Wool Classer and Sheep Judge
Clarence K. Robertson, of "Avondale," Millwood Rd" Coolamon, has been granted an honor grade certificate for wool classing. In the 1941…
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Walking Wheat off The Farm As Pigs
MARGINAL farmers, in Western Australia are finding it more profitable to let the wheat they grew walk off the farm as pigs rather…
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"Grower": A has 500 bags of wheat in excess of 3000 bushels. Would it be in order for him to sell, to B, who is a pig and poultry farmer, at 2/…
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Sir,—You will see in every paper big headlines announcing that some grower has received a record price for his wool. I consider that…
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Mr. Harry Austin, for many years one of the loading wool buyers of the Sydney and Brisbane wool markets, recently retired. To mark his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Delay in Payment for Wheat Crop to the Editor of "The Land"
Sir,—Every few days the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully), through the Press, urges wheatgrowers to complete a questionnaire from, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney
All overseas quotes are for Wednesday, December 30th, 1942, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Losses From T.B. in Cattle and Pigs
LOSSES from T.B. in cattlc and pigs are said to be increasing in New South Wales, particularly on the North Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Discussion Careful Consideration To Be Given
Cable advices, received from London state that careful consideration will be given to the Australian suggestion for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grasshopper Threat To Next Season's Young Wheat Crop; Control Measures Vital How the scientist is helping the landowner to meet the threat of serious grasshopper plagues is revealed by the writer of this article who is an officer of the Division of Economic Entomology of the C.S.L.R. at Canberra. He issues a warning concerning the possibility of another serious grasshopper invasion of New South Wales and drows attention to the fact that if the weather is suitable in the Autumn, a third generation will hatch and its hoppers will threaten the young wheat crops
DURING the past two months reports have been received from country districts that make it clear that New South Wales is about to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Harvesting Potato Crop Without Drudgery; New U. K. Machine
A MACHINE that lifts potatoes and deposits them into a cart without the employment of any pickers has been successfully tried out in England. It is equivalent in output to a gang of 20 women, and is claimed to be more efficient…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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. Sabscription Rates: One year, is advance, 12/6; two years, is 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 returns of unsuitable matter. Cheques, money orders, etc, should be made payable to The Land Newsaper 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: Asioctate Editor: H. V. Bodd. A. G. Hudsea. Advertizing Manager: E. W. Carter. 57-59 Regent Street Sydney. Telephone: M £971. Telegrams: (3 lines) "The Land," Sydney. Friday, January 1, 1943 Vegetables and a Double-headed Penny
THE recent glut of many lines of vegetables in the Sydney market, accompanied by absurdly low prices, illustrates the weakness of the Federal Government's policy with regard to this vital matter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Star Letter of the Week The Mew Year and Farmers' Hopes to the Editor of "The Land"
Sir,—Most primary producers will not be sorry to see 1942 pass away. It has been a year of much trouble and serious economic loss for most men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Community Service Now Keynote of Work in Farming Districts
PRIOR to leaving this week on a visit to various central-western centres, Mr. C. C. Crane, Executive Officer of War Agricultural Committees, told "The Land" that, thanks to the co-operative spirit so markedly in evidence in rural areas, the deficiency in manpower…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Land Girls Are In Demand on Orchards & Vegetable Farms
DESSPITE the holiday, season members of the Women's Land Army have been leaving the city daily for farms and orchards and vegetable gardens in various parts of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alarm at Outbreak of Swine Fever Big Quarantine Area For Pig Farms Around Sydney Dept's. Drastic Control Measures
DEEP concern is being felt throughout the pip industry at the outbreak of swine fever at certain places in the outer metropolitan area of Sydney. It is 14 years since the last outbreak of the disease—the worst…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prospects For Maize Crops Are Bright
"MAIZE prospects for the coming season are excellent," said Mr. W. D. Kerle, specialist, Department of Agriculture, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fun On The Silage Pit Junior Farmers Tell How To Conserve Fodder Statewide Essay Contest
IN the recent State-wide essay competition for junior fanners, on the subject of fodder conservation, some highly creditable entries were received. The winners showed a wide knowledge of the subject and indicated their ability to give practical cffcct io this knowledge. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Fire Losses
A FIRE destroyed 200 acres of wheat, 100 tons of hay and 130 acres of oats on "Bloomfield," a property owned by Mr. Maurice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Light Apple Crop in Vic
Victoria expects a light apple crop owing to thrips infestation and because the blossom was light, or failed to set in many orchards. The pear…
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