Great Cattle Sale
Mr. A. N. C. Moffitt recently sold his splendid herd of Durham-Illawarra cattle owing to a breakdown in his health. Barely has it been the lot of any of the…
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Farming & the land, 1920
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Seed Wheat
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Rural Industries Board has agreed to advance, the price of first, grade seed wheat from 6s 6d to 7s 6d per bushel, and second grade from 6s to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Control of Butter
The Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool committee has assumed control of all butter imported into Queensland, and no person, firm, or corporation will be permitted…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Acting Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Ashford) was recently reported to have stated that the Government would take the responsibility…
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MELBOUENE, Wednesday.—Mr. Pitt, manager of the Central Wheat Board, interviewed in Melbourne, stated that altogether 10,000,000 bushels of wheat was to go to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Shortage in South Africa
A cable from Capetown on Tuesday reports as follows:—At Johannesburg to-day wheat fetched 50s per bag of 2001b., this being the highest price ever recorded here…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Wool. Interest in Amerca
Mr. Mark Sheldon (Commonwealth Commissioner in the United States) spent three days in Boston, where he was entertained by leading business men interested in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortage of Wheat. Uneasiness in Milling Trade
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The uneasiness felt by the Chief Secretary in regard to the Shortage of wheat in N.S.W. is shared by the milling trade. It is felt by the trade…
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The Rural Industries Board has agreed. to an advance in the price of first grade seed wheat from 66 to 76 per bushel and second grade from 6 to 7. The increased rate will be made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer's Produce. North Coast Difficulties. SYDNEY
The Primary Producers' Union has received many urgent telegrams for fodder for the North Cast where four thousand bags of chaff are required weekly,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Supervision. Extension of Staff Considered. SYDNEY
The Health Department reports that considerable alterations concerning the work under the Dairy Supervision Act are being made by the secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General. Queensland Sugar Crop
The Government Statistician's estimate of the Queensland sugar crop for the 1919 season is as follows:-- Area crushed 84,992 acres; cane crushed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Turf. Warwick Farm Races. Acceptances for the "Double." SYDNEY
The final acceptances for the Warwick Farm " double " run on Saturday are: Pace Welter.--Faithful Laddie,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Share Farming. Bill Before Parliament
The New South Wales Minister for Lands, in moving the second reading of the Share Farming Bill last week, said that the Minister would be empowered to appropriate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Inspection. Present Anomalous Position
The recent ruling of the Public Service Board that all veterinary services in connection with the Government shall be concentrated in the stock branch of the De…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tuberculosis in Dairy Cows
a statement was made by the secretary to the Melbourne Children's Hospital (Mr. Love) at a recent meeting of the hospital that a guinea pig had contracted tuberculosis…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Warwick Farm Acceptances
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The following are the acceptances for the principal events at the Warwick Farm meeting- Pace Welter.—Faithful Laddie, Amber…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Farmers' Union
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Mr. Hill, president of the Victorian Farmers' Union, speaking at Echuca, implied,that if his party got what it wanted from Mr. Hughes and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Farmer's Loss
A message from West Maitland on Saturday states that complaints have been made on many occasions by country producers of the treatment accorded them by Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Financial Returns
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The pastoral financial returns for December disclosed a deficit of £31,171, bringing the gross deficit up to £4,022,000…
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