British Dairy Farming. Stimulus to Breeding
The war has had a stimulating effect on dairying in Great Britain, the need for maximum production being realised throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming & the land, 1941
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Canada May Be Forced To Limit Wheat Acreage; Huge Surplus
THE possibility of acreage control having to be introduced in Canada to deal with the surplus wheal problem in the dominion is referred to by the British "Corn Trade News" in a recent issue. The paper points out that Canada's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Problems Loom for Wool Industry in Post-war Period
PROFESSOR CLUNIES ROSS will be only too glad to have his "gloomy views" on the future of the wool industry refuted by facts. He said this to farmers attending…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Only Small Wheat Export Surplus This Year; 62 Million Bus. Delivered
ONLY about 22,000,000 bushels of wheat will be available this year from the combined crops of the last two seasons for sale as export wheat from the whole of Australia. Thin information was made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Curb Wheat Expansion Only Normal Acreage To Be Permitted; Growers Warned
IT has been officially announced on behald of the Wheat Industry Stabilisation Board that no expansion of wheat acreage will be permitted this season. It is hoped that this explicit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Govt. Does Not Favor Review of Wool Price; Britain's Problems are Stressed
REPLYING to a request by the Primary Producers' Association of Western Australia for a review of wool prices under the Imperial purchase scheme, the Minister for Commerce (Sir Earle Page) says the Government considers that the present time is not propitious for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Wool for Storage in U.S.A. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (A.A.P.)
The D.S. Government reported that about 45,000 bales of Australian wool, destined for storage in the United States, had already arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Items of Interest for Countrywomen Go Round the Clock with Wool Treat for Women at R.A.S.
THIS year there will be a special attraction for women at the Royal Agricultural Show. The Australian Wool Board, in conjunction with manufacturers and retailers, is planning a Temple of Beauty in which…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Low Crop But High F.A.Q. in Victoria
The Victoria f.a.q. wheat standard for 1940-41 season has been fixed at 64¼lb. to the Imperial bushel, the highest standard for the last 10 years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Breeding Farm-stock&veterinary Modern Stock Draw Heavily on Soil Minerals
ALTHOUGH, judging from press reports, little that is as not already well-known was discussed at the Armidale Conference of the Agricultural Bureau, there were some frank admissions from various speakers. It was frankly admitted, for example, that our soils are being depleted every year by withdrawing from them minerals calcium, phosphrous, and nitrogen…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farmer's Living Standard
The annual report of the Central Hunter District Council of the P.P.U. asks how long it will be before the man on the land is given the right to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drought Relief; Farmers' Complaint
SPEAKING at the annual meeting of the West Milby branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, the Secretary, Mr. J. N. Scott, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conserve Soil if Farming is to be Permanent & Profitable
SOIL conservation was essential if the rural industries of New South Wales were to be permanent and profitable, said the director of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Water Vital Need for Continuity of Farm Production
PUBLIC Enemy No. 1 in Australia was drought, declared the Minister for Commerce (Sir Earle Page) at a water conservation conference…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Section for the Poultry Farmer Continual Changing of Male Birds is Not Wise Practice By an Expert
WITHIN a month or so, many poultry farmers will be on the lookout for new breeding stock, especially on the male side. Some farmers do not breed their own stock annually, but specialise in securing day-olds or other young stock…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Former Sussex Man Wins Out on Farm in Northern N.S.W.
IN his own words "sent out from England to die in Australia," Mr. R. W. Brown, a former Sussex farmer, has won back health and strength on his wheat and sheep farm, "Willow Vale," Currabubula. He spent eight years by the seaside…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pool Selling of Farm Products Will Continue After the War
"THE war is bringing home to producers the merits of organised marketing, and I perdict that pool selling, in some form or other, will remain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria's Senseless Flight To Melbourne is Creating Cemeteries of Abandoned Farms
IF it is true—and we have been told so often by impassioned writers in the city press that it is true—that the inefficiency of the farmer himself is the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seasonal Conditions are Good in All Dairying Districts
WITH a luxuriant growth of pastures and fodder crops, and stock in good order, every dairying district in the State is enjoying a good season. District dairying instructors,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Junior Farmers are Praised By Minister
THE rapid growth of the Junior Farmers' movement was convincing proof that the rural education of country…
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