Sale of Australian Wheat Buyer Not Yet Secured
The Prime Minister (Mr Hughes) announced on Friday last that the Government had failed to se[?]nre a buyer for this season’s wheat yield,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1918
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Alleged Cattle Stealing
Robert Sanderson, of Myrtleford, has been arrested by Detective Sullivan and Constable Scott on a charge of stealing six head of cattle, valued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep-fly Pest
The work the pastoral committee for the investigation of the blow-fly pest has had in hand for the past few years has to a great extent been hampered by the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Wheat Silos
The hitch that is reported to have occurred in connection with the construction of wheat silos in New South Wales cannot be cleared up until Mr. Hughes returns from…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Allies Want Wheat
The British Food Controller (Lord Rhondda), on behalf of the British, French, find Italian Governments, has sent a cable message to Mr. Herbert C. Hoover, the United States Food "Director:—"Unless…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Sending Wheat to Britain
The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Cook, in reply to a statement by Senator Gardiner that the Government should commandeer every ship capable of making the…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Wheat or Meat. Wednesday's Proceedings
The committee appointed by the Government to inquire into and report upon proposals for encouraging the increase in the production of live stock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increase of Wheat Production Urged
At the Wheat Conference in Sydney, on Monday, Mr. Trethowan referred to the statement of wheat by Professor Lefroy's method, and the question was asked, "Does…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Shipping Australian Wheat Melbourne
Senator Gardiner referring to Mr. Rhondda'a measage to Mr. Hoover, asking America to export 74 millions bushels of wheat to the Allies said,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortage of Meat and Wheat
Lord Rhondda, British Food Controller, addressing a gathering of Farmers at Newport, appealed to them to make sacrifices to enable the country…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat v. Stock Argument. Financial Difficulties
At the Wheat-Meat Conference in Sydney, on Tuesday, Mr. Gibson, representing the wheatgrowers' meeting, held last Wednesday, moved, "That the…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →The Wheat Pool. 4/- Guarantee for 1918-19
There is some considerable doubt yet whether this 4/- guarantee for next year's harvest will be forthcoming or not. At the Stock and Wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat or Stock. Adjourned Conference. Suggestions for Discussion
The adjourned conference of wheat-growers and stock-raisers was held in the Education Department buildings at Sydney on Monday, in accordance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Stacking Trouble at Coolamon. Question of Height of Stacks
The shortage of iron for roofing wheat stacks caused a temporary cessation of work on Coolamon stacks. Mr. J. White A.W.U…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat or Meat? Preservation of Grain Professor Lefroy's System. Slaughter of Young Stock
As soon the the wheat conference reassembled at the Education Department in Sydney on Wednesday, the chairman, "Mr. Trethowan, M.L.C., referred to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weevil Problem. Professor Lefroy's Method. Separate the Old Wheat from the New
Prof. Lefroy bas forwarded particulars of the methods he proposes for dealing with weevily wheat to the Governments of the wheat-producing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pig Raising on the Farm
At a recent meeting of the Glencoe branch of the South Australian Agricultural Bureau, Mr. F. L. Koop said that as dairying was carried on in that district…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Something Good for the Farmers. Henry Ford's New Motor Tractor
Twenty-four years age Henry Ford, of Detroit, U.S.A., built his first motor car. He now turns out 3000 cars a day, employs a staff of 41,000, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Fly Pest. Pastoral Committee’s Work
The work the pastoral committee for the investigation of the blow fly pest has bad in hand for the past few years gas to a great extent been hampered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Pastoral Award
The pastoral award made by Mr Justice Higgins last year — which aroused very bitler criticism and opposition from the country landowners — after a six…
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