Homebitsh Stock Sales Thursday Sheep Firm to 1/- HIGHER
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 20
The State Marketing Bureau reports: Sheep and lambs offered at austion at the Home bush saleyards yesterday totalled 41,810. The quality generally was only fair. In the grown…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Aust. Wheat Crop Exceeds 200 Million Bushels Big Lift in Harvest As Grain Is Delivered N.S.W. CROP 76 Million Bushels
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3
THE chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Mr. Clive McPherson) said this week that it appeared likely that the Australian wheat crop for 1939-40 season would approximate 204,000,000 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Don't Sell Wheat Scrip, Is Advice To Growers
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 4
DURING his weekly broadcast from 2GZ on Monday night, the Deputy Leader of the Federal Country Party (Mr. Thorby) advised wheatgrowers to deposit their wheat scrip with the bank and collect their advances as they became payable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Africa to Buy Our to Wheat Our Own Cable Service
Daily News · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3
CAPETOWN, Thurs.--It is announced that permits have been Issued by the Control Board for the importation of 500,000 bags of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Market News and Reviews of the Week Brokers' Views American Wool Consumption
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 20
WINCHCOMBE, CARSON LTD. report: A downward variation has recently been experienced in wool prices in the United States. The New York futures ton market for May…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →W.A. Growers Urge Meeting of Aust. Wool Federation Appraisement Plan Criticism
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3
DISSATISFACTION with the price and various features of the wool appraisement scheme, was expressed by the wool executive of the Primary Producers' Association of Western Australia at a meeting called to discuss the scheme with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Price. Basis Revealed. Control of Supplies. LONDON, Feb. 1. (A.A.P.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 10
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply, Mr. Llewellin, replying in the House of Commons to a series of questions, said that after…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Board Chairman on Wheat Outlook Warning To Growers on Likely Price Average Shipping Problem Still Acute
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 4
DISCUSSING wheat price prospects after a meeting of the Australian Wheat Board late last week the chairman (Mr. Clive McPherson) said that if stocks of unsold wheat held by the Board could be sold at a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Breeding Farm Stock & VETERINARY Influence of Vitamins on the Health of Stock
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 12
THE term vitamins refers to certain constituents in food which, although they occur only in very small amounts and have no caloric value, are nevertheless valuable and even essential for the maintenance…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Post-war Plans for Farming Agric. Council Debate
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2
THE question of post war planning in respect of agricultural industries will be considered generally at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Farm Sidelines
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2
The growing of sabsidary lines on farms to help solve present marketing problems and [?] in war-time economy was [?] an a feld…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Section for the Poultry Farmer Young Stock Require Special Attention in Next Few Months By an Expert
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 13
EARLY in the month of February special care should be given to the management of young stock in order to keep them in good health during the rest of the summer. This month is usually very humid; and a heat wave, which is likely to play…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Inland Master Farmer Field Day March 8
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 4
THE principal prizes won in the Inland Zone of the 1939 Master Farmer competition are to be presented at a Field Day to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Not Responsble for Bushfires Farmers Defended
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3
DENIALS by leaders of farm organisations that farmers were responsible for most of the bushfires that caused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Scrap Iron To Help Patriotic Fund War Appeal to Producers
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2
A PLAN is being prepared by Mr. Thorby, M.P., for scrap iron to be collected by farmers and graziers from their properties and forwarded for sale, the proceeds to be donated to one of the patriotic funds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mounting Farm Costs Cause Alarm in H.Z.
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 22
ACCORDING to the National Bank circular there is much unrest among farmers in New Zealand, particularly in the dairying industry…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Dairy Stock on Show at Wollongong
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 9
Champion Australian Illawarra Shorthorn group and grand champion dairy cattle group, at Wollongong Show, exhibited by G. E. Chittick. The champion A.I.S. bull, "Parkview Factor," is on the left. Licut.-Col. D'Arcy Francis (Commandant, 2nd Armored Car Regiment, in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Improved Accommodation For Junior Farmers at Show Camp Movement Makes Good Progress
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 7
THE secretary of the R.A.S. (Col. Somerville) informed a meeting of the Junior Farmers' Club Council last Friday that the military authorities had granted permission for the junior farmers' Show camp to be held at a new building, instead of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy Breeds Showed up Well at Wollongong
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 7
THE South Coast farm and dairy districts are in need of good rain, and this was the principal reason for the limited supply of farm produce,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Barley Held on the Farm; Board Issues Warning
The Land · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 19
THE Australian Barley Board has issued a warning to growers concerning barley held on the farm. The Board says it is apparent that…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →