Wool and Produce Reports. DROUGHT & DELUGE
Winchcombe, Carson Limited, report:—Australia sheepmen generally are faced with dry times, and are…
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Farming & the land, 1919
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Wool Profiteering. Destructive Fire. London
The prices charged for wool of all categories occupied the attention of Sir Auckland Geddes for some time. He ascertained that the average profit of the vendors ranged from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Possession of Two Pounds of Butter Warrants Arrest in Russia
HOW the mills of the Bolshevik gods grind out ostensible "justice" in Russia ia described in an account by a correspondent of the London "Chronicle" who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For the Farmers. What the Government Has Done. Mr. Ashford Sums Up
"WAR and drought have upset general conditions and have, no doubt, clouded some of what may be termed the domestic works of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →PASTORAl. Cheapest Insurance for Sheep. the Virtues of the Silo
That the time must ultimately arrive when the silo is an essential part of the farmer's equipment is a foregone conclusion. At present, although all authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Live Stock. Sheep on the Farm. Supplementing Natural Fodders
In contending from the enormous world depletion in live stock since the war for a local mixed farming policy, the Chief Inspector of Agriculture (in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Chest's Thanks for Butter
Mr J. Searl, manager of the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., has received from Mr C. Le M. Walker, Secretary of Citizens' War Chest Fund, a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Cattle Losses. Lismore District Suffers
Heavy losses in cattle, owing to the continued dry weather, and shortness of feed are reported from the Lismore district. The death-rate is said to average from 150 to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Royal Commission. the Wheat Case
An extension of the Royal Commission appointed by the State Government to investigate the wheat pool was agreed upon at a special meeting of the State Executive…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wheat Board. Overdraft Being Gradually Extinguished
The Australian Wheat Board's overdraft is gradually being extinguished, and by the end of this year it is hoped it will be wiped out altogether. According to figures just…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Wool. Sales in America. London, Sept 18
It is officially announced that the British Government is selling by auction 50,000 bales of Australasian wool in Boston at the end of November…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture. and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 487. Agricultural Cross-breeding Wheat. Two Experiments in Selection
The work necessary to the production of a crossbred wheat that is likely to be of use to farmers is apprehended by only a few of those who use the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairying. Feeding Value of Sudan Grass
A small experiment was conducted on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas last summer with the object of determining the feeding value of Sudan grass…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Echuca Seat. Farmers Candidate Elected
Polling in connection with the by-election for the Echuca (Vic.) seat in the House of Representatives, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. A. C. Palmer, took…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmers and Settlers. Premier's Statement Contradicted. Sydney
Immediately the Farmers and Settlers Conference resumed to-day, attention was drawn to the statement made by Mr. Holman at Temora, to the effect that the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Soldier Farmers
The Farmers and Settlers' Conference was naked by one of its delegates to pass a resolution in favour of the complete remission of interest in advances to returned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Temora Statement. Priemier's Reply to Farmers and Settlers
"My statement that there was a large minority opposed to the decision of the Farmers and Settlers Conference to run an independent, party is, I am assured, perfectly…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Farmers' Allegation. Flour Shipments Prevented
At the Farmers and Settlers Conference it was alleged that for some unexplained reason the authorities had prevented two shipments of flour at prices yielding a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Dairying Industry. Federal Governments Proposals
The Governments dairy industry organisation scheme was regarded suspiciously by the conference of 200 Victorian representatives of the industry, sitting in…
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