British Credit For Austrian Wool Purchase
A CREDIT has been arranged between British and Austrian banks for the purchase by Austria of £1,500,000 worth of wool,…
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One-Third Wheat Increase Continues Until March
The additional one-third increase in the wheat quota, granted last September because of the bran and pollard shortage,…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Sheep In Strong Condition Have Best Chance Against Worms
SHEEP in strong, healthy condition can withstand the effects of a worm infestation, even though they may be harboring…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Japan May Get Big Consignment Of Wool
THROUGH an agreement with the United States, Australia is likely to pass over to Japan £10,000,000 worth of second grade pool wool, it has been announced. As reported curlier, Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Honoring Promise On Marginal Wheat Areas, Says Minister
HAD New South Wales not been prevented by war conditions from completing its scheme for the adjustment of marginal areas, the money…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Wool Trade; Brokers' Reports Future Selling Dates
The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. Ltd., report:— Sales have continued in Brisbane this week on very similar lines to those…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Girl Wool Classer Tops Exam. in Southern Areas
MISS ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG, of "Dundoos," Murrumbateman, near Yass, who was dux of the final shedp and wool classing examinations conducted by the Technical College in the Southern Districts last year, was presented with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Money For Marginal Wheat Areas; Minister Defends Finance Plan
DEDUCTION from wheat realisations for 1945-46 to provide finance for marginal wheat area assistance was defended by the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Pollard) in a statement this week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Level of Wool Prices. War-time and Present Costs
Indications continue favourable for the sale of wool at the advanced prices recorded this season, state Winchcombe Carson in their report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Notes' from Victoria Growers Want Further Discussion On Wheat Bill
THE Wheat Stabilisation Bill was discussed at length by delegates to the conference of the Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Top Wool Prices Mislead Public; Graziers' Chief on Average Returns
THE top prices given for choice wools this season were misleading, said the president of the Graziers' Association of N.S.W., Mr. P. A. Wright, this week, as they gave a false impression of the returns received…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Sales and Black Market to the Editor of "The Land."
Sir,—What is a black-marketeer? In last issue of "The Land" blackmarketeers are reported as selling wheat to poultry farmers at 9/- and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plans Well Advanced For Sheep Association Fixes Dates Stud Properties And Closer Settlement
PROVIDED the King's Birthday is celebrated this year on June 16, the Annual Sheep Show will be held at the Sydney Showground on June 5, 6 and 7, and the annual ram sales will begin on Monday, June 9…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →F.A.Q. Standard For N.S.W. Wheat 62½lb a Bus
UNDER the usual system of weighing wheat samples from all over the State, with adjustments according to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Sales To U.S. To Exceed Pre-war, Says Growers' President
SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday.--Australia would sell more wool in United States than in pre-war times, no matter what happened to the tariff, said the newly elected president of the National Wool Growers'…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →18 Lost When Lifeboat Capsizes Ship Blows Up In Biscay Was Taking Wool From Australia
LONDON, Friday.--Two passengers and 16 members of the crew of the S.S. Samwater (7219 tons) were drowned when a lifeboat taking them from their abandoned ship…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →18 Lost When Lifeboat Capsizes Ship Blows Up In Biscay Was Taking Wool From Australia
LONDON, Friday.--Two passengers and 16 members of the crew of the S.S. Samwater (7219 tons) were drowned when a lifeboat taking them from their abandoned ship…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →F.S.A. President's Letter Sth. Aust. Ballot Complete Vindication of F.S.A. Attitude on Wheat Scheme
FELLOW PRODUCERS.—The result of the ballot of wheatgrowers in South Australia is a complete vindication of the attitude of the Farmers & Settlers' Association towards the Federal Government's Wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Nursery of Thousands Guinea Shorthorn Cattle Great Millhills Stud Outstanding Bulls Have Gone To All Corners Of The World Founder's Son Tells Story
AMONG the "best sires ever imported into Australia" in Shorthorns have been the Millhills. In their own country of Scotland, tho Millhills have become known as the thousand-guinea cattle, and the stud as the "nursery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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 be 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. Address business communications to the Manager, and literary contributions to the Editor. "The Land," Box 1558, G.P.O., Sydney, New South Wales. Board of Directors: W. C. Cambridge (Chairman), Hon. H. S. Henley, M.L.C.; E. Field; H. K. Nock; and A. Heath. Managing Editor: Asst. Managing Editor: H. V. Budd, M.L.C. A. G. Hudson, Advertising Manager: E. W. Carter. 57-59 Regent Street, Sydney Telephones: M 6971 Telegrams: (3 lines) "The Land," Sydney. Friday, January 31, 1947 Wheat Again in the Melting Pot
THE whole question of future wheat marketing is again in the melting pot. This was only to be expected having regard to the many unsatisfactory features of the Commonwealth Government's…
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