The Wheat Pools
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The statistics issued by the Australian Wheat Board of the operations of the three wheat pools to January 13 show that 404,882,000 busheis had been…
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Farming & the land, 1919
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Commercial Letter. Sydney, Thursday. the Butter Position
The total output in N.S.W. is stationery, The week's arrivals of butter in Sydney were only 26,450 boxes, as against 42,000 for the corresponding week of last year. The make…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drought Conditions. Gloomy Reports From the Country. Sheep Given Away. SYDNEY
Reports from the country still tell gloomy stories of water shortage. Sheep are given away to who will take them at Warren, while several residents near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Kind of Boiler. Boer Farmer and Mine
A Boer farmer and his son, who found a mine on the shore near Eland's Bay, South Africa, are fortunate to be still alive. An official report made to the Admiralty tells…
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Mr. Hugh Sinclair, M.P., deputy chairman of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool Committee, told the local members of the committee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Market
SYDNEY, Monday.—At Homebush 1650 cattle were yarded. The market was 10s to 20s dearer. Best beef 60s, second 55s, inferior 52s, bullocks [?]13 to [?]26, cows [?]10 to [?]20,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sale of Wheat
SYDNEY, Monday.—It is reported the Federal Government has sold 30,000 tons of wheat to the Indian Government at 5s 6d a bushel, free on board, and 11,000 tons to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commercial Letter. Sydney, Saturday. BUTTER
Week-end arrivals were reported in Sussex-street to be just equal to demands; 900 boxes from the Clarence, 1200 from the Richmond, 784 from the Manning. There was no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Herd Testing and Cattle Raising
The benefits of herd-testing, were discussed at a meeting of the Executive Council of the Primary Producers' Union in Sydney the other day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairymen Divided
The benefits of herd-testing were discussed at a meeting of the executive council of the Primary Producers' Union in Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coastal Farmers' Report
The Coastal Farmers' report for the week's ending January 17th:--Butter: Although storage for autumn-winter requirements actually commenced in New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Picnic
Cudgen and lower river cane farmers are makings day of it at Cudgen Headland on Saturday, 1st February. They are already busily engaged in the…
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According to an English paper, some 2000 acres have been sown with electrified wheat. Returns are not yet to hand; but during the growing period it was noticed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Drought. Assistance to Farmers
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Minister for Agriculture states everything is being done to assist farmers in need owing to the drought. It is intended eventually to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Experiment Farm Apiary
Over a ton of honey has just been extracted from the apiary at the Experiment Farm and shipped to Sydney by last boat. This is the largest quantity yet obtained from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scarcity in Butter Supplies. Just Sufficient to Keep Sydney Going. SYDNEY
Despite the dry weather there is just sufficient butter to keep Sydney going, but it leaves the winter pool surplus very small…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Uses of Electricity. an Enterprising Farmer. "Go Thou and Do Likewise."
A representative of the "Northern People" recently paid a visit to Mr. J. C. Frederiksen's farm at Rous Mill with a view of making a minute…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Electricity for Crops
According to an English paper, some 2000 acres have been sown with electrified wheat. Returns are not yet to hand, but during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral. Sheep-maggot Plies. The Trap as a Control
The destruction of sheep-maggot flies by trapping them before they have time to deposit their eggs upon tho sheep has been advocated by the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Sickness
In view of rumors regarding sickness and deaths of cattle on a farm near the Queensland Border, the Stock Inspector (Mr. Glennie) was interviewed,and…
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