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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

8,304 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 250

M.H.R. Attacks Sheep Men Ram Exports "For Greed"

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 4

CANBERRA, Fri. -- The greed of some wealthy merino stud masters was endangering Australia's wool industry, Mr. Haylen (Lab., N.S.W.)…

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Women's Interests Wool Makes Fashion News In Paris

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 36

NEW featherweight wools are attracting attention at Paris dress shows and come into the…

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Federal Govt. Sympathetic Towards Wool Industry, Says Graziers' President

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 11

THE Federal Government had been most sympathetic towards matters of high importance in the wool industry, Mr. T. G. Carter said on Monday. Mr. Carter, president of…

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For the Man on the Land Wool Can Beat Fibre Challenge

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 14

The Australian wool industry could beat the challenge of synthetic fibres, Mr. W .L. Hindmarsh said yesterday…

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Southern Farmers Get Big Cheques

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 26

FARMERS around Tumut, Gundagai and Tumbarumba are getting big cheques for hybrid maize, sweet corn, bean, pea and broom millet crops…

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Farmers' Aid with Own Problems Urged

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 43

FARMERS should not expect scientists to first discover their problems and then find the answers, Mr. J. Hockley said last Friday…

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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, March 13, 1953. Optional Self-Assessment

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 4

THE Federal Government has wisely modified the regulations governing the working of the self-assessment system of income tax payment…

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Crop Prospects Good on M.I.A.

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 3

INCREASED wheat acreage was expected in Griffith district this year, Mr. D. E. Wallin, district agronomist, reported this week…

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Prof. Warns Farmers on 'Land Flogging' Urges Preservation of Soil Fertility

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 2

WAGGA, Thursday.—Professor Wadham, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at Melbourne University, warned 300 farmers who attended the second F.S.A. Southern Zone Conference that they should not increase…

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A.C.T. Dairymen

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 7

Canberra, — Extension to the Australian Capital Territory of the benefits and services provided for dairy…

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Demonstration of Farm Machinery

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 7

MODERN American farm equipment, bought with dollar loans, and used for the advancement of Australian agriculture, was demonstrated at Farrer Agricultural…

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How to Keep Farmers' Sons on the Land

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 4

THE granting of full partnership to sons in the parents' property would keep young men on the land, said Mr. Arthur Heath, of Gunnedah, a vice-president of the F.S.A., when…

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Whats New in Farm Research Maize Earworm

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 31

THE most important pest of sweet corn is the earworm. Much loss in quality and…

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Junior Farmers Tour Tasmania

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 32

Two New South Wales Junior Farmers will represent the State at the Huon Valley Apple Festival, and…

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U.S. Farm Radio Man Visits Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 8

MR. EVERETT MITCHELL, One of America's best-known form radio commentators will arrive in Sydney on March…

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Yarras Has Good Calf Crop By Aids worth Prince Arthur

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 26

FIRST calves by the imported bull Aldsworth Prince Arthur were dropped during the spring in Mrs. E. N. Stack's Yarras stud Short-horn herd, Bathurst…

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A Tidy Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 39

IT might well be asked what comprises tidiness on the farm. It is the absence of fallen timber and other…

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Hard Job To Handle Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 22

TWO farmers near Morpeth whose farms were badly a affected by flooding had to handle their potato crop 10…

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Calf Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 25

THE period during which a a cow is capable or becoming pregnant is short. To assure a good calf crop it is…

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Junior Farmers Offer From Worshipful Company Of Butchers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 21

AUSTRALIAN Council of Young Farmers is considering an offer by the Worshipful Company of Butchers, England, to sponsor a pig carcase competition for Australian J.Fs…

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