Picturesque Farm Home
The homestead at "Karraree," Exeter, the property of Mr. W. A. Msckay, a well-known city business man, is set in ideal surroundings, and framed by trees. See story, page 6…
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5,331 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250
New War-Time Crop Good Results at Cootamundra With Tas. Blue Field Peas
MR. M. C. ROBERTS, of "Hillside," Cootarnuudra, has had good results with contract production of Tasmanian blue field peas for the Army. An area of 10 acres of old…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Award Still Operates For Last Year's Crops
Although the Whent Harvest, Employment Commission ceased to function on January 26, it has been officially explained that the wago…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Further Call-up of Rural Labor Urged Agric. Council's Decisions on War-Time Farm Control 5,000 Acres More of Rice
CANBERRA, Thursday.—A decision to recommend to the Commonwealth Government that there should be no further call-ups of rural labor was made by the Australian Agricultural Council at its Canberra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trees and The Farmer 30 Varieties of Trees on This Millthorpe Farm
IT might interest readers of "The Land" particularly those living in the Orange district, to know that I have more than 30 different kinds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collective Farming for Aust. 3. Collective Ownership; How Plan Could Be Started In the third article in the series on collective farming for Australia, Mr. M. Robertson deals with the question of collective ownership of farming land, which he says is the logical outcome of the adoption of community living contres, and collective farm working, discussed in the previous articles. These articles, which are based on recent broadcast talks, are being published by "The Land" by kind permission of the Australian Broadcasting Commission
ONCE collective working is thoroughly established the next step forward, to collective ownership, should be a natural one, and much…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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. All inquiries should be addressed to The Land Newspaper Ltd., Box 1558E, C.P.O., Sydney, and not to our veterinarian personally. Hernia Is Common Among Growing Pigs
HERNIA, or rupture, is quite a common accident among pigs, especially in growing pigs. Much can be done to put matters right if the start is made early enough. Rupture is commonly a condition in which a coil of intestines protrudes through the abdominal wall and lies immediately beneath the skin…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →All-Electric Farm Producing Vegetables on Large Scale Remarkable Project at Woodville
"IT is quite the most remarkable venture of its kind in the State; in fact, the only one I have seen or know of," declared Mr. G. T. Dawson, senior agricultural instructor, Hunter River Valley, to "The Land" yesterday, when discussing Mr. R. M…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The need for a more accurate assessment of farm production costs, thus enabling a fanny's net income to be determined, is now being more widely recognised by Australian primary producers. In the past there has been for too much guesswork by farmersin determing their costs and income. For that reason the action of the Division of Agricultural Economics, of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture, in making a survey of the production costs on farms in certain areas of the State, will be welcomed. In the following article, written specially for "The Land" Mr. W. H. Pawley, one of the Department's economists, deals with some of the problems that have to be faced in accurately measuring costs of production. Measuring Farm Costs and Income; Economist Discusses Some Problems
READERS of "The Land" "will have noted with interest the cost of production survey now being carried out in the Berriquin Irrigation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On and Off the Farm High Carrying Capacity Of Small Property
Mr.J. F. Foord, "Wongajong," Go[?]bum, has a small property with a frontage to the Wollondilly River. Its carrying capacity proves that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers Charged Excessive Interest (From Our Special Representative.)
CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Mentioning that it had been brought to his notice recently that some of the rates of interest charged primary…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Trees for Farmers
T.H.": Seeing an article in "The Land" on three-growing, can yon tell me where I can procure young seedlings? Does the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Excellent Crop of Prunes at Young
PRUNE crops in the Young district this season are among the heaviest this area has ever produced. On several orchards it is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Death of Well-Known Inverell Farmer
By the death, at 69, of Mr. E. J. Campbell on his farm near Inverell last week the Farmers and Settlers' Association has lost a Hlalwart…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sale of Dairy Stock
At "Bonnie Doon," Brungle, on Wednesday, February 24, n sale of 60 picked dairy cattle will be held on account estate late D. J. McGruer. The stock comprise Jersey…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Dairy Output To Be Higher
Dairy production in NSW this year will be much higher than it was last year, chiefly because of favorable seasonable…
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LONDON, Thursday.--The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. R. S. Hudson) warned today that he might have to use compulsion to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Farm Wards Claimed Only "Juvenile Slaves"
Allegations that State wards, placed on farms by the Child Welfare Department. Were juvenile slaves used to break down working conditions," and that in country and suburban districts they worked 70 to 80 hours a week for as little as 152 a month, banked to their credit, and 6s a week pocket money, were made at the inaugural meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Window-dressing" and Wool
Senator McLeay dealt very severely in the Senate this week with the country wool storage and appraisement plan…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney
All oversea quotes are for Thursday, February 18, 1943, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…
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