Wheat Growing Interesting Experiment
An interesting experiment in wheat growing has been carried out by Mr. H. Holschier, of Moira, in the Echuca (Vic. district during the seasons 1929…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farming & the land, 1930
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Standardisation of Wheat Values
A letter dealing with the standardisation of wool values came before the Bendig (Vic.) Agricultural Society, from the secretary of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Lands Under Water
A message from Birchip (Vic.) stated that thousands of acres of wheat lands were under water on Monday. Some washaways occurred on the Mildura…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Selling Wool Below Cost
Five-hundred woolgrowers in the north-west met at Moree, to discuss the position of the wool industry. The mooting advocated immediate action…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Handling Sheep the Work of Mustering
Spring is the busiest part of the sheep-farmers' year. He has lambing, docking, shearing, culling, dipping, fatpicking and various other handlings of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Must Assist Wheat Farmers 2/6 Per Bushel at Rail Canberra
The desperate plight of the wheat fanners, many of whom are faced with ruin, has caused Caucus to come to a decision which will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Effect of Low Wool Prices
It is a generally accepted, theory that low prices sooner or later stimulate demand for any commodity, but everybody in the wool trade is left…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Rust in Wheat Only One Real Prevention
Wheatgrowers may find some solace for ruined crops in the fact that only eight of the 67 strains of stem rust occur in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Victorian Wheat Growers. Important Resolution. MELBOURNE, Wednesday Noon
A meeting of the Victorian Wheatgrowers' Association carried a resolution declaring against further production until a definite undertaking…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Duty on Sheep Skins Imposition Unlikely Tariff Board Favors Bounty
It is said to be unlikely that the Ministry will adopt the plan of the Federal Labor Caucus for the imposition of a duty of one halfpenny a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →London Wool Sales. Steady Competition; Late Rates. LONDON
At the wool sales, 11,432 bales were offered and approximately 9,000 were sold. There was a good offering of N.S.W. and Queensland clip wools…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →2/ a Bushel Bank Board's Advance to Voluntary Wheat Pools
"The Commonwealth Bank Board has decided to fix the first advance to wheat pools at 2/ a bushel f.o.b., subject to the usual conditions. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Sales Tax on Flour Urged by Temora Plight of Wheat Industry
A well attended meeting comprising farmers and business and professional men was held at Temora to discuss the question of having a sales tax imposed…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Price of Wheat 5/ a Bushel Proposed—10 Ant. Merchants Volunteer Co-operation
WHEAT merchants who attended the last wheat conference at Canberra, which was convened by the Assistant Minister for Markets (Mr. Forde),…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →News by Cable Wheat Growing America's Serious Warning Production Exceeds Consumption Washington, November 6
A serious warning for all wheat growing countries is embodied in the first annual report of the United States Farm Board. The general level…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Farmers' Plight Limited Moratorium Wanted Action at Deniliquin
Farmers, graziers, and business men attended a public meeting at the Town Hall, Deniliquin, to discuss problems concerning the serious outlook…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Deluge of Rain in Riverina Extraordinary Summer Falls Varying Reports of Crop Damage
IT is many years since there were such heavy summer falls of rain as have been experienced at Albury and elsewhere in Riverina during the past week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bacteria Detrimental to Dairying Simple Precautions that Prevent Contamination
THERE are many ways in which milk can become affected by organisms harmful to it, but much can be done by very simple precautions…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Damage to Crops
Earlier in the month it was estimated that the wheat yield throughout Victoria would amount to 52,000,000 bushels. Although at the present stage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Most Crops Could Be Picked Up Mr Mullett Not Pessimistic
Until a thorough survey could be made to ascertain the extent to which the week-end downpour affected the wheat crops, the Victorian…
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