The Wool Difficulty
The Yorkshire "Observer" states that, at the present rate of absorption, it will take four years to dispose of the Government stocks of wool…
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Farming & the land, 1920
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World's Wheat Outlook. London
A telegram from Rome reports that the agricultural statistics issued by the International Institute of Agriculture show that on April 1 there were still 103,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western Floods Worst in History Wheat Land Spoiled DUBBO
Further heavy rain in this district is making agricultural land too soft to permit of working. The river is fast falling, but the flood is still…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South African Bidders High-Priced Sheep SYDNEY
South African buyers have been purchasing good rams at the Sydney sheep sales, and when the celebrated Tasmanian merinos were brought…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Deadlock Is Hughes Climbing Down? LONDON, Tuesday Night
The authorities consider that Mr Hughes, the Prime Minister, is climbing down in his wool attitude. In the first instance it is stated that…
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Commenting on the wool position, Sir Arthur Goldfinch, Director of Raw Materials, said:—"At the present time the downward movement in prices is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool Sales Large Withdrawals LONDON, Wednesday Night
The sixth series of Government wool sales opened in London, and approximately 90,000 bales of wool wore there for inspection, mainly from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Produce. How to Mix Manures
In making mixtures of chemical fertilisers, the ingredients should be thoroughly incorporated in small quantities. Lumpy manures, before mixing, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dairy Produce
A busy week is reported in dairy produce. Supplies of butter were extremely short at the beginning of the week, but the arrival of consignments from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
There is an easier feeling in the markets for farm produce since the rain. The steamers Dilga, Lammcroo, and Barwon brought shipments of chaff to Newcastle…
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The Ministry for Munitions informs the Australian Press Association that it has no information concerning wool in dealers' hands likely to be sent to Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Federal and State.—that £1000 a Year.—anxious to Make Money.—the Farmers' Loan.—word From Broken Hill.—the Forthcoming Census.—live Men in Our Midst.—the Federal Income Tax. Sydney
There is just this in Federal and State matters—the one have come to engage as much attention as the other. Those with passable memories will recall when it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Trade Hampered No Accommodation Merchants' Complaints
It is expected that the abolition of Federal control of the wool industry will result in Newcastle getting back portion at least of the trade the port…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Sales Again No Sheep Record Cattle Market
There was more than the usual supply of fat pigs forward at Waratah yards to-day. There was a good penning of from light to heavy-weight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Wool Opportune Move 4 Years' Supplies on Hand LONDON, Thursday Night
The "Yorkshire Observer" states without abating tho arguments against, we must admit that tho Australian wool-making scheme has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Produce
There has been a well-maintained demand for dairy produce. No improvement has taken place in the supplies of butter, and, merchants, although…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
The farm produce markets are rather dull, and only hand-to-mouth requirements are being asked for. Heavy shipments of Adelaide chaff have come…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Produce. Native Pests
Most of the pests which plague the man on the land in New South Wales have been imported, but there are some native animals and birds which, if not…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →World's Wheat Supply
A Winnipeg message states that Mr. J. P. Howard, president of the Farm Bureau Association of America, predicts that the day will come when the United States,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sussex-street Trade Serious Butter Position SYDNEY
The position of butter has gone from bad to worse. Arrivals by rail from the Hunter and Manning Rivers were the smallest on record, only 500 boxes being…
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