Wheat Production Problem World Pact Sought for Wheat Sales Four Producing Countries to Meet at Rome London
European wheat growing countries are anxious that the conference of the International Institute of…
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Farming & the land, 1931
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Canada's Wheat Parley Prince of Wales Invited OTTAWA, March 2
The Prince of Wales will be invited to visit Canada next year to open the International Wheat Exhibition and World Conference on Wheat in Regina…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fair Deal Demand by Farmers Victorian Convention Melbourne
Two hundred delegates from all parts of Victoria attended the 19th annual convention of the Victorian Chamber of Agriculture at Geelong to-day. The Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Potato Crops Damage Caused by Frost
The State Marketing Bureau reports that potato-growing areas generally within the northern tablelands have been favoured with good falls of rain, and the weather…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flour Bill to Help All Farmers in Need Dunn Still Hopes for Loan Assembly Speech Sydney
In moving the second reading of the Flour Acquisition Bill in the Legislative Assembly to-day the Minister for Lands (Mr. Dunn) said that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outlook for Wheat Future of Agriculture
The total wheat production in 1930 (exclusive of Russia and China), as estimated by the United States Department of Agriculture, was 3,760,000,000 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Industry Precarious Position Shown SYDNEY
"The abandonment of the sheep show is striking evidence of the precarious position of the sheep and wool industry," said the President of the Graziers'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Sales Crossbred Values Advance SYDNEY
The feature of the wool sales to-day was the improved demand for crossbred wool, the price for which advanced up to 7½ per cent, on last week's rates…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Man to Die "Wife Killed Like Sheep" West Australian Tragedy Perth
Found guilty of the murder of his wife, Benjamin John Dunstan, 34, was, in the Criminal Court to-day, sentenced to death…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Wheat Grower on Flour Board Bill in Committee Sydney
Aiming to include a representative of the wheat growers on a committee that will fix the price of flour, an amendment to the Flour Acquisition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Sales Late Rates Obtained SYDNEY
The sixth series of the new season's wool sales concluded to-day when a good selection totalling 11,024 bales was offered at auction. Sales at auction accounted…
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Oaten hay: Victorian, £6 to £6/5/ per ton. Straw: Tasmanian, £4 to £4/10/ per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Cargoes. London, March 5
The wheat cargoes market is quiet, and shows little change, but there is good inquiry for Australian cargoes. April-May-June shipment, for Shanghai, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Research Astounding Results What Britain Is Doing Canberra, March 6
In an article written shortly before his death, Lord Melchett said that some people regarded research workers as "a lot of men sitting in laboratories playing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Wheat Cheap in South Africa Effect of Exchange Capetown, March 5
That the cost of landing a bag of wheat in Capetown was only 3d more than its price in Australia, owing to the rate of exchange, was a point made to-day by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Produce
The new month opened quietly, and trade in all sections was slack. Buyers only operated for immediate requirements…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trade and Finance Markets Review Potatoes Dearer Peas and Beans Reduced Farm Produce
As Tasmanian farmers were unable to dig owing to rain the price of Tasmanian Brownell potatoes rose £1 a ton in the Newcastle market on Thursday. This…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£1,000,000 for Oil W.A. Farmers' Indebtedness PERTH
According to figures made public to-day £1,000,000 was owed by farmers and country storekeepers to oil companies for tractor fuel, benzine, and other oil products…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Severe Cyclone Sweeps Mauritius Heavy Crop Losses London
A severe cyclone passed over Mauritius yesterday. The Governor of Mauritius reports that there has been widespread…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Foreign Wheat Mexico's Ban on Imports Mexico City, March 7
The quarantine against foreign wheat went into effect ostensibly to keep out plant diseases. However, certain circles see significance in the fact that the…
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