Science Develops New Uses For Farm Crops
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 2
The Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, uses chemistry as its principal tool in its search for of uses of crops and their by-products…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →W.A. Move To Divorce Wheat Stabilisation From Marketing
The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 1
THE Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation, at its next meeting, will discuss a West Australian plan to divorce stabilisation from marketing. The plan 4s a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Preparing Cattle For show Ring Needs Thought Easy Hints For Best Results
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 5
MANY a farmer would like to exhibit one or perhaps more of his good cows, but he has never had time to find out what constitute the finer points of show ring preparation. He knows that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Poultry Section Whole Oat May Replace Wheat in Ration Without Affecting Output
The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 24
WORK at the Poultry Experiment Station has shown that whole oat grain may replace wheat as the only grain in the poultry ration without affecting egg production, mortality, egg weight, or shell quality…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →What's New in Farm Research Moisture Tests
The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 25
UNDER conditions in which hay or grain dries slowly, difficulty is often experienced in…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Big Price For Manning Farmlet
The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 35
A 28¼ acre farm on Dumaresq Island, Manning River, owned by Mrs. Frank Davis, was sold at auction…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →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 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. 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. P. McMenamin, 164 Edward Street, Wagga. Telephone: Wagga 3872, Friday; February 20, 1953 New Call to War on the Rabbit
The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 4
MYXOMATOSIS has given a marvellous relief over large areas of the State from the worst effects of the rabbit plague, but the benefit seems likely to diminish as time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer Finds New Use for Horses
The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 3
Canadian farmer, William Deadman, of Pyron, Ontario, has found a new use for the horse and saved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rain Gives Good Start To New Crop Year In N.S.W.
The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 2
RAIN this week over a wide area of the State has given a bright start to the new crop year in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Mechanisatioin Necessary To Meet World Competition
The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 2
THE urgent need for farmers to adopt mechanisation in their. operations was stressed by American Consul, Mr. T. C. M. Robinson, when speaking at the field day on Tuesday organised by the Arcadia-Galston district branch of the Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Milton South Coast Dairying Centre No. 39 in the Land's Country Town Series
The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 8
MILTON, 140 miles south of Sydney, is the first large town south of Nowra, the administrative centre of the Shoalhaven Shire, which embraces Milton. Its chief industries are dairying and hardwood timber-getting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Crop Spraying With 2,4-D Best Control For Skeleton Weed
The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 7
CROP spraying with 2,4-D is still the most effective control of skeleton weed, reports a departmental expert. The expert is the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ON and Off the Farm Dying Strain
The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 5
Record wool prices of 367d. and 365d. were paid respectively for two bale lots of the Valleyfield clip…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Home Garden Celery and Potatoes Good Autumn Crops Some Tips on Pests
The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 27
BEST time for gardening, during the hot months, is before breakfast. An hour or so in the garden, early morning, getting in swede turnips, silver beet, carrots,…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Farming in the S.-west
The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 11
Sir,—I read with interest the letter from R. R. Whinfield re settlement of the south-west…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Black Beetles Ravage Clarence River Crops
The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 18
DAMAGE running into thousands of pounds has been caused in the Clarence River district by the worst scourge of black beetles ever to invade that district…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Review of the Week's Markets Dairy Produce (Sussex Street Wholesale Markets)
The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 31
The State Marketing Bureau arts—BUTTER: Production in improved. The price is changed at 420/2 (bulk)…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Want Grant For Farm Fencing
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 9
DORROUGHBY branch of the Primary Producers' Union is seeking a Government grant of £250,000 to farmers for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Letters To The Editor Dairy Prices
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 2
Sir: "Primary Producer" (F. and S., 6/2/53) seems to have finally got my opinions and statements made by Mr. Gibson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer And Settler Financial Review Prime Minister Says Inflation Is Now Under Control Primary Producers Helped
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 13
THE contents of this annual Financial Review have nor yet boon seen by me; but I cannot doubt that they will reflect the heartening transformation in the Australian economy that has occurred in recent months…
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