What Wool Means to the Empire
THE sheep and wool industry was the oldest industry in the world, said Mr. J. F. Guthrie, wellknown authority on wool and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming & the land, 1945
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The Commonwealth Wool & Produce Co. Ltd
Mrs. V. M. Macansh, Harden, 25 s to £19/1/- avg £14/7/10. Est. late A. K. Butter, Trangie, 1 s £14/1/-. Hughes Bros., Trangie, 2 s £11/10/-. Est. late…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →War's Effect on The World Wheat Position
WAR conditions, according to Robert S. Post, of the U.S.A. Bureau of Statistics, have increased the use of U.S.A. wheat from the pre-war average of 720 million bushels to 1,300 million bushels (1943-44…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Expert Advises Use Of Poor Sheep As Pig, Poultry Feed
A CURRENT source of fedder for pigs and poutry, in the form of poor quality sheep unsaicable for human consumption…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Huge Wool Stocks Must Come Under Empire Control
AT the close of the 1914-45 wool season in Australia, there would be 6,000,000 bales of wool equalling about two normal clips, and a world carry-over of 10,000,000 bales, but loaders of the industry here believed that, by careful handling…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Survey Of Sheep Drenching Processes Made By C.S.I.R.
VARIATIONS in the course taken in the intestlines of sheep by liquids, administered in the process of drenching, are set…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Letters to the Editor Wheat Shortage Past "Target" Too Low
Sir,—A good deal has been said and written recently on the subject of wheat (the staple feed of the nation), which we Australians have assumed was grown in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reserve Stocks of Wool in U.S.A. Show Decline
THE United States Governments strategic reserve stocks of imported wool orlginally totalled the equivalent weights of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Scully Replies To F.S.A. President on Wheat Issues; 1945 Planting Hopes
"THE fact that an increase in wheat acreage is prevented by the Wheat Stabilisation Plan is taken by some to mean restriction." This statement is made by the Minister for Commerce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool, Empire's Greatest Asset Saved Lives of Countless Men in Allied Fighting Forces
AMONG drastic enactments to encourage the use of wool in the history of England was one made during the reign of Charles II., when it was ordered that all persons were to be buried in woollen shrouds. Bearing on this there is a curious entry in the register at St. Mary's Church, Andover…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Star Letter of the Week Farm Position Near National Tragedy. to the Editor of "The Land."
Sir,—Talk of withholding supplies of milk, fat stock or wheat from the market, even if it were not wrong in principle, is quite futile. If the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grazing Crop For Cows
"Dairyman": I have been in the habit of growing oats as green feed for my cows, but on account of being short-handed it gives me too much…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →F. & G. Appraisements The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co. Ltd. report
We submitted our Appraisement Catalogue No. 152 on Tuesday, January 9, the appraisement being finalised the following day. The offering comprised over 6,000 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Dairymen To Strike Deadlock on Price Issue
UNLESS a last-minute settlement occurs, a million and a half people in the Metropolitan areas of Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Better Prices Wanted for Farm Products
REEFTON branch of the F.S.A. decided at its last meeting to support the efforts of the general president, Mr. Cole, to secure…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On & Off the Farm What Is A Farmer?
In a recent Agricultural Brains Trust questionnaire conducted at the Heading (Eng.) Town Hall, the query "What is a farmer?" brought…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good Farming Gives Profitable Results
SOME 400 acres of wheat on Messrs. White Bros.' property, "Braymount," in the Boggabri district, has yielded about 25 bushels per acre—a good result in a year such as this, but the average yield over a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Support for System of Tenant Farming
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Continued on Trove, page 8 →Crop Rotations; Value Stressed
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