Starving Sheep, a Rush to Market
The drought has caused an abnormal rush of sheep to Homebush, the Railway Department having orders for 13,000 sheep vans to bring 1,300,000 sheep to…
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Farming & the land, 1919
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Big Loss in Sheep. Water in Open Trucks
Great mortality has occurred among a large number of sheep which were being trucked from Narrandera to Tumut for grass country. The sheep which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Commission Mr. Talbot's Presents Egyptian Flour Contracts
Further evidence was given on Monday before the Royal Commission appointed by the Government to inquire iuto the administration of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flour for Egypt. Evidence at Wheat Inquiry. Awaiting Shipment
Mr. F. S. Digby, manager of the State Wheat Office, was recalled at the Wheat Commission and gave further evidence regarding the Egyptian contract…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drought Effects. Helping the Farmers. Government Proposals
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Ashford) made an important statement last night regarding the steps the Government intend taking, to cope with the situation caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming Inventions
The following applications for patents condoled with, the farming and pastoral industries have been, lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strength of Unity Farmers and Graziers' Report
The Managing Director of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance, and Agency Co., Ltd., writes:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Report
Appraisements were continued last week, this Company offering a catalogue of 3431 bales on Wednesday and Thursday, and prices are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are [?] every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. G[?]me, M.L.A., minister of Agricultural and we based mainly on the experience of the Department No. 440…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Egyptian Flour Contracts. Evidence at Wheat Inquiry
Further evidence was given by Mr. Grahame at Thursday's sitting of the Wheat Commission. Mr. Beeby it is not a fact that the first…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →10,000 Trucks Day's Order for Sheep. the Drought's Ultimatum. Slaughter or Atarvation
The Railway Department has in hand orders for 13,000 sheep vans to bring, approximately 1,300,000 sheep to Homebush market! They…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Commission. Ex-minister Griffith's Disclosures. "Tainted Party Subs." Mr. Holman a Witness
The Wheat Commisson resumed the hearng of the inquiry on Tuesday. Mr. Arthur Hill Griffith, patent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Help for Farmers
The State Government is wisely taking steps to prevent a further exodus of farmers, especially of wheat growers, from their holdings in consequence of the serious and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Horse on the Farm
Horses with a heavy body and logs of a light character are tho most suitable for farm work, in tho opinion of Mr. P. Powley, who contributed a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers, Graziers, and Soldiers. Terms of Agreement. Control of Electoral Interests
The agreement arrived at as the result of several conference between the executives of the Farmers and Settlers' Association and the People's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Notes
Amongst the industries which have sprung up as the result of the War, is the manufacture of sheep dip, and when we find that the well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool and Wheat. Value of Sales to Date
The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) stated at Bendigo that the Government had sold up to date, including this year's clip, wool to the value of £158,759,531. The wool sold…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Sale Commission
It was asked by Senator Macdougall (N.S.W.) in the Senate, on Thursday whether the reported payment of £6000 commission to Lindley Walker for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Handling of 1916-17 Wheat
George Washington Walker, managing director of Lindley Walker and Co., gave further evidence. He said he thought a good deal of neglect had been shown in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Pools. Overdraft Decreasing
Wheat Board returns show that the bank overdraft continues to decrease. Last week the total was £9.940.000; but this week's figures are £198,300 less…
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