Tablelands Maize Crop Down 90 p.c
The area sown to maize in the Northern Tablelands had been reduced by 90 per cent., special agronomist (Mr. W. D…
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ON and Off the Farm On World Tour
One of the world's most distinguished authorities on bees, Mr. H. Viswanathan, of the All India Beekeepers'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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, £1; two years in advance, £1/18/-; three years in advance, £2/16/6. Subscription to "The Land" includes the "Farm and Station Annual." Single copy "The Land," 6d.; 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. O. Cambridge (Chairman), Hon. H. S. Henley, M.L.C., H. K. Nock, A. Heath, and H. V. Budd, M.L.C. 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, MA 9680, MA 3336. Telegrams: (5 lines) "The Land," Sydney. Riverina Representative: J. P. McMenamin, 164 Edward St., Wagga. Telephone: Wagga 3872. Friday, February 23, 1951. Australia and Japanese Re-armament
THE visit to Australia, just concluded, of Mr. John Foster Dulles, President Truman's, special envoy on the Japanese peace treaty, was of outstanding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junior Farmers Run Own Farm at Orange
THE New South Wales Junior Farmers Movemen has established a co-operative 20-acre farm at Orange. The farm is within half a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm Sawmill
"Freedom": Have I to register my power saw (circular)? I have cut firewood for years for my own wse only, and cut…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →12 Farms for Inverell Ex-servicemen
DISTRICT ex-servicemen will obtain the 12 war service land settlement farms on…
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Sir,—Younger people in the country, who would like to settle on a farm, marry and rear a family (which is the best…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Our Readers' Views Dairymen's Strike Threat To the Editor of "The Land."
Sir,—May I congratulate Mr. Des. J. Kelly on his letter ("Land," 16/2/'51). His views were expressed at…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Construct Those Dairy Buildings in Concrete
CONCRETE dairies and other buildings are a must on dairy farms, just as concrete is vital in the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Disease In Roma Grape Crops From a Special Correspondent
TOOWOOMBA (Q.). —Disease has robbed most grape growers in the Roma district of half their crops, due…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sidelights on Farming
Lucerne has become adapted, throughout the world, to a…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Dual Tractor Power for Tangled Crop
BECAUSE a wheat crop on a farm at Ariah Park was so badly tangled it was necessary to use two tractors…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Successive Floods Cause Havoc on Dairy Stud Property at Maitland
ON the road, out of Maitland to Paterson, just where a sharp bend occurs near the Bolwarra Public School, stands "Vaiendean" Guernsey Stud, established in 1947 by Mr, Gordon Hand. It used to be 40 acres of rich…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Milk Zone Dairymen Want Profit Margin
A PROFIT margin was urgently needed to keep producers and workers on dairy farms which were supplying Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong with milk, Mr. L. C. Turton said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Big Price for Yass Farm
Mr. T. J. Galvin's 264-acre "Boiling Down" farm, with creek frontage, has been sold to Mr. Bob Field for £12,936—…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Pasture Improvement Increased Carrying Capacity Fourfold Monaro Farmer's Success Studied At Field Day
A MONARO farmer, experimenting with pasture improvement on granite country, increased the carrying capacity of a hillside paddock of 150-acres from one sheep to the acre to four sheep to the acre in five years…
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LOCAL ex-servicemen will obtain the 12 war service land setilement farms on Newslead North Estate in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →8 Oberon Farms For Soldiers
YESTERDAY the Minister for A Lands (Mr. Renshaw) announced that the owners of Essington Park Estate, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boys For Farms
FARMERS and graslers wishing to give employment to city lands will find that the Commonwealth Rural Employment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Farm Machinery At Arcadia Field Day
SUSTAINED interest of a large crowd of visitors was a feature of the fifth annual Cumberland Divisional field day arranged by Arcadia-Galston district branch of the Agricultural Bureau on Tuesday…
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