The Wheat Pool. Some Remarkable Facts
The following statement regarding the wheat pool is issued by the Prime Minister (Mr Hughes):— The Australian Wheat [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming & the land, 1917
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Sheep Preferred to Wheat. Narraburra, via Temora
Dear Uncle Jeff,—It is a long time since I last wrote to you, but I hope you have not forgotten me. We have had some warm weather here lately, but it…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Coming Wheat Crop
It is sincerely to be hoped that the last word has not been heard from the Government on the subject of the coming wheat crop. If it has, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Winter Butter Pool
The following statement regarding the Formation of a Butter Pool by the Commonwealth has been issued by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes):—…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Wheat Freights
In a statement the general secretary of the Victorian Farmers' Union (Mr. Hall) claimed that it was on account of the general impression that up to 200/ per…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grand Display of Butter
Butter is not a thing that lends itself to fanciful display when it is "done up" in 56-lb. boxes; but what this section lacked in beauty was more than made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Memorable Display of Cattle
THE SHOW of 1917 will live long in the memory of those cattle-raisers who attended it for its truly magnificent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some 1916 Sheep Facts
Many facts interesting to sheepbreeders are brought out in, the several articles upon the 1916 season reviewed at length in the newly-issued "Live Stock Journal…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fine Display of Sheep
THIS section of the Show keeps on improving and was decidedly good this year. There were 170 entries all told, and in the case…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat From Canada
Advices have been received at Washington to the effect that Canada has put wheat on the free list, and will permit the unrestricted sending of wheat into the…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Cheese in Place of Butter
Buttermaking has been a declining pursuit in England for many years, and the outlook promises no change in the general situation. It looks, indeed, as if the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Large Exhibit of Wheat
THE exhibit of wheat was the largest that has been yet staged at the Show, and naturally attracted a lot of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Protest Against Wheat Pooling
A conference of the mallee branches of the Victorian Farmers' Union was held at Ouyen. A motion "That this conference, representing 600 wheat growers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The Wheat Pool the Charges Deductions
It has been stated that an advance of 1/ per. bushel on the old wheat pool is to be made in the eastern States on Thursday 19th April, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. (Issued by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture). No. 310. Agricultural. the Care of Seed Maize. In View of Weevil and Moth Attacks
How may seed maize be kept free from weevils and grain moths[?] The answer is provided in the "Gazette" by the officer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For the Farmer. a Revival in Pig-keeping
The agricultural system of this country possesses many merits, and when its practice differs from the established methods of other countries…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Station Vehicles
The Table-top Wagons, Wheels, and Lorries exhibited by Mr. Olding were a good selection covering every requirement of the farm and station…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm Produce
NO section of the Show appeared to greater advantage than that covered by the comprehensive term of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sugar Crop. Purchased by Commonwealth Brisbane
The Sta e G[?]vernmen[?] has rece[?] ed a letter setting put the conditions whereunder the 1917 sugar crop has been purchased by the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairying. Selecting Dairy Cows. And Handling Them
The most important factor in dairying is selecting the cows. That is the view taken by Mr. L. Green in a paper read by him before the Lower…
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