Wheat. Chicago, Thursday. May wheat touched three dollars. China and Germany. Neutrality Abandoned. War to Be Declared. London
Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 May 1917 · page 5
Reuter's Peking correspondent May 2nd: The Cabinet unanimously decided in favor of an immediate declaration of war on Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sporting. To-day's Races. Tips for Warwick Farm. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 May 1917 · page 6
"Early Bird's" tips are:--Hurdles: King Mostyn or Compromise. Farm Stakes: Earl San or Silver Thread. Flying: Clydeside or La Balfour. Juvenile:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bulk Handling of Wheat. Railway Commissioners' Report. Melbourne
Daily Examiner · Monday 7 May 1917 · page 3
In the report on the bulk handling of wheat, the Victorian Railway Commissioners say the bulk, handling system may be adopted with allvantage to farmer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Cane Crop
Daily Examiner · Monday 7 May 1917 · page 2
The production of sugar in Queensland for 1917 is estimated to reach 300,000 tons, which will be a record for that State. Last year the production…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Experiment Farms
Daily Examiner · Monday 7 May 1917 · page 4
The "S.M. Herald" deals caustically with the present system:-- Some years ago, when the Department of Agriculture adopted the principle of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tote. at Warwick Farm. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Monday 7 May 1917 · page 3
At Warwick Farm races yesterday, Lady Sucre, winner of the Juvenile Handicap, paid £33 on the ten shilling tote. The total amount invested on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairying. Breeding for High Efficiency. a Better Producing Strain
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 May 1917 · page 4
According to a Professor Eckles, of Missouri, U.S.A., the constant cutting out of poor cows--though good in itself--will not materially improve the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mice and Weevils. Damage to Wheat Stacks. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 4
A conference of officials representing shipping, railway, growers, and other interests, was held at the Department of Agriculture, for the purpose of devising…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers and Settlers' Association
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 6
The regular monthly meeting of above was held in the Water Brigade Hall on Tuesday evening, 1st inst. There were present: Messrs. M. Beckman (president)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commandeered Butter
Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1917 · page 2
Recently the Acting-Premier—at the joint request of the Sydney batter exporters —instructed the Agent-General by cable to [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter. New Regulations. Winter Shortage Likely. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 May 1917 · page 3
The seasonal shortage of butter in New. South Wales having occurred more suddenly and having proved greater .than an anticipated when the Interstate conference…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter. New South Wales Supplies Commandeered. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 5
A statement was published yesterday at the instance of the Commonwealth authorities, that it had been decided to pass into the Federal Winter Butter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CORRESPONDENCE (To the Editor) Railway Retrenchment and Wheat Waste
The Raleigh Sun · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 2
Sir,—Instead of erecting elevators as is contemplated at the railway stations in the wheat growing areas of N. S. Wales and other States,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.Z. Short of Wheat. Wants to Buy Here. Melbourne
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 5
Mr. Macdonald, Minister for Agriculture in New Zealand, has arrived at Melbourne for the purpose of inquiring into the possibility of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dairying Industry. Danger of Margarine Competition. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 2
The chief dairy expert, Mr. O'Callaghan, reports that the returns obtained under the Dairy Industry Act show that about 70 tons of' margarine are at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Sugar Crop. Negotiations for Purchase. Sydney
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 5
Negotiations are still proceeding for the purchase of the Queensland sugar crop by the Federal Government. This year's crop will be a record…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral and Agricultural. Perfecting the Dairy Cow. The Human Factor
The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 6
Can we bring out any finer points in the cow of to-morrow? The question is asked by an American writer in an article in which he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Handling of Wheat Question. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4
The annual report of Farmers and Settlers' Association says the pooling scheme has demonstrated the saving that may be effected by co-operative handling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Pool. Sales and Payments. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4
The Australian wheat pool sales realised £31,436,000. Payments made to growers in respect of the 1915-16 pool amount to £31,353,000, while £15,309,000 have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germany and the Wool Position. What the U.S.A. Intervention Means
The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 3
The entry of America into the war will be a decided blow to the German trade. The opinion has been prevalent in the old country, and is…
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