Crops and Prospects
The severe conditions with which the farmers and dairymen on the Lower Hunter were faced during last year have been effectively offset by the favourable…
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Farming & the land, 1931
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Potato Crop Fails London, January 20
A reduction of 1,006,000 [?]. or 35 per cent., in the potato crop of England and Wales for 1930 in recorded by the ministry of Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Marketing Stabilisation Proposals Attitude of Governor's Council
The Australian Woolgrowers' Council has written to the Prime Minister (Mr. J. H. Scullin) concerning proposals for the stabilisation of the wool industry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grave Situation American Farmers Exports Drop £81,639,000 WASHINGTON, April 5
The Department of Agriculture has announced that the gravity of the situation confronting the American farmer in endeavouring to dispose of his products…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers Urge Support Perth
Farmers are bringing pressure to bear on Country Party members of the Senate to support the Fiduciary Note Issue Bill, according to Mr. Alex. McCallum, Deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Pool Plebiscite in Canada REGINA, April 6
Urging support for compulsory wheat pool legislation, in the Saskatchewan June Plebiscite, Mr. A. J. McPhail, President of the Saskatchewan Pool, declares that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Recognising Germany as a Power Empire Wheat Quota Proposal Preparing a Scheme for Ottawa London
THE Empire Wheat quota proposal is now before Cabinet, with a view to its embodiment in a Bill, which will be submitted for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£1,000,000 Scheme to Help Farmers in Need Self-help Scheme for Country "Quick Action Needed" Forbes
The Secretary of the producers' Ad[?]ry Council (Mr. [?] A. R. Abbott) told [?] Western Districts Convention to-day that a Rural…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hospital Wheat Stack
Duri Agricultural Bureau called the attention of the Secretary of the Tamworth District Hospital to the condition of the hospital wheat stack at Duri recently…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Marketing Present Method Satisfactory SYDNEY
The annual report of the Secretary of the Citizens' Association (Mr. J. W. Allen) which will be presented to the general meeting on April 17, states that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Salesmen De Luxe Argentine Orders to Diplomats Beunos Aires
The Argentine Government has instructed its diplomats abroad to turn themselves into wheal salesmen. The Government has acceded to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Help Farmers Big Company Being Formed Early Assistance Promised Forbes
Addressing delegates from most of the towns in the Central-western division of New South Wales to-day, the Secretary of the Producers' Advisory Council (Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Need for Relief" Farmers' Desperate Plight Melbourne Conference Melbourne
The conference of wheatgrowers convened by the Victorian Wheatgrowers' Association began to-day. Mr. E. McNichol, who presided, said he…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Business Leaders of Sydney Form New Company to Assist Farmers As Object Bankers Subscribe Sydney
Rural Relief Ltd., a company which proposes to "provide assistance for necessitous farmers," was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Slaughtering Commissioner to Inquire SYDNEY
At a meeting of the Executive Council to-day, the Chief Industrial Magistrate (Mr. E. A. Prior) was appointed a Royal Commissioner to investigate the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Storage Port of London Allowances
The port of London authority, in order to assist the wool trade, has agreed to make certain allowances on rent of wool for long storage. It is announced that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge Wheat Surplus in United States Washington
The Agricultural Department estimates that the surplus of wheat in the U.S.A. available for export, and the carry-over on July 1 next will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Wool Exchange First in United States New York, April 8
The first wool exchange in the United States will be established on May 18, when trading in contracts for wool-tops will begin on the New York Cotton…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheat Exporting Powers World Quota Scheme Proposed Blow to Empire Plan London
The London conference, opening on May 18 next, of the World's wheat-exporting Powers is expected to discuss…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Federal Farm Board Stabilisation Plan Fails CHICAGO, April 8
The President of the Chicago Board of Trade (Mr. James C. Murray) declared to-day that the stabilisation programme of the Federal Farm Board had failed…
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