Wool Values Show Improving Tone
VALUES at all wool selling centres this week showed a tendency to improve and, as sales progressed, minor irregularities in early selling…
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Governor May Open Sydney Sheep Show and Sales
THE Governor of N.S.W. (Lt-Gen, Sir John Northcott), has been invited by the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders' Association officially to open the association's 54th sheep show and sales at Sydney Showground, which begin on Thursday,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fibre Challenge To Wool: New Move
CANBERRA, Thursday. —A bill designed to help meet the challenge of synthetic fibres to Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Board's Tribute to First Chairman
MEMBERS of the Australian Wool Board, at their meeting in Melbourne last week paid tribute to the services of the late Sir Dalziel Kelly…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Dairy Farmers "Happy"
"We have never been happier about butter and milk prices and conditions generally than we are this…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Frost Damage in Wheat Calls for Expanded Breeding Efforts
DESPITE a season which produced a record average yield an acre of…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →F.S.A. President's Letter Urgent Meeting on Wheat Negotiations
FELLOW MEMBERS,—Our representative at the discussions on the renewal of the International Wheat Agreement at Washington, Mr.T. Stott, has apparently been…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Crossbred Wool Marked Comes To Life A Threat To Merinos?
OUTLOOK for the crossbred wool market has altered almost out of recognition, according to the latest report from the Committee of London Wool Brokers. Reporting on the London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →F.S.A. General Secretary's Letter Negotiations At Washington For New Wheat Agreement; Growers' Reps. Are Consulted
DEAR MEMBERS,—The F. & S. Association has been kept well in touch with negotiations proceeding at Washington on the question of renewal of the Inter-national Wheat Agreement…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Nowra Dairy Co-op. Manager
Mr. J. R. Graham, manager-secretary of the Central Co- operative Dairy Society, Albion Park, has…
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 Addit Bureau of Circulations Official Organ of the Fanners 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. 8. 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 3812. Friday, February 27, 1953. How Can Taxes be Reduced?
EVERYBODY agrees that a lowering of taxation is desirable. What nobody, in or out of Parliament, has been able to do yet is point to any means by which a really…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Decline In Aust. Crop Area
CANBERRA, Wed.—The number of rural holdings in Australia decreased from 253,536 in 1938-39 to 243,914 in 1951-52, but their area increased from 896,784,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mixed Farming in the S.-west
Sir,—Last year the Minister for Lands, in a country speech, asked people to let him know of any land…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ON and Off the Farm Holland's Darkest Hour
Holland, in its age-old battle against an encroaching sea, has suffered many defeats, but none so…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kelpies Great Labor-savers on Farm, Station
THE kelpie was the great labor-saver on farm and station, and he didn't belong to a union, Mr. H. Morrice said recently…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →What's New in Farm Research Pea Weeds
IN recent tests in Nova Scotia for the control of weeds in canning pea crops, a dinitro compound…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Self Opening and Closing Farm Gate
TOOWOOMBA: A self-opening, self-closing gate, dogproof and rabbit-proof, has been invented by…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Farmers Protest Against Increased Water Charges
NEARLY 100 people attended a meeting at Leeton last Tuesday to protest against the increase in water charges on the M.I.A. Some of the charges have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Divisions Extend Scope Of Farm Competition Re-allotment Of Points
THREE new divisions, bringing the total to eight, had been created for the Royal Agricultural Society's 1953 Farm Production competition, the registrar, Mr. H. NL Sarina, said this week…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Junior Farmer. Judges Will Seek State Star" Soon
JUNIOR FARMERS throughout the State had better [?] brushing up on their "character, potential leadership and practical achievements," because the Star Junior Farmer Competition will…
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