Digging for Victory as Done by English Farmer
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 4
FOR the past two years "Dig for Victory" has become one of Britain's catchwords, with the result that the most densely, populated and, for its size, highly Industrialised country in the world, has become practically self-supporting…
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The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 3
The Minister for Agriculture, on the recommendation of the N.S.W. Dairy Products Board, has determined the following quotas to operate during April, 1943:…
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The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 3
EIGHT dairy farmers, all of whom are shareholders, supply the milk to Erinna Co-operative cheese factory at Stoney Creek, five miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Good Jerseys on Well Run Farm
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 3
EFFICIENT management is the keynote of the dairy farm owned by Mr. John J. Jessop, Deep Creek, Memboka…
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The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 4
MANY tractor drivers appear to be under the impression that the task of liming the engine is such a difficult one that they hesitate to attempt it. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Essential Farm"
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 6
AN "essential farm" is defined by the United States Manpower Commission as one which has at least 12 dairy cows, milking or dry, with a minimum annual…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deer Forest To Farm
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 4
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A. E. D. Anderson has given 12,000-acres, comprising about the entire Glen Etive deer forest, Scotland, for farm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Society MR. A. Larking Appointed Chairman
Nepean Times · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 1
AT a meeting of the Board of Directors of Nepean Co-operative Dairy and Refrigerating Society Ltd. on Tuesday, Mr Alex…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leger And Post Pictures Of Last Saturday's Meeting At Randwick at the Leger—farm Novice HANDICAP—About 1 Mile
Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 6
AT THE LEGER—INGLEBURN NURSERY HANDICAP (1st Div.).—About 6 Furlongs AT THE LEGER—INGLEBURN NURSERY HANDICAP (2nd Div.).—About 6 Furlongs AT THE LEGER—BERALA HANDICAP—About 1¼ Mile AT THE LEGER—GLENFIELD HANDICAP.—About 6 Furlongs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wheat Position
The Land · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 7
Sir,—Field officers of the Agricultural Department' state there will be a very great reduction in the area sown to wheat this year. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ONE-MAN BULk Unit for Harvesting Wheat Operated on Yarrabandai Farm
The Land · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 1
HOW a wheatfarmer operated a bulk handling unit during the recent harvest on his property and was able to strip and cart the whole of his crop from 650 acres without any outside labor assistance, has been told by Mr. Eric C. Powell, senior instructor in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On the Land Dry Pastoral Conditions Pests Increasing
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 3
Most of inland New South Wales is now very dry, although conditions are not so serious as on the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 3
All overseas quotes are for Wednesday, March 24th, 1943, and arc to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Restriction on Butter Action Expected Later in Year
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 7
Dairy industry authorities consider that the rationing of milk will be followed later in the year by curtailment in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hight Quality Horses and Sheep at Crookwell Show
The Land · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 6
IN deciding to hold the annual show in 1943, the committee of the Crookwell A.P. and H. Society was guided, by the success attained last year. All profits of the society during the war are given to Patriotic funds, and £300 was raises as a result of the 1942 exhibition…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →4,000,000 Sheep for Dehydration and Canning Each Year
The Land · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 8
REFERRING to the war-time supPly and treatment of mutton; the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin), in a statement this week, said canning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Coast Dairymen Face Crisis Manpower or Tractors are needed to avert Disaster To arert a serious disaster in the South Coast dairying districts the Government must either release sufficient manpower to keep the farms working or else make available a number of tractors to cope with the ploughing needed to ensure fodder following the present drought. That opinion was expressed by farmers to a special correspondent of "The land" who recently toured parts of the South Coast dairying districts now in the grip of a serious drought
The Land · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 3
FROM Bega to Singleton the coastal areas of this State to-day are in the grip of a drought that, a commencing in 1939, has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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 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. Addiess 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, March 26, 1943. Yes, Another Warning!
The Land · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 4
FOLLOWING a long meeting of the Food Council this week, the Minister for Supply, Mr. Beasley, warned Australians (yes, another warning) that they would have to accept regimentation of their food…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Export Markets For Farm Products; Abbott's Query
The Land · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 2
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A suggestion that Australia should discuss with the United Kingdom Government the question of British markets for our primary products, or that the Federal Government should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Petrol Worries
The Land · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 2
Some people living in country districts are only able to make two trips a month to the nearest town owing to their low petrol allowance. This…
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