State and the Farmers
In my opinion if a country wants to have so much food grown as will make it secure and prosperous, it must give the farmers of the country a guaranteed…
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Farming & the land, 1917
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Dairy Produce
There has been a good volume of business in dairy produce during the week, and with the exception of an advance in eggs, prices have undergone no material…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
Business generally in farm produce has shown a great improvement since Easter, and merchants report a very satisfactory turnover. In some lines the demand has…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Produce. What Ploughing Does
The plough should now be busy. The man behind the plough is doing his bit for the country. The good brown furrows will help to add a furrow to the…
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Mr. R. A. Elkin announces that, he will conduct a big auction sale of cattle at Raymond Terrace, to-morrow (Tuesday). The offering will comprise 200…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Butter Trade. London
The committee of the butter trade interviewed Lord Devonport, and discussed the prices of the commandeered butter. There was no definite settlement, but in…
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DAIRY PRODUCE.—Supplies of bacon and cheese on the Newcastle market were reported to be plentiful this morning, but butter has fallen off…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fremantle Wheat Lumpers. Perth
To-morrow the Fremantle lumpers meet to decide their further attitude to the decision of the Harbour Trust is not allowing for a "smoke" on the north wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Ship Injured. Rotterdam
The crew of the Norwegian steamer Kongail has been landed at Ymuiden. She was one of The missing wheat-laden vessels proceeding to Rotterdam,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Wheat Market. London
The wheat market is nominal. No parcels are offering. Fifteen hundred tons of Australian on passage have sold at Manchester at 83s per quarter of eight…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sale of Raw Wool. London
The Army Council has temporarily prohibited the buying and selling of raw wool except under permit, pending the result of the census they are taking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Culture. London
The Board of Agriculture after a conference with leading farmers, has directed that three million acres of pasture land in England and Wales must be ploughed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Demand for Wool. London
The Wool Advisory Committee recommends, in view of the heavy military needs, that it is necessary to accumulate a considerable wool reserve…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Anzac Day.—the Norton Griffiths Agreement.—what It Costs to Carry Our Wheat.—always a Happy Family.—a Change in the Currency.—the Premier's Departure.—sixty French Heroes.—the State Governor. Sydney
Anzac Day will be celebrated with all the pomp and circumstance of State possible. Memorial services will be held at the two cathedrals. Then a grand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rumanian Wheat Seized. Zurich
A wireless message states that the German military authorities have seized the whole of the Rumanian stock of wheat, and are giving the Rumanians…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Butter Market. London
Colonial butter In steadier, Australian choicest being worth 192s, and New Zealand 206s. Danish is plentiful, but irregular. It is quoted at Liverpool and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Supplies. London
Lord Devonport, the Food Controller, states that the latest estimate of Canada's exportable wheat is much below the reported 81,000,000 bushels. He denies that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Huns Death Roll Down Like Wheat Hindenburg's Desperate Efforts Allies' Generalship. Rapid Heavy Blows
LONDON, Wednesday.—Picked German reserves are being thrown into the battle, recalling the great Verdun assaults…
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Lord Calthorpe proposes that Allied aeroplanes should drop fireballs in the Rhine Valley, and on the Hungarian plains, to destroy the crops…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prices of Butter. London
Lord Devonport, the Food Controller, has agreed to pay the same prices for butter from all the Australian States. The price of first grade will be 186s…
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