Wheat Board's Guarantee
Sydney, Saturday. The Federal Wheat Board has arranged to guarantee the farmers 3/ per bushel for wheat at railway stations…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1917
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Sheep Blow Flies. Methods of Poisoning
The attention of the New South Wales Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. C. Grahame), has been drawn to the fact that quite a number of letters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Farm for Soldiers. Sydney
The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. W. C. Grahame) denies that the Woodlands State farm was abandoned because it was & failure. The farm is required,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Board. Farmers' Representation. Melbourne
Regarding the Liberals' support of the farmers' request for representation on the Central Wheat Board, Mr. Hughes (Prime Minister) says that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Stackers' Strike. Early Settlement Expected. Adelaide
There are indications that the trouble with the casual wheat stackers at Port Adelaide is likely to be ended at any moment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Supplies. Victorian Delegation to Adelaide. Adelaide
A delegation, from the Victorian Official Butter Committee discussed with the South Australian Committee on Monday the question of a supply of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guns for Merchant Steamers Wheat Prices Higher. (Reuter's Message.) Washington
Reuter's correspondent writes: "It is understood that the Navy Department has recommended the President to allow guns to he furnished to merchant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Grass Fire. Rain Saves Crops. Adelaide
A fire started on Mrs. Cummins's farm, Snowtown, as the result of lightning sriking a tree. The flames ignited the grass, and, with a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Contract for Wheat. New Imperial Arrangement. Melbourne
Arrangements have been made to convert a portion of the Imperial contract for the sale of 3,000,000 tons of wheat into a contract to ship flour of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Wool Clip. a Question in the House of Commons. ("The Times" Message.) London
Mr. H. W. Forster (Financial Secretary to the War Office), replying to a question in the House of Commons, said that the Australian wool clip had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sheep Fly. Ravages in New South Wales
The losses through the ravages of the sheep fly in New South Wales have been very heavy (says the Sydney correspondent of the "Argus"). One…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers May Support Mr. Holman. Sydney
It is considered likely that the Farmers and Settlers' Association Executive will to-morrow endorse the policy of the Ministerial party…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Delungra Farmers' Threat. Sydney
Unless the State Government guarantees 4/ a bushel for wheat, cash on delivery, the Delungra farmers threaten to sow 50 per cent. less…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strychnine in Butter. Act of Northern Territory Natives. Sydney
The Administrator of the Northern Territory (Dr. Gilruth) has advised that four natives of Occupelli Station, Northern Territory, put strychnine in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Feeding the People. Cattle Ranches Suggested. Dominions to Supply British Markets. (Reuter's Message.) London
In the House of Commons to-day Mr. W. L. Stanton suggested the appointment of a committee to investigate the best cattle-raising lands in Queensland,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoners on German Farms. (Reuter's Message.) Amsterdam
The Minister of the Interior has informed the Reichstag Committee that 750,000 prisoners of war are employed in Germany as farm laborers, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Want More Men. London
The National Farmers' Union has passed a resolution protesting against the calling up of farm laborers, and urging the Government to authorise the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Bags Sli[?] Wilful Damage at Kapunda. Adelaide
The Kapunda agent of the Wheat Board is building a large stack of wheat there. Some persons last night wilfully slit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Farmers. (Reuter's Message.)
In the House of Commons to-day the Under-secretary of the Board of Agriculture (Sir Richard Winfrey) said that the Government was now releasing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Wool Distribution. (Reuter's Message.) London
In the House of Commons the Financial Secretary to the War Office (Mr. H. W. Forster) stated that four subcommittees had been formed to con[?]…
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