Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
All overseas quotes are for Tuesday, March 31, 1942, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…
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5,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250
Want More Pool Payments For Wheat
The Farmers and Settlers' Association is to urge the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation to press the Commonwealth Government to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Indoor Cattle Show Is Praised By Stud Breeders
PRAISE for the manner in which this year's stud beef cattle exhibition had been conducted was unanimous by breeders who attended the dinner of the United Stud Beef Cattle Breeders' Association of Australia in Sydney last Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stud Cattle Net £13,924 End of Sydney Fair
At the stud beef cattle sales in Sydney this week, 148 bulls were sold for £13,260, and 10 heifers for £664, an average per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Around The Judging Ring At The Beef Cattle Show
BALES of wool provided effective barriers and grandstands at the indoor cattle exhibition. They were used as comfortable scats for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brokers' Views U.S.A. Wool Prices
WINCHCOMBE CARSON LTD., report: Prices for wool are showing a slight advance in the United States, Quotations for tops on the New York Futures market are…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Easter Cattle Fair Standard Is Maintained at First Indoor Show
STUD cattle breeders surmounted difficulties caused by drought, labor shortage and the abandonment of Royal Easter Show to stage a great exhibition of stud cattle in Sydney last week-end. The high quality of entries at recent Royal Shows was maintained by the cream of Australia's beef cattle studs and the response by breeders to the first indoor exhibition was most encouraging…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saving Time on Dairy Farms Less Labor Necessary if "Stripping" is Eliminated, says Expert Favorable Reports from Abroad
MANY arguments in dairying districts are likely to occur as the result of an announcement by an officer of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research that "stripping out" could be eliminated in the case of most cows…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Exhibition Proves Great Triumph Quality of Stud Beef Cattle Equal to Any Royal Show Standard Action of United Breeders Justified
TN the face of many difficulties, the United Stud Beef Cattle Breeders' Association conducted a successful exhibition in Sydney last Saturday. Entries were few short of Sydney Royal show standard, and quality of the stock was as good as could be seen anywhere in Australia. Staged in the Pyrmont wool store of the Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On and Off The Farm Farmers March On Ottawa
There is an interesting story behind the recently announced decision of the Canadian Government to increase substantially the price at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Land "Nations map 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, to 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. [?] 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. Thursday April 2, 1942. The Rural Manpower Problem
STATEMENTS made by members of the Executive Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association at their meeting in Sydney this week were evidence of the serious position into which the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoner Farm Wage Too High, is Claim
British farmers are complaining that the wage of 48/- a week to be paid for Italian prisoner labor on farms is too high, as it is only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Fear Govt. Control In War Planning of Agric
FEARS that proposals made at a recent conference of producers' organisations, called by the Agricultural Bureau of N.S.W., for the planning of agriculture, might mean Government control and eventually nationalisation of primary production, were made by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Section for the Poultry Farmer To Maintain Production of Eggs in Autumn & Winter
ALREADY a decline in egg production is being experienced, on many poultry farms. The falling-off has occurred not only with the hens but also with pullets hatched daring August. Green feed shortage and limited rainfall have no doubt affected production…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →To Assist In Control of Man-Power on Farms
MR. R. S. WILSON, manager of the Graziers' Co-op. Shearing Co., has been appointed by the Government to assist the Director-General of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motors & Motoring Farm Tractor
If plugs are worn, or dirty, or if the points are improperly adjusted, fuel consumptions is increased above normal. Plugs should be examined and cleaned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →P.P. Board's Criticised To The Editor, "Farmer and Settler"
Sir,—Kindly allot me apace in your w[?]read paper to voice a grievance that [?] landholders whether in a large or [?] way. I have before me an I write a summons…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →More Dairy Products Will Be Needed Allied Troops in to be Fed — Industry's Task Better Stock for Bigger Output
ALWAYS important in the economy of Australia, the dairying industry ranks even higher as the result or recent developments. Raw milk, butter, cheese, dried, concentrated and other processed milk products are needed to feed the rapidly growing Allied armies in the Commonwealth, and for export to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Good Sales From Valley Farm
VERY satisfaction sales of Jerseys have been made by Mr, P. V. Payne, Valley Farm stud, Upper Lansdowne, who is now booking orders for advance…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Use Farmyard Manure to Compensate for Superphosphate Shortage
"Dairy farmers would be well advised to make the best use of farmyard manure now that restrictions have been placed on the use of…
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