Pastoral Opposes Beauty Contests
A WARNING against participation by girls [?] beauty contests was given recently by Hi[?] Grace Archbishop Duhig, of Brisbane. His Grace's warning was…
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Marketing Of Wool
Sir,—Mr. D. A. S. Campbell makes, as usual, a reasoned contribution ("Herald" Dec. 31) to an economic issue of…
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WALCHA, Wednesday.— Wool worth more than £2 million was trucked from the Walcha Road railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crop Plan for Wheat Variety
MAITLAND, Fri. -- The Agriculture Department will recommend northern district farmers to grow…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Crop Plan for Wheat Variety
MAITLAND, Fri. -- The Agriculture Department will recommend northern district farmers to grow…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep Prices to Rise
Graziers expect sheep prices to rise when auctions resume this month…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Wool Trade: Brokers' Reports Wool Market Strength
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The.confident tone of the closing wool auctions for the first half of the selling…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wheat Decline Cuts Tractor Purchases
THOUSDANDS of tractors of many makes were unsold in Australia because of the decline in the acreage under wheat. This statement was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fibres Can't Replace Wool
President of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. (Lord McGowan) said in Melbourne that…
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A wool authority said yesterday that the demand for superfine wools was the feature of recent auctions. He said that a higher…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →N.S.W. May Export Wheat
CURRENT wheat harvest in N.S.W. is so good that the State might be exporting wheat in the New Year. Those closely in touch with wheat receivals estimate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Trade Faces New Year Confidently
THE wool selling trade is now facing a new year with considerably greater confidence than it faced 1952. In the later stages of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strip Grazing Value On Nth. Coast Dairy Farms
ADOPTION of strip-grazing has increased production on several North Coast dairy farms, and returns as high as £35 an acre per week have been obtained. The system restricts cows…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For the man on the land Wheat Harvest "Bigger"
The wheat harvest in New South Wales would be about 5,500,000 bushels more than experts had expected, Mr. S. C…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Black Pitch" Sheep Branding Fluid Damages Hundreds Of Yard Of Cloth In Eng
SHEEP branding fluid, like "black pitch," had damaged hundreds of yards of cloth,. thev International Wool Secretariat in London said in a letter to Mr. Ick-Hewins. Mr. Ick-Hewins,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Advance of Synthetic Fibres.... I Wool Is Threatened By The Test Tube
Australia is facing the gravest threat in her history since that of Japanese invasion in World War II. Her vital wool-growing industry,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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, 25/-; two years in advance, £2/8/-; three years in advance, £3/11/6. Subscription to "The Land" includes the "Farm and Station Annual." Single copy "The Land," 6d.; single copy "Farm and Station Annual," 3/-. 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 evry 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, N.S.W. Board of Directors: W; C. 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. F. McMenamln, 164 Edward Street, Wagga. Telephone: Wagga 3872. Friday, January 2, 1953. Farmers Have Part to Play in Rural Research
THERE is a big field for research in Australia as a means of expanding primary production and increasing the efficiency of rural industries. But so far the amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Atom Bomb-proof Farmers' Centre in U.s
New headquarters of the N.P.U. of the United States, in Denver, Colorado, is said to be the first atom…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Control Measures For Animal, Bird Pests, On Poultry Farms
PREDATORY animals and birds cause serious economic loss on poultry farms, particularly in outlying districts. Control of these pests is, difficult, especially where…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →What's New In Farm Research Canned Milk
STARTED as an experiment by one plant five years ago, fresh whole milk is now canned in three…
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