Farmers To Discuss War-Time Control of Agriculture Combined Meeting Next Week
The Land · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 5
REPRESENTATIVES of N.S.W. producers' organisations will meet in Sydney next week to discuss war-time control of agriculture through the establishment of a Commonwealth body and the appointment of local committees of producers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Section for the Poultry Farmer Consider Egg Production when Breeding Poultry for Table
The Land · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 15
IN these days of strict economy poultry farmers should concentrate on breeds capable of good egg production, and at the same time suitable for the table poultry market. As egg production must always be…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Crop Outlook Improved by February Rains
The Land · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 4
[?] reports returned by the Division of [?] Industry from agricultural Instructors throughout the wheatgrowing [?] that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain May Help Some Maize Crops, But State Yield Should Be Low
The Land · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 4
Following the [?] [?] [?] [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Now Most Mechanised of Farming Countries, Is U.K. Claim
The Land · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 4
THE rather surprising claim that British agriculture is probably more fully mechanised than that of any other country in the world, is made by a writer in the British "R.A.S. Journal." He estimates that Britain now has about seven tractors per 1000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →20 Per Cent. Drop In Potato Crop Forecast
The Land · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 8
COMMENTING on potato crop prospects in this State, the Department of Agriculture, in a report this week, says that so far…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On and Off the Farm U.K. Agriculture Prepares For Post-War Fight
The Land · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 7
Despite the present drive for maximum war-time farm production, British farm organisations are not losing sight of the need for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →N.S.W. Dairy Produce Quotas
The Land · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 10
Dairy produce quotas to operate in New South Wales during March will be: butter, 47 per cent., and cheese, 42 per cent. The quotas are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Breeding Farm Stock & VETERINARY To answer your question, our veterinarian must know all the facts. Therefore, give full particulars of the malady when you write. Watch the House Cow for Signs of Tuberculosis
The Land · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 10
MANY people are greatly afraid that drinking milk from cows affected with tuberculosis may set up that disease in their families. Correspondents are constantly making inquiries especially as to the possibility of transmitting the disease to children by means of milk. They have every reason for anxiety on this matter. Several strains of tuberculosis exist, known according to the animal in which each is most…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farmers Hit At Charcoal Control
The Land · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 9
THE last meeting of the West Milby branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association decided to protest strongly to the Government against the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farmers Protest at New Charcoal Price
The Land · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 9
THE Cowra branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association has protested against the rise in the price of charcoal and the new system…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gas Units For Farm Vehicles In Outback
The Land · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 9
The Graziers' Association of Victoria has received advice from an authoritative quarter to the effect that no difficulty would be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Want Farmers and Workers to Combine
The Land · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 9
A suggestion that farmers and rural workers should get together to form one agricultural party in Britain after the war was made by a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Barley Crop An All-time Record
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 2
It is stated that Australia now has sufficient barley in hand to suffice for two years, so that the planting of even normal areas in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Home Vegetable Garden. How Long Do Crops Take to Grow ?
The St George Call · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 3
Not only do vegetable seeds vary greatly in the time taken to germinate, but the plants vary in the time they occupy In maturing a crop. Those householders…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Home Vegetable Garden. How Long Do Crops Take to Grow?
The Observer · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 5
Not only do vegetable seeds vary greatly in the time taken to germinate, but the plants vary in the time they occupy in maturing a crop…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Evacuation of Cattle
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 6
THERE will be no evacuation of dairy cows in production from the coastal areas. Such evacuation is, in the opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Market
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 5
Request for wheat for the produce trade was again slightly better, but the improved tone of Thursday's market for wheat for export flour was not maintained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Future For Axis
Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 5
OTTAWA.--Germany's efforts to avoid the effect of the British blockade are being hampered by the shortage of labor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dipping Clean Cattle Three Convictions Quashed
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 6
Mr. Justice Owen, by a Judgment delivered yesterday, overruled the recent convictions of farmers in the Grafton district…
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