Wheat Quotations. Overseas and Sydney. Thursday, February 27
All overseas quotes are for Wednesday, February 26, 1947, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…
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Prices Show Good Rise, But Few Store Sheep Are Available
FEW attractive lines of store sheep are on offer in New South Wales, but northern and north-western sales concluded during the past week indicate a rise in values of 5/- to 10/- per head…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Wool Up 10 p.c. at Newcastle Sales
NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Except for super-spinners and medium crossbreds, prices were 10 per cent. higher at today's wool sales, compared with the last series…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Tenterfield Farmer's Fine Record in Dairying
MR. W. ("BILLY") HELLIWELL of "Lingadell," Tenterterfield, has a meritorious record in dairy farming and breeding stud Jerseys. In pre-war years he won-dairy farm competitions, pasture…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Farmer Says Complete Reshuffle Is Needed
To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler." Sir,—The letter in your issue of February 14 by Mr. George Johnson, Taylors Arm, via Macksville, gives a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Notes from Victoria Growers Want Information On Wheat Plans
VICTORIAN Wheat and Wool Growers' Association had consistently advocated an International…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →M.P.s Seek N.Z. Wheat Deal Inquiry
CANBERRA, Thursday.— The adjournment of the House of Representatives was moved to-day to discuss the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fine Display of Stock, Produce at Queanbeyan Merryville Sheep to the Fore
IN the Block section at last week's successful Queanbeyan Show, cattle, pigs, poultry and all classes of horses were represented. Features of the pavilion were timber exhibits by the Forestry Commission, of New South Wales and work…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Breeding Farm Stock Veterinary To answer your question our veterinarian must know all the facts. Therefore, give full particulars of the malady when you write. All inquiries should be addressed to "The Land" Newspaper, Box 1558, G.P.O., Sydney, and not to our veterinarian personally. How to Deal with Cattle Bloat Every cattle-owner is acquainted with hoven or bloat. So dangerous is this particular form of acute indigestion, however, that no slockowner should be ignorant of how to deal quichly with the condition, or otherwise the affected animal is almost certain to die
Bloat, in addition to causing a collection of gases in the rumen filling it to distension, produces a paralysis of the walls and causes a cessation…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Judges Not "Clowns In A Circus" Breed Societies Praised Show Classes Designed To Improve Standards Of Cattle Interesting Debate In Britain
THAT stock judges were not clowns was a statement made in England when criticism of the breed societies' methods of stock improvement was answered at a brains trust, at Devizes, organised by the Young Farmers' Club in conjunction with Wiltshire Farmers' Union and W.A.E.C…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →F.S.A. President's Letter The N.Z. Wheat Contract, Getting At The Truth Is a Difficult Matter
FELLOW PRODUCERS.—It is a terrible confession to have to make, but I tell you quite frankly that the work of the Association could be made immeasarably easier if it were possible to get at the TRUTH…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →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. Career. 57-59 Regent Street, Sydney Telephones: M 6971 Telegrams: (3 lines) "The Land," Sydney. Friday, February 28, 1947. The Cost of a Shorter Working Week
THE State Government's sudden decision to legislate, as far as it can, for a 40 hour week in New South Wales is a palpable piece of electioneering tactics…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Policy of Restriction May Be Needed To Check Bad Farming Practices to the Editor of "The Land."
Sir,—Mr. Hilary Allez, in his "Star" letter last week, generalises on what might have been done with regard to wheat stabilisation. His suggestion to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON and Off the Farm Novel Irrigation Method
Triple furrows run between rows of 18 months old vines for the production of dried fruits, on the propeity of Mr. A. D. Potter, of Gol Gol,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Refrigerators for Q'ld. Dairymen
THE Queensland Butter Board has started the production of 20,000 refrigerator locker plants for the State's dairy Inrms. The idea is to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New Serum From Goats Blood May Prove Answer To Disease Problem in Dairy Herds Jersey Breeder's Discovery
MORE than 20 per cent. of the decline in milk production in recent years could be traced to mammitis and contagious abortion, two of the worst diseases which affect dairy herds…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm Building and Equipment When a House Is Moved
A CORRESPONDENT had a house-moving problem that required too much detailed description for a short reply and so because this problem could be of common interest to many, it has been chosen to form…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tax Cuts Sought by Dairymen
DEMANDS upon the Commonwealth Government by the Victorian Dairy Farmers' Association include one for a 75 per…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Farmers Realising Great Value Of Organisation
ACUTENESS of production problems was awakening poultry farmers to the need of closer collaboration and several branches were…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Unity Of Farmers In Tasmania
NEWLY-FORMED Tasmanian Farmers' Federation, at a meeting of its Central Council in Launcoston, decided to seek immediate affiliation…
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