Aust. Wheat Harvest Lowest For 20 Years
ACCORDING to a statement just issued by the acting Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver), the Australian wheat harvest for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming & the land, 1941
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Over 1½ Million Bus. of Premium Wheat
DURING the past harvest in New South Wales, a total of 580,000 bags of wheat secured cash premiums under the system…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broomhall's View of World Wheat Surplus Problem
"ALTHOUGH the war is undoubtedly a limiting factor in the world demand for wheat, it is only a secondary cause of the rapid, bewildering…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Wool Earnings. Profits Reduced by Drought
During 1940, the money paid for wool by the British Government in Australia totalled approximately £72,000,000, a record amount for a year. That total includes the value at which 4,200,000 bales handled were appraised and the equalisation payment of 8½ per cent. made last July…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Canada Has Huge Output of Wheat; Control In Argentina
IN a review of the international wheat situation, just issued by the acting Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver), it is pointed out that the final estimate of wheat production in Canada in 1940 amounted to 551 million bushels, the Dominion's largest output for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Helps with Winter Fashions Knitted Jumpers For Parties
If you had worn a knitted jumper to a dance a year or two ago... a very smart formal dance, every woman in the room…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →1940-41 Wool Prices. Average 12.25d. Payments to Growers
Wool appraised in Australia so far this season totals 2,458,314 bales, valued at £39,338,967, of which growers have received £34,081,807…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Post-war Wool Marketing Problems Planned Control Wanted When Appraisement Ends
IN view of the serious problems likely to face the wool industry in the post-war reconstruction period many woolgrowers are pressing for action to be taken now to ensure that some form of controlled marketing is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Refrain from Undue Criticism of Wheat Plan, Growers Urged Foundation for the Future
AN appeal to farmers in refrain from undu[?]y cri[?] the present wheat stabilisation scheme was made by Mr. W. C. Cambridge, M.L.C., peneral secretary of the Farmers and Sethers' Association, speaking at the Currabu[?] branch's annual prize-piving might last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Will Discuss War-Time Problems at Armidale Next Week
MANY aspects of primary production and marketing under war-time conditions will be discussed by practical farmers and experts of the Department of Agriculture and Sydney University at the annual district conference of the North West Agricultural Bureau, to be held…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Come What May, the British Farmer Will Stand Fast; He Will Not Fail the Empire
THERE is a great deal more than meets the eye behind the resolution cabled last week by the Farmers and Settlers' Association to the National…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Excellent Prospects for Potato Crops
Potato crops throughout New South Wales are in excellent condition, and prospects at this stage have never been better, reports the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Section for the Poultry Farmer Light Sussex is a Good Dual Purpose Variety By an Expert
THE Light Sussex breed of poultry is looked upon by the majority of poultry keepers as suitable only for the table. This is far from the truth, although its table qualities are superior to those of other breeds. This breed would gain greater…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Breeding Farm Stock & VETERINARY Better Feeding is Need in Animal Industries
IN the last issue of "The Land" Mr. W. H. Heywood, of Boggabri, gave our readers his experience of stock feeding during a drought. Mr. Heywood's contribution is of more than average interest and value, for it covers a period of several years, and his methods have evidently become his ordinary farm routine…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Junior Farmer Movement Makes Progress; More Pigs Being Kept
MEMBERSHIP of junior farmers' clubs throughout New South Wales during the past year has increased by more than 900, and the number of clubs has increased by 20. The number of project activities carried out by members has increased by over 1300…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On and Off the Farm Junior Farmers Help The War Effort
The work of junior farmers throughout New South Wales, in assisting the war effort in dozens of different ways, is an example to older…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soil Analysis And Crops
"M.G.M."—The Department of Agriculture advises that it is difficult to determine the suitability of a soil for the growth of subterranean cover and Wimmera rye gras[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →DAIRYING. Curtailed Production
No part of the dairying districts of New South Wales escaped the drought last year and few areas came through 1940 without losses which gravely shook the economic…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Flying Squatters Save Sheep
WHEN a drover with more than 5000 head of sheep camped at a waterhole near Cunnamulla, he reckoned that,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Holocaust Among Cattle Deaths From Dipping
LAST month, at Wallangarra, N.S.W. Queensland border town, a mob of cattle was dipped to kill ticks on each of…
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