Export Flour Trade Is Worry To Wheat Board Milling Quality Of Victorian Grain is Disappointing
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2
CONCERN was expressed yesterday, by a member of the Australian Wheat Board (Mr. R. A. O'Neill) about export flour sales; firstly because many countries are anxious to grist their own wheat; secondly because pegged bran and pollard prices are so low in Australia that they give an advantage of £5 per ton to competing flour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Board Finds Ready Sale Fro "Free" Wheat at 19/-Bus. Member Explains Recent Market Negotiations
The Land · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1
THE Australian Wheat Board is still selling wheat freely outside the International Wheat Agreement at its price of 19/- a bushel. There are inquiries from many countries for substantial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rams Will Be Sold In Wool Store Excellent Conditions For Annual Stud And Selected Merinos Listed
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 5
A TOTAL of 238 stud and selected Merinos will be offered from 13 well-known New South Wales studs at the fourth annual Moree ram sales on Monday, February 13. The sale will be conducted by Farmers and Graziers G.I. and A. Co. Ltd., in the Moree wool store…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?] Star Letter of the Week Carcase Butchers & Price of Wool to the Editor of "The Land."
The Land · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1
Sir,—A recent statement by a spokesman for the carcase butchers to the effect that prevailing high prices for wool are forcing the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£180 000 Dairy Products Factory at Grafton
The Land · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1
Approval has been given to plans for a Peters Creameries factory for the treatment of milk products, to be erected in Grafton, at a cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmer Apiarists
The Land · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 16
Maurice and Lawrence Markwort, of Forbes, are making a name for themselves in junior farmer circles as youthful apiarists. Maurice has 20…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →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 Cracked Heels and Greasy Heels Are Vastly Different Conditions
The Land · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 18
IT is unfortunate that many owners will persist in describing any injury to the horse's heel as greasy heel, because there is a vast difference between a cracked heel and grease, and treatment is on very different lines for the two conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Rain Big Uplift for Tobacco Crop
The Land · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 18
Last week's rain proved of immens value to Northern N.S.W, tobacco crops. Mr. J. Loveridge, agronomist super…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Millions Get U.s. Farm Jobs
The Land · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 18
A RECORD number of agricultural workers were placed in "the right places at the right times to produce,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Dairy Studs Being Sold
The Land · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 17
THE dispersal in recent months of a number of well-known dairy studs in N.S.W. is causing concern among leaders of the dairy industry…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Sidelights on Farming Sowing Pasture Seeds a Fine Art
The Land · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 17
Re search into the most suitable depths…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Tree Planting Contest for Junior Farmers
The Land · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 3
IN order to encourage tree planting, Mr. Oscar Blayney, of Granfell, has donated prized totaling £10/10/- first year,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON and Off the Farm After Three Years
The Land · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 5
Alter [?] [?] After three years of discussion and deferment, the British Government has at last announced, through the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Produce the Week's Markets Reviewed (Sussex Street Wholesale Markets)
The Land · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 24
The State Marketing Bureau reports:—BUTTER: Although production in inland areas and some coastal districts has shown a further reduction, supplies from the far…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Farm Building and Construction Grass Sod Walls Last Centuries
The Land · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 13
BY "BILL DERR." SPANISH AMERICANS are following the old custom of the Pueblo Indians and building houses out of grass sods, or terrenes. Although many Indian houses…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Producer Control Of Dairy Products Is Essential For Industry P.D.S. Officer Impressed By Success Of Co-operative Methods Overseas
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 10
PRODUCER control of dairy products and marketing was essential if the dairying industry was to be successful, said Mr. A. W. Walker, yesterday Mr. Walker left last June to attend the 12th International Dairying Congress in Stockholm (Sweden) and has…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bid To Increase Dairy Efficiency Of Robin Hood Country
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 10
NOTTINGHAM, and the area of England stretching from the Robin Hood country, through Southwell and Newark to Lincoln, is a dairy area which would be well worth visiting for an Australian dairy farmer. Government and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Opportune Time To Sow Green Crops
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 21
BETWEEN now and April is the best time to sow crops to provide green feed for poultry through winter and later in the year. The two most suitable crops for providing a continuous supply of feed throughout the year are lucerne…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Huge Decline In N.S.W.Grain Sorghum Crop
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 20
MINISTERIAL hesitation in announcing an export quota for grain sorghum has led to a diminishing interest by…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Rye Crops Recommended For Controlling Erosion
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 20
IN very light sandy country, subject to wind erosion, the Deniliquin agronomist (Mr. Crawford) urges the growing of rye (or ryecorn) because of its extreme hardiness…
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