Growers Favor Wool Being Held on Farms In Emergency Against Country Storage Plan
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2
A CONFERENCE of wool industry representatives, called by the Central Wool Committee, expressed opposition to the proposal for wool appraisement centres to be established in country districts or for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cheap Wool-a-Downs 128
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 14
Wool-a-downs are warm and cheap to make. Ask Dad for a black fleece, or any rough wool will do. Shake well and place in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dorset Horn Rams for Qld High Quality Butter
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 16
Mr. G. R. Shepherd, of "Wheeo Homestead," Wheeo, via Crookwell, this week despatched a line of 20 Dorset Horn ranis to a buyer in the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Wool Position Appraisements and Storage
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2
It is stated that wool authorities in Australia consider it impracticable, under emergency conditions, to substitute a number…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Want 16d. Minimum Price For Wool
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 16
The Executive of the Wheat and Wool Growers' Association of Victoria has decided to ask the Woolgrowers' Federation to seek a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Plans For Post-War Marketing of Wool
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 8
IN addition to the plan explained by Mr. H. K, Nock, evidence on post-war wool marketing was given at the recent meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Use of Tractors on Coastal Dairy Farms; Build Fodder Supplies
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 6
A SUGGESTION that contract tractor plants should be operated by dairy factories on farms in the South Coast to relieve the manpower…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Industry Must Face Drastic Restriction Many Growers Will Be Hit
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 1
DRASTIC wheat acreage restrictions, with, in some cases, the removal of wheatgrowers from their farms for the duration of the war, are expected to follow the conference which commenced in Canberra…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aust. Wheat 11/- a Bush. in Palestine to the Editor of "The Land"
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 5
Sir,—I attach a cutting from a newspaper. It is self-explanatory, and to my mind calls for some explanation from some of our heads…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Encouraging Slipshod Wheat Handling; Reader Critical of Complaints on Silo Control to the Editor of "The Land"
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 4
Sir,—At a recent meeting of the executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, complaints were voiced vegavding the management of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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, February 20, 1942 Pruning Wheat Production
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 6
THE Commonwealth Government should lose no time in making up its mind on the question of restricting wheat production in Australia this year. Cropping programmes are now engaging the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Must Have Labor to Maintain Farm Production Third Line of National Defence, Says F.S.A.; Rural Manpower Problems
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2
"THE necessity to care for livestock and maintain production is important and the essential labor for this purpose has already been depleted far more than is wise in the national interest."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rice Crop Making Splendid Growth
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 3
RICE crops throughout the M.I.A. have made splendid growth during the hot conditions and despite the excessive amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Must Organise Strongly; 'Sammy Beeswing' Answers Critics to the Editor of "The Land"
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2
Sir,—Please let me reply to the letter writers in "The Land" last week re my statement that "the fault lies with the farmer himself."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stud Ewes on Gunnedah Farm
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 8
Some of the stud Corriedale ewes on Mr. C. H. Beeson's property, "Leyburn," Gunnedah. The stud was founded on "Bonnie Doon" (J. M. Phelan) blood. PHOTO: THE LAND…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On and Off the Farm U.S. Soil Erosion Campaign Is Getting Results
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 7
The Americana are making a spirited, well planned and effective attack on the problem of soil erosion. Not the least important factor in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shortage of Fencing Material Hits Farmers
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 19
The serious shortage of fencing material is having a big influence on the development of irrigation, states Mr. E. W. Bowmaker, agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →"Sound Future For Dairying Industry"
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 4
THE opinion that the future from the dairy farmers' point of view was reasonably sound, was expressed by the president of the Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →64-acre Block Paid for by One Crop at Armidale
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 10
WHEN a portion of Gostwyck Station, Armidale, was made available for closer settlement in 1909, Mr. J. T. Elliott purchased 380…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Trek From Farms In South-West
The Land · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 9
MR. J. G. BALLANTYNE, agricultural instructor in the West Wyalong district, reports that a number of clearing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →