Should Be Able to Acquire Single Farms Plea for Soldiers to Get Land in Better Districts
The Land · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 3
RECENTLY Country Party members have made strong pleas in Parliament for soldier land-seekers to be given assistance to acquire single farms in the better areas of the coastal districts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Land" Master Farmer Competition Revival
The Land · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 3
THE Directors of "The Land" decided this week to revive the Master Farmer Competition subject to satisfactory arrangements being made as in the past. The Master Farmer Competition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Junior Farmer's Lamb Championship
The Land · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 3
Max Wooden, of Collengullic Junior farmers' Club, who was awarded first place in the 1945 Junior farmers' Pat Lamb Raising Project Championship. Max is shown with the flock raw awarded by the Rural Bank to the winner in this contest. Mr. E. A, Elliott, sheep and wool expert of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On & Off the Farm
The Land · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 5
Refrigeration Plus—A method for the preservation of fruit and vegetables over a period of years instead of just for weeks or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This Farmer Tried to Buy a Tractor; Fadden Hits Out
The Land · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 10
A FARMER whose crawler tractor broke down last week contacted seven Government Departments by urgent wire but failed to get a replacement in spite of the fact that a few days previously he had…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Progressive Farmer Contest; Winner to Be Announced in March
The Land · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 10
WINNER of the Progressive Farmer Competition will he announced at Orange on March 23. It is proposed that the five most…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →S. Coast Dairymen Want Higher Subsidy
The Land · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 10
SOUTH COAST dairy farmers are demanding 3d. per gallon milk subsidy for the months November and December, and 4d. for the month of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wild Ducks Destroy Rice Crops
The Land · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 13
THOUSANDS of wild ducks are invading the rice fields of M.I.A., and devastating the crops. One farmer estimates…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Rains Assure Big Pome Fruit Crops
The Land · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 13
Last week's rain in the apple and pour districts should ensure splendid crops of pome fruits round the Central Western Slopes, Batlow, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Our Poultry Section to Build Two-storey Poultry House on Up-to-date Farm Intensive System Favored
The Land · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 24
WHILE following the most approved methods of poultry management, Mr. M. J. Bray, of "Strathdoon" Farm, Rydalmere, is always on the lookout for still better methods, and has obtained remarkable…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Week's Markets Reviewed Dairy Produce
The Land · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 26
Sussex Street Prices (Wholesale Market). The State Marketing Bureau reports:- BUTTER: Production again declined slightly. Sales continue at 169/4 per cwt.. including 2/6 per…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Grafton Hotel-keeper a Successful Farmer Rural Electricity Champion
The Land · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 13
IT is doubted if there is a more highly-mechanised or efficiently-run farm of its size in the State than Mr. W. T. Robinson's Crown Farm, on Southgate Rd., near Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Green Crops Can Be Sown Next Month
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 12
GREEN feed is a most Important item in the diet of poultry and no efforts should be spared to provide a continuous…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tobacco Crops As Opening For New Settlers
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 20
TOBACCO growing could be a fine post-war occupation for many returned Servicemen. said the Minister for Customs (Senator Kenno)…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →New Hay Baler Delights Scone Farmer
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 20
MR. Lambert Latham Ellerston Scene, who recently purchased a Case pick-up hay baler from the Gemmell Tractor Co. Pty Ltd., Sydney said he is delighted wiht the machine, adding:"I think it is nearly perfect."…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Factors For Success With Beef Time And Study Needed Herd Bull Banished When First Calf Crop Arrives
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 19
THE nucleus of many of our most prominent herds has been assembled from scratch in a surprisingly short time, developed with equal dispatch and expanded to where there was justification for annual sales, the majority…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Farm Tractors Entangled In Red Tape "Many Fingers In Pie" Delayed Releases Mar Food Production
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 5
SHOCKING lack of co-ordination between Government departments was preventing rural producers from stepping up food production to the necessary extent, said the leader of the Australian Country Party…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pea Vine Silage Makes Good Feed For Dairy Cows
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 4
LARGE areas of peas are now grown for canning and, with modern machinery, the green peas are mown in the field and carted direct to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junior's Crop Beats District Average
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 13
RUSSELL PICKER, who produced a plot of Algerian oats estimated to yield 2-tons, b-owt. per acre, has been awarded first place in the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farmers’ Loans At Low Interest Rate
Tribune · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 7
NEW low interest rates for Commonwealth Bank loans under the reestablishment and employment regulations in respect of agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →