Sheep on the coast
Mr. W.G. Brown, Inspector in Sheep and Wool, Queensland Department of Agriculture, has argued long and continuously in favor of…
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Farming & the land, 1916
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Price of Butter. the Commission Criticised
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Arthur Knox, rector of the Berriraa Company, speaking yesterday, said he was afraid the present metho[?] of fixing prices by the Necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Seizure. Additional Payment Recommended
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Necessary Commodities Commission has decided to recommend the payment of 3d per bushel in addition to 5s paid under the Act in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Large Wheat Shipment for South Africa. Adelaide
The largest shipment of wheat exported from Adelaide left by the Japanese steamer Ataka Maru on Wednesday. She took 19,192 bags for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The State Share Farming Scheme
In those days of terror, when no man's business seems safe from the grasp of an extraordinary Government greed, it is pleasing to find a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Song of the Lazy Farmer
My neighbor's dug about a mile of ditch and filled it up with tile. He says he's tired of mud and wet, and so he'll tile his farm, you bet…
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SYDNEY,—Thursday.—Details of the government experiment in share farming to be put into operation this year were made available yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Export Prohibition
Speaking regarding the embargo which has been placed on the exportation of butter the Minister for Customs Mr. Tudor, said the production…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price of Butter
Mr. Arthur Knox, director of the Berrima company, speaking on Wednesday, said he was afraid the present method of fixing prices by the Nec…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Minister for Customs stated to-day that he had seen a statement in the papers where 1000 tons of butter was available for export, but his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Caledonia Cattle
Permission having been given to local importers by the Minister of Customs to import fat cattle from New Caledonia for immediate slaughter--…
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Large consignments of local fats are now going to the Richmond. A Lismore buyer has expressed the greatest surprise at the condition and number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Wheat Yield
MELBOURNE, Friday. — The Victorian wheat yield is estimated at between fiftyfive and sixty million bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Wheat Yields
SYDNEY, Friday.—The returns from the wheat centres in the Riverina have been truly wonderful. Few paddocks returned under 20 bushels per acre, while 30 bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Price of Butter. Reduction Recommended
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Commodities Commission to-day recommended a reduction in the wholesale price of abutter by 18s 4d per cwt., and the retail price by a farthing,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Wheat Harvest in Riverina District. Sydney
Albury reports that wheat returns from different centres are truly wonderful, and are a record for the whole Riverina…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Down! N.C.C's Recommendation. Operative From Monday. Sydney
The Necessary Commodities Commission to-day decided, after hearing evidence, to recommend a reduction in the wholesale price of butter by 11s 8d per…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cane Farm Competition. Renewed Enthusiasm. Some Particulars
A sub committee, selected from the Agricultural Society, two officers of the C.S.R., and three delegates representing in cane-farmers of the…
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The Minister for Lauds has decided to make a novel departure in respect to the land recently resumed near West Wyalong for closer settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Homestead Farms
An area of 145¼) acres, in the county of Rous, parish of Newrybar, the nearest town being Ballina (about 9 miles) will be available on and after Monday next. The…
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