Top Sheep Studs In Keen Battle At Gunning Show
THE tussle between Merryville and Eshcol sheep, which intrigued sheepmen both at Yass and Boorowa Shows, was carried a stage further last week-end at Gunning Show when…
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Fat Stock Show Awards Triumph For A-A Cattle
AT the fat stock shows Britain during last year, Aberdeen Angus cattle swept the boards,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Prices Aggravating U.K. Meat Shortage
HIGH wool prices are endangering the supply of meat to Britain, says dalgety's News Service. Last year New Zealand sup-…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A.P.P.U. On Wool Plan
To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler," As the Australian Primary Prodicers Union may be numbered among the "critics…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strong Merino Sheep Section at Boorowa, Top Awards to Eshcol
PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF LAST WEEK'S BOOROWA SHOW WERE THE MERINO SHEEP SECTION, THE FLEECES AND SHEEP DOG TRIALS…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Beef Cattle Review Jubilee Show Will Reflect Half century Of Great Achievement In Cattle Breeding Australia's Top Stock Best Anywhere In The World
Splendid entries of high-class stud beef cattle for the Sydney Royal Show at Easter will reflect the improvements that studmasters have effected in the various breeds during the past half century. It is appropriate that the show of 1951—commemorating the Jubilee of the Commonwealth—…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →1/6 More on Wheat In No. 13 Pool
THE Australian Wheat Board has recommended payment of another 1/6 a bushed on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Stabilisation 'Myth' to the Editor of "The Land."
Sir.—Three weeks ago you published an enlightening and, as always, factual, statement from Mr. Nock revealing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Co-operation From Cattle R.A.S. To House All Entries
SO heavy have been the cattle entries for the Sydney Easter Show this year that the Royal Agricultural Society has had to ask exhibitors voluntarily to reduce their teams…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Concessional Sales Of Wheat Opposed By N.S.W. Graziers
OPPOSITION to any continuation of concessional wheat sales for stock feed was expressed by the cereal committee of the N.S.W. Graziers' Association. The meeting that carried…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Defence Of F.A.Q. System For Wheat By A Grain Trade Correspondent
Better flour and better bread will not be secured in New South Wales by scrapping the F.A.Q. system in favour of grading, as advocated by George Luker in the "Herald."…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Stabilisation Of The Butter Industry Evidence Of Conflict Between States And Commonwealth Long-Term , Scheme Advocated
WHILST tho Commonwealth Government is openly sympathetic with the dairy farmer in his economic problems, even to extent of subsidising the industry, its policy would appear to bo in conflict with that of tho State Governments…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →F.S.A. Branch News and Notes F.S.A. Council Wants Referendum on Wheat Stabilisation
LIVERPOOL PLAINS F.S.A. District Council wants a referendum of Australian wheat-growers on any extended and amended Wheat Stabilisation Scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 48 →Soaring Wool Prices Provide Awaited Incentive For World's Big chemical Manufacturers Little-Known Facts On Fibres
SOARING prices of both wool and cotton have provided the awaited incentive for international chemical manufacturers such as Du Pont of U.S.A., Imperial Chemicals Industries of Britain, the Vereinigte Glanzstoff Fabriken and I. G. Faben of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Bodies' Merger Plan Discussed
EXECUTIVE members of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council and the Australian Primary Producers'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ON and Off the Farm He Breaks Police Horses
Judge of horse events at the recent Coonabarabran Show, Mr. J. A. Sharp, was until he resigned from the N.S.W. Police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Potato Moth Attacking Seed Crops
CERTIFIED seed potato crops in the Crookwell district are being attacked by the potato moth. The position is viewed seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Land "Nations man battle and the world rock with revolution, but the land will care for him who cares for it." Member of This 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 Animal," 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. Honley, 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: B. W. Carter. 57-59 Regent Street, Sydney. Telephones: M 6971, MA 9680, MA 3336. Telegrams: (5 lines) "The Land," Sydney. Riverina Representative: J. P. MoMenamin, 164 Edward St., Wagga. Telephone: Wagga 3872. Friday, March 2, 1951 Meat At a Price, Or No Meat
COINCIDENT with the display of beef cattle which forms such a notable part of the Royal Sydney Show conies the finding of Research Service, published elsewhere in this issue, that "by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Review of the Week's Markets Dairy Produce (Sussex Street Wholeseale Markets)
The State Marketing Bureau reports: BUTTER: Production again showed a normal seasonal decline, [?] there is still a substantial…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Sidelights on Farming Woody Growth Control
Canadian experiments have demonstrated that many kinds of woody…
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