Smaller Backyard Flocks Advocated Association Approaches Minister Further Wheat Ration Cut Expected
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 14
FURTHER representations will be mode to the N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) for a reduction in non-commercial poultry flocks after June 30, on which date Federal control of the industry ceases…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fadden Lashes Government On Wheat Deal With New Zealand "Deception, Evasion, Untruths"
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 16
ACCUSING the Chifley Government of "deception, evasion and untruthful statements," the Country Party Leader (Mr. Fadden) in Parliament vigorously attacked what he described as "a secret arrangement" between Australia and New Zealand for the sale of wheat to the Dominion at 5/9 a bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →F.S.A. President's Letter Producers and The New Zealand Wheat Agreement
The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 32
FELLOW-PRODUCERS,—In my letter last week I dealt fully with the New Zealand wheat sale and, when I pointed out that the Government had shifted its ground and now proposed to charge the difference…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Severe Shortage Of Kerosene Holds Up Wheat Sowing Graham Threatens To Control Distribution
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 2
POWER kerosene shortages in country districts are seriously holding up sowing of early wheat, nod experts affirm that if the shortage continues 20,000,000 to 30,000,000 bushels might be lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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 1556, G.P.O., Sydney, and not to our veterinarian personally, Fertility in Sheep; Some Important Factors To Be Considered By Breeder
The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 18
THE primitive animal's breeding tends to be restricted to certain periods of the year, and animals will not breed outside these periods. The reindeer, for example, has a definite ratting season and only during this period are spermatozoa produced by the male or will the female accept service. Walton has attempted to relate this…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Countrywomen's Interests Improving Rural Living Conditions Decentralise Wool Industry Better Standards For Generations To Come
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 12
GREAT changes in rural living standards would result if the wool industry was decentralised and refrigerators made available on a rental basis by Municipal and Shire Councils to country homes, declared Mrs. Tom…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Apple and Pear Crop Prospects
The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 21
APPLE and pear crops, affected by dry conditions at a critical period of their development, will not be as good as was anticipated a few months ago, the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Sidelights on Farming Feed Dry Cows —It Pays
The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 21
A good general recommendation, where cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Women's Interests "A Castle in The Wilderness" Woman's Farming Success with Irrigation on the Darling
The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 22
FIVE hundred miles from Sydney, way out in the "dry belt" and eight miles from her nearest neighbour, a woman farmer is realising a life ambition and putting in the foundations for contentment in her later…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →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, March 7, 1947. Mr. Scully's Little "All" Was a Mighty Lot
The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 4
MR. SCULLY says that he did not make any contract last year for the sale of wheat to New Zealand for four years ahead, all he did was to agree that when the matter was finalised the price would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lift Price Control—fix Rural Wage Award Reconstruction Commission Deals With Important Farm Problems in Report
The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 2
RURAL wage regulation as an accepted part of Australia's economy, a recommendation that price control of agricultural production be lifted, a warning of the possibility of diminishing British markets…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →40 Hour Week and Dairying Industry
The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 28
A 40-hour week for dairy farmers would double milking costs, call for doubling accommodation for dairy workers, and would end by wiping out…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Rain Transforms Farm Outlook Agric. Dept. Field Officers Give Cheering Reports
The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 7
THE transformation in the general farming outlook wrought by the splendid rain in recent weeks, is stressed in most reports of district agricultural instructors received at the Department of Agriculture this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ON and Off the Farm Pea Trash—The New Fodder
The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 5
Included in the Western District exhibit at the Royal Show will be two bales of prime baled pea-vine residue, the new fodder which has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm Building and Construction a Useful Formula for Preserving Corrugated Iron
The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 13
In these days of shortages when corrugated galvanised iron is almost unprocurable, one has to turn to substitutes or endeavour to prolong the life of the existing material…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Our Readers. Views Wanted—a Farmers' Union To the Editor of "The Land."
The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 12
Sir,—In the realm of agriculture there is an urgent call for a live and Strong organisation of farmers to combat some of our peculiar…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Support for Single Farms For Soldiers
The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 10
IF the Government would only agree to the cornmonsense plan of permitting the purchase of suitable single farms for soldier land…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Who Pays for the Cornsack? The Farmer
The Land · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 10
THE Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Pollard) has refused the request of the P.S.A. Executive that the increased price of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Queensland Weekly Letter. Dairymen Talk Strike Over Milk Subsidy
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 10
ATHERTON dairymen are threatening a hold up of dairy produce from the area in the absence of a milk subsidy…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In South Australia. Keen Young Men At School For Farmers
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 11
A SUCCESSFUL farmers school was completed at Port Lincoln last week. It was presided over by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →