A Union of Farmers
A movement has been started in Victoria to form a farmers' union, which is intended to embrace all rural producers. The proposal is to establish branches in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1916
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Jerilderie Special Sheep Sale
Messrs H. Lloyd and Sons, of Deniliquin, Jerilderie and 403 Collins-street Melbourne, report:—We held another special sheep sale at Jerilderie on 31st…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Price Increases in Melbourne
The wholesale price of butter was advanced on Tuesday to 144/ per cwt., or 1/31/2 per 1b. The previous quotation was 140/ per cwt., or 1/3 per lb. The advance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Inactive. London
The wheat market is inactive, and prices remain unchanged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Markets. Wool Sales. London
The third series of London wool sales for 1918 was opened yesterday, when bidding was more spirited than at the previous series, and the market displayed a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Travelling Cattle
A large mob of cattle (only 10 short of 1000 head) passed through Corowa on Wednesday, en route to Tocumwal. The cattle all 3 and 4 year old beifers,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For the Farmer. Sheep for Fertility
From time immemorial it has always been a well founded maxim that the foot of the sheep is golden. By this is conveyed the meaning that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]Erilderie Butter Factory
A special general meeting of shareholders in the above will be held in the Town Hall on Saturday, 22nd inst., at 2.30 p.m., when important…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Improvement of Wheat. What Farmers Can Do
Is there a wheat grower who would like to start producing and improving his own seed wheat? The next few weeks will afford such…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wheat Pool
According to a return made available by the Victorian Minister for Agriculture (Mr Haglethorn) the total receipts from Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hospital Wheat
In response to an application made (through Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A.) to the N.S.W. Wheat Board, for permission to soil the wheat promised to the hospital,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales
Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report the following telegram has been received by them from their London office, dated llth inst. :—"Wool—The third…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Carriage of Seed Wheat
In the Assembly, Mr. Hoyle, Minister for Railways, stated that the Chief Commissioner for Railways had supplied the following reply to an enquiry by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Big Wheat Sale
In view of the announcement that the latest sale of Australian wheat to the Allies' Food Commission approximated about 80,000 tons a statement by Mr. Hagelthorn. He said :—"Some, further…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the [?]. W. G Ashford, Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 258…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carriage of Seed Wheat by Rail
In the Assembly, Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., Corowa, asked the Minister for Railways when he may expect a reply to his question about seed wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Extra Wheat Payment. Serious Accusations
The State Attorney-General, Mr Hall, who administered the State Wheat Acquisiton Act, reports that an extraordinary position has arisen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The State Parliament. Seed Wheat Sales
In the Assembly on Monday, the Minister for Agriculture replying to Mr, Ball, said that there was no restriction in the case of a farmer buying seed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Allies Buy 150,000 Tons of Wheat
A large sale of wheat to Allied countries has been made by the Australian Wheat Board. A special meeting of the board was held, and it was stated officially…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Wheat Purchases. Mr. Hall's Charges. Prosecution Threatened
Mr. R. T. Bill, M.L.A., made the following statement [?] night in regard to Mr. Hall's charges of cheating in connection with the wheat…
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