Grain or Hay? Reflections on the Outlook for Farming
The Government is offering 6/ per bushel for seed wheat from New South Wales farms, for which it is to be commended. If it were to offer that price…
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Fortunate Farmers
At the conference of the Hume Electoral Council of the F.S.A. at Wagga last week, the chairman, Mr. A. K. Trethowan, congratulated the district upon its…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Crops Good at Holbrook. Holbrook
Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the "Banner," and I hope you will accept me as one of your many nephews. The crops are looking fine up this way. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →1500 Soldiers' Farms
A map of the Murrumbidgee irrigation scheme, showing the location of canals the areas settled, and the areas set apart for 1500 soldiers' farms, has been prepared…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →On the Soil Albury a Coming City When Kiewa Becomes a Suburb). Fruit. Dairy. and Vegetable
Probably no district in the sister-states has resisted the drought like Kiewa, 18 miles south-east of Albury The miles of rich flats intercoursed by the Kiewa…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Blank Cheque Mr. Hughes' Referendum Proposals Criticised by Farmers President. Mr. Milthorpe Opens His Campaign. "Giving the Federal Parliament these powefa that Mr. Hughes asks is like giving it a blank cheque.... and the great danger is that we do not know who is going to fill it in—Mr. Hughes or Mr. Ryan." —MR. A. K. TRETHOWAN, M.L.C. (Reprinted from the "Wagga Daily Express" of 5th November.) A Poor Audionce
Mr. C. W. T. Milthorpe, chosen by the Farmery and Settlers' Association to carry their banner in the Hume Federal elction fight, opened his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Relief For Farmers
Questioned by Mr Dunn in the Legislative Assembly as to whether in addition to its proposal to distibule £1,000,000 for the reief of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers and Settlers. Hume Campaign Opens. Address by Mr. Milthorpe
The campaign in the interests of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, to return a candidate for the Hume seat, was opened by the selected candidate,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seed Wheat for Farmers Sydney
Arrangements were made to-day by the Rural Industries Board with the Farmers and Graziers Co operative Gram company for the purchase of the necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Albury Wool Appraisements
An announcement appears elsewhere regarding the next Albury wool appraisement of the current season, which is to take place in December, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Comparative Values of Wheat Varieties
Owing to the influence of weather conditions prevailing during growth and to other factors, it is impossible to make a definite statement as to the comparative…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes the Profitable Pig. Characteristics That Mean Money
That the pig is an economical adjunct on the farm is a platitude to those with experience of it, but there is evidence that its usefulness is now becoming more…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wheat Scandals. Inadvertent Book-keeping SYDNEY.Friday
At the sittings of the ROyal Commision which is inquiring into the wheat scandals to-day Mr. Blacket said he had received a letter from senator Russell stating…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Drought Paradox Crops Worth More Than the land Which Grov & Them
The crop on holding in the Wagga district this year is worth more than the capital value of the property an which it is growing. At first sight it seems to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boys Steal Sheep for Food a Partiful Case. Bathurst
On Saturday two boys were charged at the Bathurst police court with having stolen a sheep. The prosecutor stated that he came across the two boys in the…
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The Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A. Minister for Public Works and Railways, who has been making representations to the Department of Agriculture on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat at Urangeline. Farmers' Relief Board
In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night, Mr. Manning was informed by the Minister for Agriculture that there were 33,837 bags of the 1918-10…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another New Wheat
Mr. Salter, of Westever, Wellington, N.S.W., has for a number of years been experimenting, as a hobby, with the crossing of various wheats, and now, niter five…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Appraisements
The fourth round of Victorian appraisements was opened in Melbourne on Monday, 3rd November, when the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co., Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Commission
When the Wheat Commission resumed its sittings on Monday, Mr. [?] (who is appearing for the original members of the advisory committee of the Australian…
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