Sydney Beef Cattle Show Stud Breeders Support War-Emergency Fixture
The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 11
THIS year's beef cattle exhibition in Sydney will be purely a business affair. Divested of all the carnival spirit associated with the usual Sydney Royal Show, the character of this year's exhibition, to be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →By adopting a better rotation of crops, including a more liberal use of Italian rye grass and red clover in favorable localities, the Australian farmer will help win the war by maintaining maximum production with a minimum of cost and effort. This Pasture will Step-up Production & Improve Soil
The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 5
A TEMPORARY pasture sward that is becoming very popular in the better rainfall areas of the Southern Tablelands and South Coast is Italian rye grass and red clover. This pasture is a particularly quick grower and gives a large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Govt, to Assist Voluntary Evacuation of Stud & Young Cattle from Coast
The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 4
THOUGH anxious in the first place to maintain full production in coastal areas, and consequently no disturbance of cattle in production is contemplated at present, the Commonwealth Stock Dispersal Committee favors the lightening of coastal area stock and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Champion at Crookwell Show Outstanding Sheep Exhibited at Crookwell's War-time Show
The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 17
IN deciding to hold its annual Show this year, the committee of the Crookwell A.P. and H. Society was largely guided by last year's success, when patriotic funds benefited by over £343. Profits from the 1942 fixture are also for patriotic purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Minister at Variance With Industry on Wool Storage Plans to Meet Emergency
The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 6
ACTION of the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) in deciding to proceed with the establishment of additional wool appraisement centres in country centres and to construct central storages away from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm Labor Problem Has Still To Be Solved; New Exemption List
The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 2
ANNOUNCEMENT of the latest list of reserved, occupations, and the classification of industries in order of priority according to their importance in a total war effort, has not created any great degree of confidence among primary producers that adequate labor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →May Restrict Oil Fuels for Use on Farms
The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 1
A WARNING that restrictions may be imposed on the use of petrol, kerosene, and diesel oils for use on farms has been issued by the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Feeding American Troops Is B ig War Job For Australian Farmers Need for Planning Food Production
The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 1
THE announcement of the arrival in Australia of American troops in "considerable numbers" underlines the necessity for immediate action being taken to plan the food production of the Commonwealth. For some time leaders of primary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →How Do You Run the Farm While the Boys are Away?
The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 1
Thirteen-years-old Mervyn Unger, of "Stony Hill," Parkes, does a man's job by working this team on the farm of his father ami brother while his brother is away in camp. How ore YOU running your farm in these days of labor shortage? "The Land" will be interested to hear how you are meeting this problem—by adjusting your farm programme, by curtailing operations, by increased use of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Section for the Poultry Farmer Now Is the Time to Select Your Season's Breeding Stock
The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 17
EVERYONE associated with poultry realises that the show season will be very limited, both in the metropolitan and country areas this year, therefore the opportunity to inspect stock at these exhibitions, especially the the Sydney Royal Show will be unavailable…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Breeding Farm-stock & VETERINARY To answer your question, our veterinarian must know all the fact. Therefore, give full particulars of the malady when you write. How to Detect Some Internal Parasites of Dog
The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 16
WORMS are so prevalent in dogs that very few are found on examination to be free from them. They cause a great amount of harm, particularly in puppies and young dogs generally. When one considers how dogs are…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Successful Junior Farmers at Show
The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 6
The Minister for Lands (Mr. J. M. Tully) presents his own cup to Irene Cleaver, most successful exhibitor of jams, jellies, preserves, etc., in the Junior Farmers' section at Crookwell Show, On the right is Mom Gray, most successful girl Junior Farmer of the Show. Max Weir (in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Land "Nations way battle and the world rock with revolution, but the land will care for him who caves for it." Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Officis, Organ of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales. Subscription Rates: One vear, in advance, 12/6; two years, us advance, 23.; three years, in advance 34/-. Subscription to "The Land" [?] 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. The responsibility can be accepted for the return of manuscript, but when stamp is [?] every effort will be made to ensure returns of [?]table matter. Che[?] money orders, etc., should be made payable to The Land Newspaper Ltd. Address [?] communications to the Manager, and Sterary contributions to the Editor "The Land," Box 1558E, G.P.O. Sydney, New South Wakes. B[?] 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 Ed[?]: Associate Editor: H V. Bodd. M. A. H. Laidlaw. Advertising Manager: E. W. Carter ADDRESS; [?] Regent Street, Sydney. Telephones: M [?] Telegrams: (3 lines). "The Land." Sydney. Friday, March 20, 1942. Why The Americans Are Here
The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 8
THE annoncement that [?] United States land and air forces have arrived in Australia and that General Macarthur, who distinguished himself in the defence of the Philippines, has been appointed to the supreme…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On and Off the Farm Shorthorn Judge Is Well Known
The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 10
Mr. W. R. Ross, of Boorgama, Coldstream, Victoria, who will judge the Shorthorns at the beef cattle exhibition in Sydney, is well known…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →How To Detect Blight In Potato Crop
The Land · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 14
IRISH blight in potatoes usually first appears in the lowest areas in a paddock. It is readily recognised by its…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →1850 Miles in Cattle Boat
Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 3
Graphic story of a perilous 11-day voyage across 1850 miles of the Indian Ocean in a cattle boat is told by an American…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DALGETY & Co. Ltd. Wool Report. SYDNEY, March 19
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 2
The present period of the State's pastoral history stands out as one of great anxiety amongst most woolgrowers and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Land Bigger Demand Likely Wool and Mutton
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 5
The arrival of American forces in Australia should prove of benefit to the sheep industry. Trooos need mutton and lamb,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Sheaf Lasts Out Hectic Finish Phoines Fails in Eclipse by Head
Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 12
MELBOURNE, Saturday. --Getting to the front soon after the turn, Wheat Sheaf either led or shared the lead all the way until the last few strides, and then narrowly won the first division of the Eclipse Handicap at Ascot…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wheat Sheaf Lasts Out Hectic Finish Phoines Fails in Eclipse by Head
Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 12
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Getting to the front soon after the turn, Wheat Sheaf either led or shared the lead all the way until the last few strides, and then narrowly won the first division of the Eclipse Handicap at Ascot…
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