The London Wool Sales a Satisfactory Opening
There was a huge attendance of buyers at the London wool sales on Tuesday. There was exceedingly strong competition for all sorts of crossbreds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1914
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Dealing with Wheat Lands. Government Experiments in View
The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Ashford, has been on a visit to the Wy along district. It is understood that the Minister has been engaged collecting data in…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →What Kind of Merino Wool Will Be Wanted?
It is quite clear (says a London correspondent of the "S.M. Herald") that the demand has been turned into a somewhat new channel, or at any rate, that wool…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Price of Wheat. Country Millers Complain to Attorney-general
A deputation of country millers waited on Mr. Hall, Attorney-General, and complained of the unfair operation of the price for wheat and flour fixed by the Necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →London Wool Sales. Crossbreds Increase. Merinos Decline. London
The Government has prohibited the exportation of wool to European cuntries other than Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, and Russia, excepting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Export of Wool From Britain. Permission Given for Bona-Fide Transactions
The British Board of Trade announces that it is prepared to grant licenses for the export of wool, especially merino, provided that it can be proved that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Crop Prospects
This week a representative of the "Banner" passed through an important section of the Albury district wheat belt, comprising Jindera, Gerogery, Walla…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Tallangatta Farmer Killed
Shortly before 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon Henry John. Walker, aged 48 years, a fanner, who lived at Tallangatta, was found lying on the main vestibule on the…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Rough on Crops and Stock. Mitta Mitta, via Bethungra
Dear Uncle Jeff,—It has not rained here since I last, wrote to you. My brother has been home from boarding-school for his holidays. He was 12 years…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Crop Out in Ear. Gocup
Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the "Albury Banner," and I hope you will accept me as one of your nephews. We are having a very dry time up here…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Crops—good and Bad. Gidginbung
Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is tho first letter I have written to you. The farmers are all waiting for rain. Some of the crops are nice and green, but the others…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shearing Days. Falkirk Farm, The Rock
Dear Uncle Jeff,—It has been very dry Here. The fanners are shearing now, and they may not be able to send the wool away till the war is over. The crops are…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →State As Farmer Big Experiment. Half a Million Acres
The scheme which the Government is seriously considering to extend the wheat area of the State, and at the same time absorb some of the unemployed,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State As Farmer a Proposed Venture
The proposed scheme of the Government of this State to go in for farming on an extensive scale will be watched by the agriculturalist throughout with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fierce Battle at Suwalki. the Russian Advance. Famine Threatened in Brussels. the Story of Liege. a Terrible Sight. London Wool Sales. Sydney, Wednesday, 2.30 p.m
The Germans at Suwalki had four hundred thousand men in the field. The battle was the fiercest of the present war…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat and Wool Export
Cable message received by the wool houses in Melbourne now indicate that the Government is prepered to permit the export of merino wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Butter-cooler
Every summer the old problem. “How shall we keep the butter cool ?” presents itself to thrifty housewives. The first obvious answer is. “Keep it in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Early Deniliquin History [Extracts from the “Pastoral Times.”]
December 7, 1867 :— At the Quarter Sessions, before his Honor Judge Francis, a young man who pleaded guilty to embezzling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seed Wheat. Exempted From Fixed Price
The Necessary Commodities’ Commission now sitting in Sydney, after careful consideration in camera, has decided that all seed wheat the bona-fide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Government's Wheat-crowing Proposal Subjected to Criticism
The proposal by the Government to farm 500,000 [?] for wheat in the [?]-Lake Cudgellioo district is involving the preparation of careful…
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