Post-war Period Australian Wool Appraisement
It is reported from Canberra that the Minister for Commerce, Mr. Scully, is seriously considering inviting New Zealand and…
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Speed-up In Issue Of Wheat Quotas
THE Executive member of the Wheat Stabilisation Board (Mr. F. M. Cullen), who was in Sydney this week, said that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Questionnaire Form Is Not Wheat Quota Advice
MANY wheatgrowers who are receiving forms to be filled in with respect to quota payments, are taking these forms as being a final…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Growers Should Not Surrender Rights To Wool Dealers
PRODUCERS' organisations should stress the folly of growers sun rendering to dealers their rights to wool retention monies, equalisation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Press For Full Payment On Last Season's Wheat
THE Farmers and Settlors' Association is to press the Federal Government for prompt payment of the outstanding balance on the 140,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Growers' Right To Split Sale of Wool; Price Variations
MR. B. COLE, in a report to the F. & S. Executive thin week on the operation of the Central Wool Committee, said great opposition had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Post-war Marketing of Wool; Growers Urge Early Action
A FIVE-YEAR post-war marketing plan for wool, under which Britain would buy the clip at a flat rate basis of 15½d. a lb. (Australian currency) plus ½d. a lb. for appraising the clip, and an equal share in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Growers Opposed to Country Wool Appraisement Centres "Political Move" by Govt
ALTHOUGH growers' organisations were not in favor of increased inland wool appraisement centres, because of extra costs in appraisement, increased number of appraisers, man-power, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Surcharge on Local Wool Purchases; Govt's Action Who Benefited by Re-fund?
ACTION of the Federal Government in over-riding the decision of the Central Wool Committee and reducing the surcharge on local wool purchases from 25 per cent. to 10 per cent., was strongly condemned by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Costs Burden on Farming Index For 1911 & 1942; Startling Comparison More Money But Less Goods This is the fourth of a series of special articles being written, by Mr. T. H. Bath, of Western Australia, on the economic position of the primary industries in relation to general national policy. In this article he compares an index of farmers' costs which he has prepared for 1911 and December, 1942. He reveals that farmers' production and living costs have shown an enormous increase in the past 30 years. He emphasises that based on this farm costs index wheat growers should have received £25,000,000 more for the marketable harvest of 153 million bushels of wheat in 1941-42
IN preparing the graphs and tables showing the actual and parity prices for wool and wheat, I took great care to make them precise and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On and Off the Farm Tall Tomato Plants
Cullen Bros., of Bunglegumbie, Dubbo, have selected a variety of Tomato which grows to a height of 15ft. and yields very heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Land "Nations may battle and the world rock with revolution, but the land will care for him who cores 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 he 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. A. G. Hudson. Advertising Manager: E. W. Carter. 57-59 Regent Street Sydney. Telephones: M 6971. Telegrams; (3 lines). "The Land," Sydney. Friday, January 22, 1943. Do You Know Your Production Costs?
THE outcome of the cost of production survey about to be made in western Riverina irrigation areas by the Economics Division of the Department of Agriculture will be awaited with interest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Payable Price as Bask Farm Policy
The only policy asked for by producers during the war is a payable price for all commodities produced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breeding Farm Stock & VETERINARY To answer your question, our [?] must know all the facts. Therefore, give full particulras of the malady when you write. All inquiries should be addressed to The Land Newspaper Ltd., Box 1558E., G.P.O., Sydney, and not to our veterinarian personally. Swine Fever Outbreak; Hints For Pig Raisers
OF all the diseases which affect pigs in Australia none is capable of causing more loss than swine fever. After an absence of 14 years this disease has once more appeared in oar herds, and, apparently, the infestation is a heavy one. Many people are already taking a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Payable Farm Prices Before Wage Award
THIS week's meeting of the Exceutive of the Fanners and Settlers' Association decided to protest strongly against any further operation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Harvested Big Cherry Crop
Pictured here are some of the Land Army girls who helped to pick this season's large cherry crop in the Young district. They were billeted at the Young Shoxvground and ivcre loud in their praise of the excellent camp conditions prevailing there. This photo zvas taken at Mr. E. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Visits by U.s. Army Men to Farm and Station Homes Suggested
A commendable move is being macle to enable men of the United States Army now in Australia to visit various N.S.W. country homes, with the dual objects of acquainting them with rural Australia, and at the same time, providing them with healthy activity…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Boy Scouts' Work on Guyra Farms
"Boy Scouts are doing a fine job of work in the Guyra district, the organiser of District War Agricultural Committees. Mr. C. C. Crane, said…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Britain's Butter Needs
The United Kingdom's dairy produce requirements for the current season are 70,000 tons of butter, 10,000 tons of dehydrated butterfat, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Butter Price Producers Seek Increase
LISMORE, Friday.—Immediate application for an increased price to Australian butter and cheese producers will be…
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