Wheat for New South Wales. Melbourne
When questioned regarding the urgency of despatching wheat to New South Wales, Mr. Pitt, manager of the Wheat Board, explained that the shipping strike and the…
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Farming & the land, 1920
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Dairy Produce
Beyond a slight weakening in eggs, there is no new feature in the market for daily produce. Butter is now in good supply, and is selling…
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Owing to the holidays, the markets for farm produce have been dislocated to some extent. Good general rains having fallen in the north the market for chaff is easier, and a few…
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The increases in the cost of flour and bread which come into force in New South Wales are the result of action by the State Necessary Commodities…
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In preparing hides for market large quantities of scrap remain over, out these are no longer wasted. It has been discovered that they contain no less than six…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canadian Politics Farmers Gaining Ground
In my last letter I chronicled the overthrow of the Hearst Government in the province of Ontario, and the practical destruction of the two old…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Assistance to Farmers. What Has Been Done. Sydney
The Rural industries Board has dealt with approximately 700 applications for assistance that have chiefly passed through their local Shire Boards. In the majority…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cuban Sugar Crop
The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" reports that a cable message received from President Menocal in Cuba states that half Cuba's sugar crop…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Produce. a Great Jersey
Dairymen, particularly Jersey breeders, says the "Taranaki News," will be interested to learn that Sultan's Daisy, a well-known Jersey in the herd of Messrs…
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Business in dairy produce has been brisk during the past week, and the only material change in prices has been an advance in eggs…
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The markets for farm produce generally are exceptionally firm, and with the marine engineers' difficulty containing the outlook is bad in record to further…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmyard Heroines Girls of the Land Army
Prior to the demolition of the Women's Land Army in England, six additional distinguished service bars were swarded to members for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →World's Wheat Requirements Will be Met LONDON
H. N. Bathgate and Company, estimate that the world's exportable wheat, 1919-20 crops, at 93,000,000 Quarters. Of this amount America…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Wheat Control Justice Pring's Report. Severe Condemnation. Losses Through Neglect. Suspicion of Conspiracy. Sydney
The report of Mr. Justice Pring, with Mr. T. C. Campbell and Mr. J. A. Murdock as assessors, concerning the management and control by the State Wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Inquiry
The report of Mr. Justice Pring on his investigation of the administration of the State Wheat Office is in the first place a condemnation of the Minister…
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Potatoes were again cheaper by £1 a ton on the Newcastle market to-day. The large shipment which arrived in Sydney yesterday has had the…
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The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the War Department has announced that the United States had the option of 100,000,000lb of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Wheat Harvest. Preliminary Forecast. Sydney
Although particulars for a few important districts are still outstanding, Mr. H. A. Smith, the Government Statistician, is enabled to issue a preliminary forecast of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Board. Mr. Ashford's Statement. Defence of Mr. Grahame. Sydney
Mr. Holman, the State Premier, was engaged during the greater part of to-day in conference with Mr. Ashford, the Acting Minister for Agriculture, and other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss of Wheat
Mr. Holman, the State Premier, has made it plain that the Government is prepared to hear the loss resulting from bad management on the part of…
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