The Wheat Pool
MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- According to an official report issued to-day concerning the indebtedness of the Australian Wheat Board to banks and the Imperial Government, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Rivers · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1917
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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Agricultural. Lime on the Farm. Effect of Deficiency of Lime
In the previous articles in this series the chase of the matter most prominent has been he effect of lime in various forms upon the oil. As has been shown in different ways,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pigs and Pork. Feeding Pigs on Damaged Wheat. at Hawkesbury College
It may be accepted as a fair statement that in the production of bacon or pork, under normal market conditions, wheat cannot be deemed an economical food for pigs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Onion Crop. Federal Government to Take Charge
MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- It has been stated that the Federal Government will take charge of the onion crop in the Commonwealth in the same way as it has taken charge of other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm Dwelling Competition
A very interesting competition has been drawn up by President Pritchard, of the N.S.W. Institute of Architects, at the request of the Governor-General. The competition,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Calling Up Farm Hands. Lord Derby's Explanation. LONDON
Lord Derby explains regarding farm hands being called up that these were lent to agriculturalists by Mr. Lloyd George. Only half the number are now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Farmer and His Money. Charge of Conspiracy. SYDNEY
Three persons, May Hooks, or May Petherick, or Jane Goodson, 40; Frank Henry Williamson, 49, and his wife, Gladys Williamson, 24, were to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Widow and the Farmer. Sells His Farm and Is Sold
SYDNEY, Monday.--William Hooke, a farmer, gave lengthy evidence, in which he explained he saw an advertisement to the effect that a farmer's widow would like to meet a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers and Settlers
Mr. Charles Coghlan, general organiser for the Farmers and Settlers' Association and Progressive Party, arrived in Lismore on Saturday from Maclean. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool
A novel load was brought to the railway station on Monday, consisting of 16 bales of wool. Whilst small lots of the jumbucks' covering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Stacks Burned
SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- A fire which broke put in two of James Bell aud Co's. wheat stacks at Lockhart at nine o'clock last night, destroyed or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Zeppelin Raids and Butter Fat
A novel defence was successfully set up by dairymen summoned in a London suburb for selling milk not containing sufficient butter-fat and other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Wheat Stacks. Mysterious Outbreak
SYDNEY. Tuesday.--A fire which broke out in two of James Bell and Co's, wheat stacks at Lockhart at 9 o'clock last night destroyed or damaged about 1000 bags of wheat. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Fires. Big Blaze at Leichhardt. Wheat Stacks Burned at Lockhart. Sydney
A big fire took place at Leichhardt last night, on the Parramatta Road. Seven business premises were severely damaged, four being burned out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Representative
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Mr. Trethowan, M.L.C., ha§ been appointed by the Cabinet to represent the farmers on the State Wheat Board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opening Up the Land. Farms for Returned Soldiers
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Altogether 216 estates have been resumed under the Closer Settlement Acts up to the end of last year at a total cost of £6,000,000. The area totalled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Prices
Cattle prices in Queensland compared with Tenterfield, show that there is a difference of £3 a head in favor of the tableland, and £5 a head in favor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Overseas Butter Shipments
The latest report from London, under data December 14, 1916, states that supplies of butter from all sources are still far below the requirements of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Co-operation for the Farmer and Fruit Grower
Surely the time has now come for farmers to step forward and take the position which has long been denied to them. This is the year of the primary…
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