Blowflies in Sheep. a Queensland Remedy
A former Forbes landowner, Mr. James T. Low, who has now large property interests at Dalby (Q.), was on a visit to Forbes district recently, Sheepowners in Queensland were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1914
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Agricultural and Pastoral the State of the Country
Very gratifying are the general indications that the drought is breaking, rain having fallen over a large extent of country where it was most needed. True, the storms have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways and the Wheat Belt
An item of news in last week's "Journal" indicates of how vital importance to the development of the country is the question of railway communication. Farmers living between…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →"Black" Wheat. Efforts at Settlement
The general secretary of the A.W.U., Mr. E. Grayndler, has approached representatives of wheat-buying firms in Sydney and urged them to use their influence with his…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Exports From Sydney. Breadstuffs and Butter Exports
The exports of wheat, flour and butter from the port of Sydney for the week ended 17th January, 1914, according to the Customs House returns,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scenes on a Western Division Sheep Station
Branding Newly Shorn Sheep at Talawanta Station…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Wheat Dispute. Settlement in Two Districts
The outlook of the present difficulty so far as it affects the wheat districts, does not look too promising, although there is no change in the position, except that Mr Gravndler the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Butter Export Trade. a Plain Spoken Report
Last year the manager of the Victorian Western District Factories' Co-operative Produce Company, Limited (Mr. H. W. Osborne), visited Great Britain to conduct investigations on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Margarine. Question of Butter Substitutes. London. Tuesday Evening
Mr. Walter Runciman. President of the Board of Agriculture, In replying to the Margarine Conference's request for an Interview. said that he had already heard the views of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Wool Sales. Strong Competition for Super Qualities
At the Sydney wool sales. held this afternoon in the Royal Exchange rooms Bridge-street, three heavy catalogues were offered, covering 13,711 sales. They were schute, They report strong [?] at the best of late rates for all super large, medium and faulty qualities sold a little irregularly. Their highest price in the [?] was obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Magic Button. The Diary of a Dairy Farm. The Diary Consists of Alternate Entries by Two Children—Dot and Dash. Chapter VII
Which tells of the task of getting to work. How we clear, plough, harrow, and fertilise the whole acre in less than a day. Of how the Campbells weren't coming—but came. Of how a soft…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Wheat Quiet. Less Pressure to Sell. London, Wednesday Morning
Wheat was very quiet yesterday, but there was less pressure to sell. Quotations did not fluctuated. New South Wales grain, December shipment, was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Non-union" Wheat. the Labor View. Origin of the Trouble
The dispute over the "black" wheat question in not yet settled. The secretary of the A.W.U. (Mr. Grayndier) said yesterday that the trouble began at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →London Markets (Continued from Page 9.) Animated Wool Sales. Pries Firmly Maintained. London, Wednesday Morning
Considerable animation was displayed at the wool auction sales yesterday. Prices were firmly maintained for greasy. Both France and Belgium operated liberally…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Send Them Back. Consumptive Immigrants. Burden on the State. Premiers Announcement. Question Op European Farmers
The Premier has had under consideration the question of providing free passages to their native country in the cases of those immigrants who arrived here and afterwards became…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Imported Farm Lads. Allegations of Sweating. Shearers Union's Generous Offer. Wellington (N.z.)
The controversy continues with regard to the allegation of sweating the farm lads imported from Britain at a wage of 7s 6d a weeks. The Premier States that 7s 6d in merely a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Warwick Farm Raging Former and Rue Victoria Crail Beats the Two-Year-Olds
Notwithstanding the opposition of another meeting within the metropolitan area, there was a good attendance at Warwick Farm last Saturday, while the racing was interesting, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Produce. Dairy. Egg Market Firmer
There was a rise in the price of eggs yesterday morning. Buyers are operating freely in new-la[?]ds and railways, and with only fair supplies a rise was inevitable. The quality…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Boys for Farms. Auckland
Fifty Boys for farms, imported by the Government, arrived aboard the Ayrshire. All have had previous experience. In agriculture, and are going to farmers in both Islands, under…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Ready-made Farms. Queensland Minister's Scheme
THE scheme put forward by the Queensland Minister for Lands to offer "ready-made farms" for selection is an important development in a progressive…
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