful was a tour of tableland districts by North Coast junior farmers last year that a simitar tour was organised this year. Thirty-five young farmers, under the aegis of Richmond River District Council of Junior Farmer Clubs, are now visiting northern inland areas, including Glen Innes, Inverell, Tamworth, Armidale and Guyra. Here they are at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Land "Nations may battle and the world rock with revolution, but the land will care for him the cares far 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 ana 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, February 3, 1939. Big Changes in U.K. Agriculture
"CONDITIONS here (the British Isles) are moving rapidly to the point where our organisations must be prepared to set up commodity councils, if action under statute by the United Kingdom Government is to be avoided."…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairymen Roused Over Sale of Butler Substitutes Campaign to Check Growth
THE growth in recent years in the manufacture and sale of butter substitutes is being regarded with concern in dairying circles and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Section for the Poultry Farmer Good Housing is Essential If Best Results are Desired
WHILE the summer weather is still with us it will be a good plan to consider whether new housing is required for last year's pullets or for additional slock. Poultry housing is a matter of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Facts about FARMING in other COUNTRIES Paper Used to Make Cheap Silo
A NEW and cheap method of making silage from surplus grass, by the construction of a cheap silo, is among recent, experiments being…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farming in Britain. "Swift Action Needed." New Minister's Speech. LONDON, Feb. 2
Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, in his first speech as Minister for Agriculture, said that if Britain was to achieve the expansion of food production from her…
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