Knitting Wool. Melbourne
At the Interstate Commission to-day, Mr. William Stewart, general manager for J. Paton and Co., said that for two months they had had no wool to sell. There…
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Farming & the land, 1918
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House of Representatives. Payment for Wheat. Melbourne
Mr. JOHNSON, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, took the chair at half-past two o'clock this afternoon. Mr. BOYD (Vic.) asked if there had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Storage Newcastle Conference Called A.A. Company Action
Correspondence on the wool question was before the council of the Chamber of Commerce this morning, but the council formally received it. virtually resolving to give…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wasting Money Piling Up Wool Cost Mr. M'Adam's Views
"The statements made by the Central Wool Committee against storage of wool in Newcastle are most absurd, for this reason—that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Produce. Agriculture in America
The thoroughness of the methods adopted by the Department of Agriculture in the United States of America was shown by Dr. J. W. T. Duvel, of that department, in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Produce
There has been a good volume of business in most lines of dairy produce, and with the exception of an advance in cheese and case eggs, prices show but little alteration on those…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
Rains in Victoria and this State have pad the effect of quietening the demand for fodder lines. There have been heavy falls in the Riverina, and scattered falls in the west and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers' Co-operation Buying and Selling Agencies
Representatives of Australian, and New Zealand co-operative companies attended a conference in Melbourne, its object being to arrange for the establishment of a Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain's Wool Supplies
Mr. Arthur Goldfinch, Director of Raw Materials, has predicted that for many months the shipping programme would not be compiled with. It was estimated that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storage of Wool
Mr. Ashford, the Minister for Lands, has made a statement regarding the appropriation of a portion of one of the parks of the metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sale of Wheat Melbourne
It is understood that negotiations for the sale of 20,000 tons of wheat to a neutral country are proceeding, at a price which will be satisfactory to the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Price for Butter Halfpenny Increase MELBOURNE
A new prices order has been issued allowing an advance of a half-penny in tho wholesale and retail prices of butter in New South Wales and Queensland. The new…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Certificates New 'Change Regulations SYDNEY
Since the committee of the Sydney stock exchange drafted new regulations for dealing in New South Wales wheat certificates of the 1916-1917 and 1917-1918 harvests,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Poddy Stunt. Appeal for Soldier Farmers
"The Paddy Stunt" is the outcome of a desire on the part of Mr. Mackie, dairy inspector, that something practical should be done for the soldiers who may decide to go…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Price of Butter Raised. Melbourne
A proclamation has been issued under the War Precautions Prices Regulation raising the price of butter a halfpenny per pound in New South Wales and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Export of Wheat. Melbourne
The Commonwealth Government is negotiating with a neutral country for the sale of 20,000 tons of Australian wheat at a price regarded by the Federal authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Wheat Supply Depleted By War
A correspondent of "The Times." Mr. Hardy, who has recently returned from Russia, has given some information, which is of the greatest possible value as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Origin of Cattle
Everyone is acquainted with the wonderful improvement in cattle-breeding, but the history of the evolution of the ox, through countless centuries, is a master of less…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Butter Outlook Primary Producers' View
At a meeting of the district council of the Primary Producers' Union held at Singleton, the president, Mr. J. Searl, said that since the last meeting they had passed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Produce. British Timber Supplies
National alforestation, both as a measure of war precaution, and as means of national benefit, is strongly urged by the Forestry Sub-committee of the Reconstruction…
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