Growers Ignored on Wheat Acreage Plan, Is Charge
THE Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) was strongly criticised by speakers at the meeting of the F.S.A. Executive last week for not calling a…
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No Evacuation Yet of Any Cattle from Coast, Govt. Decides
Though the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) stated recently that the Commonwealth Government would assist financially in evacuating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters Wool Appraising To the Editor of the "Herald."
Sir,—I have always been, and still am, a strong advocate of decentralisation, but there are some business activities, the decentralisation of which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Market News and Reviews Brokers' Views Crossbred Wool Needed
WINCHCOMBE, CARSON LTD. report: War-time circumstances decidedly favor the consumption of crossbred wools because of their special demand for military purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →'Land' Prize Winner is Soldier, Farmer
Vincent J. Fagan, winner of "The Land" prize for best practical student in second year Agriculture at Hawkesbury Agricultural College,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£40 Per Ton Broom Millet Crops Profitable at Tumut
Broom millet, grown extensively in the Tumut district, is one of the main crops of Mr. R. McGrath, "Vinewood," Tumut. He also has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Favor Use Of War Prisoners
The use of prisoners of war in rural activities was supported by the Orange district council of the F.S.A. at its last meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Will Supply Seed to Plant 100,000 Acres of Linseed Guarantee to Buy Crops
TO overcome the threatened serious shortage of linseed, Meggitt Ltd., chief importers of linseed, have decided to provide seed to sow approximately 70,000 acres in New South Wales. 20,000 acres in victoria, and 10,000 acres in South Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Against Declaring Farming Essential Industry
THE decision that at present it was undesirable and impractical to declare farming an essential industry under the National Service Regulations was made at a recent conference of the New Zealand Government and representatives of primary producers and rural…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Super. Delivered In Inferior Bags, Is Farmers' Complaint
COMPLAINTS that secondhand and inferior quality bags were being used this year to deliver superphosphate were made at a meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vic. Crop 47 Millions
Victoria's last wheat crop yield is now officially estimated at 47,000,000 bushels—7,000,000 bushels above normal and 13,000,000 bushels more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Co.'s Move To Meet Labor Shortage
A scheme by which land was ploughed and pit silos excavated on behalf of farmers who were given 12 months in which to pay for the work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers To Make Urgent Plea For Mortgage Bank
LAST week's meeting of the Executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association decided to make further representations to the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Section for the Poultry Farmer Wet & Dry Mash Systems of Poultry Feeding Compared
THE system of feeding adopted during the low production season, and also the feed given birds completing the moulting period, needs special attention. While the birds are passing through this stage it is unwise to try experiments With feeding…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →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.0., 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, April 10, 1942. "Cold Realism" and Overseas Service
AN obviously inspired report from Melbourne in the "S.M. Herald" this week announced that the provisions of the Defence Act restricting compulsory military service to Australia and its territories will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Call For Empire U.S. Farm Unity
A SUGGESTION that farmer[?] organisations in Britain, t[?] Dominions and the United States[?] should immediately form an…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Artificial Breeding to Re-stock Farms
After the war, Britain's sphere of influence as the wotld's stud farm might be Immensely widened by artificial breeding methods, Dr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Rice Crop
The Murrumbidpree Irrigation Area rice crop, now almost ready to harvest, is expected to yield 46,000 tons about twice Australia's normal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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. Many Working Horses are Inadequately Fed
MANY of the working horses on farms are most inadequately fed. They are run in from a grass paddock, put to hard work, and become in a short time as poor as wood, to use an oft-quoted expression. A farm horse, properly fed and worked in a reasonable way, should actually put on muscle though doing a full day's work for long periods…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stocking Europe's Empty Farms When Invaders are Driven Out
WHAT conditions are likely to be met with on Europe's farms and small holdings when the Nazis have been driven out? First, It is important to remember that in Western Europe, at any rate,…
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