Cattle dearer, lambs easier
Cattle prices were £1 to £3 a head higher at Homebush yesterday. The yarding totalled 1878, or barely half…
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Store Sheep Go Up
Widespread rain last week caused prices to rise in the store sheep market…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Wool Trade: Brokers' Reports Bright Wool Outlook
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The welfare of the pastoral industry chiefly depends upon two factors…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Dairying News, Notes Butter Output In N.S.W. Dairy Areas Declining
BUTTER production in N.S.W. was on the decline, after having reached its peak last month, dairy officers reported this week. Production was declining,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Pact Quota Rise
The Australian Wheat Board, yesterday decided to increase its quota of export wheat under the International Wheat Agreement from 60 to 80 million bushels. This means that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →60 Wheat Silos Close
SIXTY silos had closed down as deliveries from the N.S.W. wheat harvest were nearing completion,…
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This year Australia will increase its wheat export quota from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →U.K. Wool Stocks
STOCKS of wool in the United Kingdom at September 30 last are estimated by the Wool Industry Bureau of Statistics at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Revised Wool Clip Estimate
THE revised estimate of the Australian 1952/53 wool clip is 3,640,000 bales,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Future for Wool
DESPITE the predictions of scientists and others the future for wool still appears to be remarkably sound. Woolgrowers should not allow themselves to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Good Support For Beef Cattle Comp
BEEF cattle breeders' competition, which is being conducted by the Agricultural Bureau of N.S.W. in conjunction with the Rural Bank, has attracted an exceptionally large number of entries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.s.w. Wheat Crop Yields 21½ Bus. an Acre, All-time Record
THE New South Wales wheat harvest would average 21½ bushels an acre, an all-time record, the cereal specialist of the Department of Agriculture (Mr. G. Nicholson) reported this week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Influence In Lamb Trial
LAMBS by Dorset Horn and Suffolk rams from Merino ewes grew wool rather than flesh after reaching 60lb live weight, Mr. J. M. Coleman reported this week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fate of Wheat Agreement in Balance
THE fate of the International Wheat Agreement was hanging in the balance, the International Federation of Agricultural Producers says in a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wool For Sportswear In American Designs
Lightweight novelty woollens are making fashion news for spring sportswear and separates…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Increases Expected In Wool Next Week
THE second half of the Australian wool selling season will open next week with sales in Adelaide and Albury. The opening 1953 wool…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Long-term Job To Improve Beef Cattle In North
Improvement of the quality of beef cattle in Northern Australia is essentially a long-term proposition, according to a research officer of the Bureau of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fall in Wool to U.S. Purchase Halved
CANBERRA, Thurs.—Australian wool exports to America for the five months ended last November fell by more than 50 per cent. on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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. 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 Street, Wagga. Telephone: Wagga 3872. Friday, January 9, 1953. The Lesson of Greystanes
THE Pan-Pacific Scout Jamboree now being held, at Greystanes, near Sydney, has directed public attention to the splendid record and high ideals of the Scout…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Efficiency Pays Dividends
Toowoomba: More efficient methods on some dairy farms in Queensland had doubled the output of…
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