Wheat Guarantee. Payment for 1916-17 Crop
An announcement was made some days ago that the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) had made a proposal to an interstate conference in Melbourne that, with a…
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Farming & the land, 1917
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Sale of Jersey Cattle
At the Hospital farm 6 miles from Casino and miles from Tatham on Tuesday March 20 Mr. Jas B. M'Dougall, of Casino in conjunction with the Australian Jersey…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Traffic. Release of Trucks
The New South Wales Railway Commissioners state that there has been a satisfactory increase in the daily release of wheat trucks. Last Monday 559 trucks were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australasian Wool. London, Wednesday night
In the House of Commons, Mr. Forster(Financial Secretary to War Office) stated that four sub-committees from tho published panel control tho distribution of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Agricultural, and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. .W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Wool Sales. Quicker Appraisement Expected
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— Growers will be pleased to hear that wool appraisement sales will be resumed in Sydney on Monday, 2nd. inst., and will be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wheat Pool. Views of Mr. Trethowan
At the annual meeting of the metropolitan branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales, yesterday, Mr. A. K. Trethowan, M.L.C., spoke as president…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dairying. the Care of Cream. While on the Road
Farmers who live close to the butter factories do not suffer, us a rule, by having their cream reduced in quality while it is on the road, but it is a very…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Indian Tea Crop Acquired by Great Britain
The British Government has taken over the unsold portion of the present season's Indian tea crop. The news reached Sydney by cable into yesterday afternoon, too late to affect…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairying. Care of Cream
Farmers who live close to the butter factories do not suffer as a rule by having their cream reduced in quality while it is on the road, but it is a very common occurence for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairying. Inferior Quality Cream
The suggestions of the Dairy Expert about, cleanliness In milking and in separating have indicated to what a large extent dairy farmers have within their own…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"St. John's Wort." Its Eradication From Farm Lands
The secretary of the Batlow Progress Association recently wrote to the Department stating that a number of holdings in that district were becoming infested with the weed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Thele Notes are isausd every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon, W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister or Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiance of the Department. No. 305. Agricultural. the Prevention of Bunt. Experiments With Varitus Fungicides
For some years past the Department has been carrying out experiments with various chemicals for the prevention of bunt in wheat, and an account of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Canada's Wheat Crop. Ottawa
The British Government is reported to be negotiating for the purchase of the entire 1917 wheat crop of Canada. Such of the cable news on this page so…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tamworth Cattle Sale
Messrs. Garvin and Cousens, Ltd, in conjunction with Messrs. Broughton and Blomfield will hold a special sale of store cattle at Tamworth on Friday next, with 2000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Raymond Terrace Cattle Sales
Mr. R. A. Elkm will offer at auction at his yards, Raymond Terrace, to-morrow (Tuesday), 500 head of mixed [?] including stores, springers, Durham bullocks, steers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers' Produce Markets. Sussex-street Sales. Sydney
In Sussex-street to-day there was no [?] maize, but yellow was scarce and sold at 3 to 3-5 per bushel. Millet, prime long, to £35 per ton; good £30; inferior from 25…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Canada's Wheat Vancouver
It is stated that the price at which the British Government has purchased the surplus of canada's 1917 wheat crop is 7/ per bushel. The area to be sown is likely to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool and Produce Reports
The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, namely:—Australian Mercantile, Land & Finance Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd…
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