Aspects of Wool Plan Criticised
CRITICISM of certain aspects of the new wool disposal scheme is contained in a report made by Pitt, Son and Badgery…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farming & the land, 1946
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The Battle with Famine Wheat Production
Sir,—The "Herald" emphasises the urgent need for food production. War has brought its usual aftermath— famine. It is distressing to read of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Export Embargo on Merino Sheep; For and Against
After a long discussion, the Graziers' Association at its Conference decided to favour the retention of the embargo on the export of merino…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Standard Revealed In Sheep Sections At Cooma Show
COOMA's annual show last week was a great success. Stock were of good quality and the sheep earned praise from the judges. Entries of farm produce were restricted, as a result of unfavorable seasonal conditions. Poplar and willow trees on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Quotations. Overseas and Sydney. Thursday, March 14
All overseas quotes are for Wednesday, March 13, 1946, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S. Farmers Get Cash Crops From Soy Beans
SOY beans in the last six or seven years have become a very important crop in the corn belt of the United States and…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →World Famine Upsets British Farm Programme Crop Rotation, Stock Increases Deferred To Cereal Target
IN the fight against world famine, British farmers have bad to postpones a return to a better balanced rotation of crops and a plan to increase their livestock, and some farmers who have already sown clover levs or earmarked…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Compensation to Graziers for Strike Losses in Wool Industry
COMPENSATION for graziers for losses through A strikes, as a deterrent to and assistance in combating strikes was favoured in a resolution passed at the Graziers' Conference this week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →F. & S. Review of Wheat Prices and the Stabilisation Proposals
THE Treasurer of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. H. K. Nock) this week gave broadcasts over various country stations on the subject of wheat prices and the stabilisation proposals. The text of his statement, which was chiefly an exposition of views of the Executive Council, is given here…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cautious Note On Wool Price Optimism Way Open for Political Control
THERE was no justification for easy optimism about a payable price for wool being assured to growers for a long period of years, declared the president of the Graziers' Association of N.S.W. (Mr. E. L. Killen)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Breeding Farm Stock Veterinary To answer your question our veterinarian must know all the Incts. Therofore, give full particulars 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 veterinartan personally Growing Scourge of Black Disease in Sheep
DESPITE the fact that it has been frequently dealt with in these columns, there are still many people who know very little about Black Disease in sheep, the popular name for a disease which closely resembles that which is known in Europe as braxy. In view of the fact that the disease is slowly spreading, and is known in…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →President Praises Wool Disposal Plan Graziers Told Of "Outstanding Achievement Of Year" Political Control Is Feared
CREATION of a plan to dispose of Australia's accumulated wool stocks was described by Mr. E. L. Killen, president of the N.S.W. Graziers' Association when opening the annual conference in Sydney on Monday, as "the wool industry's outstanding achievement of the year."…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →F.S.A. Branch News Govt. Risks In Guaranteed Wheat Price Scully's Reply To Kamarah F.S.A.
GUARANTEED price of 5/2 f.o.r. ports involved a decided risk for the Government and a real contribution towards stabilising the wheat industry. This reply was given by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Countrywomen's Interests Wool Highlight Of Export Models New Colors Make Debut British Fashion Designers Stage Great Post-War Display
MORE than half the models designed especially for the export trade by members of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers and shown in their first post-war collections mm of wool, which wan used in many new and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Farm Building and Construction the Use of Elementary Carpentry Tools for the Amateur Builder (Part 2)
LAST week, in the first of a short series of articles on elementary carpentry for the amateur builder, we began with the choice of tools for the job. This week, the further use of tools is discussed. About the first tool the amateur…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Dairy Relief Plan
A plan for the relief of Sydney Milk Zone dairymen who have suffered drought losses was announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Pattern of Life for Jap Farmer MacArthur Smashes Feudal Landowning System
THE Japanese demobilization released 3,000,000 men, more than half of whom will return to their ancient pattern of life on Japanese farms, for more than SO per cent, of the entire population of Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Pests and Disease Hit Potato Crops
Rutherglen bug has attacked some potato crops on the Central Tablelands and Near Slopes, causing considerable damage, but recent rains…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Technical Education For Farm Youths
THE Walbundrie move to have technical education brought closer to the farms by means of motorised teaching units deserves Government support. Many reforms in the educational system as it operates in rural areas are called for and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Readers Views More Organisation of Farmers Urged to the Editor of "The Land."
Sir.—In your columns, Mr. Mark Sharman writes on production and taxation, and another correspondent, "Digger," world war I, has many well-founded statements…
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