No Decision By Govt. on Wheat Guarantee
NO decision has been arrived at yet regarding the future of the wheat price guarantee. The matter will be discussed by the…
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Full Compensation for Cattle Lost in Dipping for Ticks
Full compensation will be paid to owners for loss of animals as a result of injury or arsenical poisoning associated with dipping during the tick…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dairy Farmers in "Hopeless Position"
"The dairy farmer's position is utterly hopeless," declared the president of the Primary Producers' Union (Mr. G. W. Gordon) this week, when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To Place a Bottom In Post-War Wool Market; Nock's Control Plan
A SCHEME for the control of wool marketing in the post-war period, after the expiration of present British wool purchase agreement, was outlined this week by Mr. H. K. Nock, to a special meeting of a committee of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Acrage or Bushelage Basis for Wheat Gurantee Payment Varying Plans Being Discussed By Growers
SOME misunderstanding appears to have arisen among wheatgrowers concerning the basis of proposals for wheat stabilisation now being discussed by producers' organisations in the different States…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Advice to Mrs. Brown the Second: You Will Still Have a Farm Long After the Munitions Industry Has Closed Down
WHEN Peter Snodgrass began discussing the merits or otherwise of a city life for Mrs. Brown's daughters did he realise that he was touching some country people on a rather raw spot—that longing to get away to a city with all its alleged advantages? I say alleged, but know that many of them are real, but some, I think, are illusory…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Prisoners For Farm Work
THE War Cabinet has approved the principle of employing prisoners of war on works in which manpower shortages are acute. It is likely that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers To Fight Sydney Plan For Wyangala Dam Not Enough Water for All
THE proposal now being considered by the State Government for diversion of water from the Wyangala dam to the Wollondilly River, to relieve the water shortage in Sydney, is strongly opposed by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers Criticise Control of Silos; Charge of Incompetence
THE manner in which the authorities usurped the right to decide the opening and closing dates of the silos was criticised by delegates to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →McGillivray New Chief Dairy Instructor
The appointment was announced last week of Mr. George McGillivary, assistant herdmaster in the Department of Agriculture, to the position…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Summer Fodder Crops Under Irrigation; Their Relative Merits
A QUESTION often asked is which is the best summer fodder crop for irrigation—Japanese Millet, Sudan Grass, or Sorghum? These are annual summer fodder crops which can be sown from the end of October to early January, and provide a bulk of fodder during…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Land "Nations may battle and the world rock with revolution, but the land will care for him who cares 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, 12/6; 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 and Settlers' Association of N.S.W. (Chairman); Hon. H. S. Henley, M.L.C.; E. Field (Vice-President, Farmers and Settlers' Association); H. K. Nock: and A. Heath. Managing Editor: Associate Editor: H. V. Budd. 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, January 23, 1942. Interest Rates Still Too High
THE decision of the private banks to cut the interest rate on overdrafts, where it is in excess of 5 per cent, by 2/6 per cent, is welcome, but borrowers everywhere will wonder why the ruling rate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On and Off the Farm Bulwark Against Drought
With drought stalking the State, and water supply becoming an acute problem in many districts, it is refreshing to learn of the progress…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Gladstan" Stud Farm
Ah the proprietor, Mr. G. M. Harris, of the "Gladstan" Stud Farm, is in hospital, orders for autumn chicks from this stud have now to be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Section for the Poultry Farmer Opportunity To Make Money From Autumn-Hatched Chicks
METROPLITAN poultry breeders may have limited scope this season to develop the autumn chick business, and the country grower has, therefore an opportunity to specialise in this type of chick r[?]aring. Autumn hatching may be seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Breeding Farm Stock&veterinary To answer your question, our veterinarian must know all the tacts. Therefore, give full particulars of the malady when you write. This Type of Horse is Wanted as Remounts by the Army
IT is now pretty clearly recognised that an army takes a long time to create, however suitable the human material may be for its formation. A number of untrained men not properly equipped or disciplined is only a mob…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →C.w. Cropper Plate May Be Dropped
A J.C. COMMITTEE today is dis- cussing the programme for the Autumn meeting, when there will be only three days' racing instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →C.w. Cropper Plate May Be Dropped
A.J.C. COMMITTEE today is discussing the programme for the Autumn meeting, when there will be only three days' racing instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →C.w. Cropper Plate May Be Dropped
A J.C. COMMITTEE today is dis- cussing the programme for the Autumn meeting, when there will be only three days' racing instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →C.w. Cropper Plate May Be Dropped
A.J.C. COMMITTEE today is discussing the programme for the Autumn meeting, when there will be only three days' racing instead of…
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