17,500 Coastal Cattle Could be Accommodated in Tumut District
Arrangements have been made to accommodate 17,500 milking cows in Tumut district, should the need arise to evacuate dairy cattle from the…
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Muttama Valley Lucerne Fattens 10 Sheep per Acre without Irrigation
THE Muttama Valley, from Brawlin to Wambidgee, is in a normal year one of the most productive areas in the State. Lucerne flats in summer without irrigation are capable of carrying and fattening ten sheep to the acre, and in winter, on barley grass and trefoil, 4 to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Less Dockage on Wheat; Dept. Says New Policy Responsible
FOLLOWING an analysis of f.a.q. wheat for the 1941-42 season the Chemist's Branch of the Department of Agriculture says that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boonoke & Wanganella Estate Sale Rams Are High Class; Wool Growth a Feature
ALTHOUGH the consignment of Boonoke and Wanganella Estate rams for the forthcoming Sydney Stud Sheep Sales is reduced in number, the quality of the sheep is much higher. The special stud Boonoke ram No. 208 is an outstanding sheep, and probably the best ram sent down by the Boonoke Stud for some years…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Perishable Farm Products Have Not Been Declared
Livestock, poultry, and perishable primary products are not covered by notices issued this week under National Security (Prices) Regulations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Move Yet By Govt. on War Control For Farming
SO far no definite announcement has been made by the Commonwealth Government on proposals for the creation of a national organisation for the co-ordination and planning of rural production during the war, as agreed to by the recent conference of producers'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Farming Hit By Labor Shortage
Difficulties are now being experienced by agriculture in the United States because of the shortage of farm labor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clean up the Farm Man-power Mess, or Australia May Go Short of Food
IN the handling of the unprecedented situation that confronted Australia after the start of the Japanese war, blunders were bound to occur in the tremendous job of re-organising the whole nation so that the absolute maximum of effort could be exerted both through the armed forces and through the necessary war and other industries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On a Southern Stud Farm
Some of the 150 breeding ewes at Hannett Bros' Linden Valley Southdown Stud, Cunningar. (See story on Page 13.). PHOTO: THE LAND…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On and Off Farm Yankee Soldier Trains On Milk
Like many athletes the American army trains on milk. Milk appears to be the most popular beverage among American soldiers in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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/-. Subscriptions 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. 57-59 Regent Street, Sydney. Telephones: M 6971. Telegrams: (3 lines). "The Land," Sydney. Friday, April 17, 1942. Absurdities of the Brown-out
MOST people are willing and anxious to co-operate whole-heartedly in whatever measures are deemed necessary to assist in the defence of Australia, but the absurdities of the "brown-out" imposed on a great part of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Section for the Poultry Farmer Chance To Market Table Poultry at Good Prices
THE Sydney poultry market is on the upward tendency for good Quality birds. In a normal season table poultry consignments, both from city and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Big Vegetable Drive (Continued from page 1) Dept. To Run State's Largest Vegetable Farm
The N.S.W. Department of Agriculture is itself undertaking large scale production of vegetables as well as sponsoring the general…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Good Rains, but Maize Crop Light
Very good rains experienced throughout the maize-growing districts in March will be of considerable benefit to growing crops, reports…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Potato Crops Much Below Average
THE N.S.W, main potato crap will yield between 25,000 and 30,000 tons, the chief instructor of the Agriculture Department (Mr. H. C…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Batlow Farmers Keen
Batlow farmers arc keen to engage in vegetable production, provided arrangements can be made for extending irrigation facilities…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Why a Wheatgrower Advertised for Farmhand at £2 p.w. and Keep. To the Editor of "This Land"
Sir,—Recently we inserted in your paper an advertisement for a farm hand, wages £2 per week with keep, From this advertisement I received a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Collective Farming in the Soviet Union-How It Operates
Many people in Australia have heard that Collective Farmig exists in the Soviet Union, but few have anything but the foggiest! notion of what this means. No doubt the absence of trading and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labor for Rice Crops
CANBERRA, Friday. --Representations by the Commerce Minister (Mr. Scully) have enabled skilled laborers to be released from the Army…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor for Rice Crops
CANBERRA, Friday.-- Representations by the Commerce Minister v (Mr. Scully) have enabled skilled laborers to be released from the Army…
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