Freightage for Wheat. the Williamstown Block. Melbourne
Speaking of the obtaining of freightage for wheat, Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, said to-day that the, Advisory Council had met yesterday in conference…
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Farming & the land, 1916
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Farm and Produce. Indiscriminate Stock Slaughtering
Indications that the present demand for Australian beef and mutton will increase substantially are unmistakable. Imports into the United Kingdom have grown…
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There has been a fairly good demand for all lines of farm produce. Merchants are still meeting some trouble with regard to the truck question, nearly all the trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Produce
The volume of business transacted in dairy produce has been on a small scale in marked contrast to the rush of trade prior to Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Preparing Farms for Soldiers. Sydney
The working bee inaugurated by Dr. Arthur, M.P., for the purpose of clearing land for soldiers at French's Forest, near Manly, had a successful start…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming in Palestine. Three Crops a Year
The tourist generally enters Palestine by the open port of Jaffa and goes up to Jerusalem by the single narrow-gauge railway which connects these two places…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Share Farming. the Minister's Proposals. Sydney
Mr. Ashford, the State Minister for Lands, made available this afternoon particulars of the Government share farming scheme in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers and "Indispensables."
The President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries has directed the special attention of farmers and agriculturists generally to the grouping…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Farmers' Gift. Melbourne
A number of wheatgrowers in the Rochester district have agreed to give a tithe of their harvest to the Sick and Wounded Soldiers' Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Produce. Sheep and Lucern
It has been established by discerning irrigationists that when the price of lucern hay falls below £4 a ton it is more profitable to graze sheep on the green…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wheat Lumpers' Strike. Strong Comments. Melbourne
The Minister for Agriculture, referring to the wheat lumpers' strike, and consequent delay in shipping the harvest, said the Government was of the opinion that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Scheme. Sydney
Mr. Grahame, the Minister for Agriculture, has received a report from Mr. Harris, the officer in charge of the Government wheat operations, giving the results…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Lumpers' Strike. Settlement Expected. Melbourne
There is a prospect of settlement of the wheat lumpers' strike at Williamstown. Mr. Hagelthorn, the State Minister for Agriculture, to-day received numerous…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Lumpers' Strike. Melbourne
The wheat lumpers at Williamstown did not start work to-day as expected, but negotiations are now going on, and they may make a start to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Lumpers' Strike. Justice Higgins' Decision. Melbourne
In connection with the wheat lumpers' strike, the men to-day again refused the agents offer of 2s per hour for day work, 2s 10d for night work,, and 3s 9d for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cleanliness on the Farm
It is a well-known fact among successful live stock men (says "Hoard's Dairyman") that it is very important to keep clean sheds, pens, and yards where…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farm and Produce. Unripe Potatoes
Unripe potatoes are a highly deleterious article of diet. Doctors attribute mach of the gastric troubles now so prevalent to their use. In order to secure the high…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dairy Produce
In dairy produce there has been a good volume of trade reported for the week. Butter is coming in more plentifully, and the market is weaker in tone…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm Produce
There is little fresh to report in regard to operations during the week on the farm produce markets. The dry weather that has been experienced latterly in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Crossbred Wool. Needed by Government. London
Sir Thomas Mackenzie, the High Commissioner for New Zealand, inquired at the War Office whether it was likely that there would be any diminution in the…
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