On the Land. Farm and Station. Land for Soldiers
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 6
The proposal to settle returned soldiers on the land is one that cannot fall to obtain general support, for it has everything to recommend it. To ensure success, however, is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Soil. Dairy Produce. Effect of Danish Attitude
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 3
For ninny years Denmark has been Grant Britain's chief European source of dairy produce supply. Since the first few months of the war, however, an increasing proportion of the usual…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' Farms at Hornsby
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 6
At last night's meeting of the Hornsby Shire Council it was decided that the Government be asked to allot vacant lands near Hornsby for farms for returned soldiers. Some of the lands…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers' Wheat Plots
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 13
BERIGAN, Friday.--The Government experimental wheat plots on the farm of Messrs. Ryan Bros. at Pine Hills have been harvested under the supervision of Mr. H. C. Stening, inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Export of Butter
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 9
MELBOURNE, Friday.--It is the declared intention of the Minister for Customs not to raise the embargo on the export of butter until the actual surplus is available. It was rumored…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Cattle Balance. Beef Prices and Dairying
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 13
Beef is scarce and dear. It will remain scarce and dear; and this, despite good seasons and bad, war on peace. It follows, therefore, that the production of it will be…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wheat Experiments
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 15
BERRIGAN.—The experimental wheat plots conducted by the Government on Messrs. Ryan Bros. farm have been harvested under the supervision of Inspector H. C. stening…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Produce. Dairy. Another Fall in Butter. Cheaper Case Eggs
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 19
From Monday next the price of cholcest brands of butter will be reduced to £123/8/ per cwt, delivered in boxes. The reduction which was decided upon yesterday by the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Export of Butter. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 18
The Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) stated to-day that figures in possession of his department gave the amount of butter in cool stores in Melbourne at under 500 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Wheat Shipments. Perth
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 10
Mr. Johnson (Minister for Lands) came into conflict with the Farmers' Mercantile Union with respect to the wheat shipment scheme. The union advertised that it would make a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Great Load of Wheat
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 11
Our Wyalong correspondent reports that Carrier T. Edgerton hauled a load of 313 bags of wheat from Spyhill, the property of Messrs. D. and J. Gagie. The waggon was loaded in paddocks, and hauled from stubble to railway yards by a team of 18 bullocks. The wheat weighed 26 tons, 2 qrs., the total weight of wheat and waggon being 29 tons 11 34 cwt. This load constitutes a record in number of bags and weight for the district…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Advances on Wheat Forbes
The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 4
Forbes banks are now negotiating the certificates for advances on wheat under the Government scheme. Upon presentation of the certificates for an advance of 2s 6d a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat. Position of Millowners. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 18
Representatives of the Millowners' Association to-day conferred with the Minister for Agriculture regarding the price charged for wheat for gristing. It was stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →London Wheat Market. London, Friday Night
Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 1
The wheat market to firm. A February shipment of 15,000 bags sold at [?] 6d per quarter: and 13,000 bags, expected in March or early in April, at [?] 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Original Spanish Sheep. the Story of Their Introduction
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 6
It has been the custom to credit Captain M'Arthur with the importation of the original Spanish sheep, which were the foundation stock of the Australian merino. No doubt both the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool Trade. Local Scoureds in Demand
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 15
There is still another week to pass before the holiday reoess terminates and auctions are resumed in the Sydney and Melbourne markets. In the interval taere have been…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wrecked Steamer Socotra. 1250 Bales Wool Salved
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 11
The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association has received the following cable from London: "Steamer Socotra, 1250 bales wool salved wet, but salvage difficult, owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Wheat Ceop. Good Results in the South
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 15
JERILDERIE.—Harvesting is practically finished in the Berrigan, Findley, and Jerilderie districts, and in nearly every instance yields have been well up to anticipations…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wheat and Flour. Control of Inter-state Transfer
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 10
The Collector of Customs has been advised by the Comptroller-General that no wheat or flour is to be permitted to be transferred from New South Wales to other States of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Soil. General Notes. What Is the Best Wheat Yield?
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 13
Our Murrurundi correspondent reports a yield of 51 bushels of wheat per acre from a crop of 11 acres of Federation. Has this yield been exceeded in any district this season? There…
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