Wheat Statistics. Method of Collection
Referring to-the method of estimating the wlieat harvest, the Government Statistician (Mr. J. B. Trivett) says:— "To estimate the wheat harvest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1916
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Wheat Dearer. London, Monday Night
Wheal is dearer. but the marche Is very quiet. Early Australian is very [?] offered, PCT a [?] at the end of january for the Med[?]nean [?] was bld:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Price of Butter. Increase in Price Refused
The Necessary Commodities Control Commission on Friday discussed the present price of butter with a number of persons interested in the trade. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Homebush Stock Market. Sheep. Further Weakening Tendency
A light supply was in view for yesterday's sales. Out of 21,021 sheep, including lambs, listed from 84 consignors, 19,718 head were penned, as compared with 28,958 advised and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Victorian Wool Sales. Melbourne
The second series of Victorian wool sales opened to-day, when good representative catalogues, totalling some 7700 bales, were submitted. There was a full attendance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Freight. Position Figured Out
The Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Co., Ltd., gives the following interesting figures relative to the new freight charges on wool:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What Is the Best Wheat Yield?
A Murrurundi correspondent reports a yield of 61 bush of wheat per acre from a crop of 11 acres of Federation. He asks If this yield has been exceeded in any…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Settled. Victorian Wheat Trouble. Agreement Signed
The Victor .an wheat-lumping dispute has been settled, mainly owing to the efforts of the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes). The Victorian Minister had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Shortage. Statement by Mr. Tudor. Melbourne
[?] to official advices, the local supplies out[?] are becoming more and more [?] this to-day the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Price of Butter Protecting Local Consumer Melbourne
Mr. Tudor is of the opinion that there is no justification for the rise of 1d in the price of butter owing to any immediate prospect of shortage. At the same time, he threatens…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crossbred Wool. British Government Wants It
A cable message from London dated Sunday says:— "London.— The Board of Trade has decided only to grant licenses sparingly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Price of Wheat. Same for Next Fortnight
There will be no change in the price of wheat for the next fortnight. The rate fixed for the first two weeks in January was 5s 3½d. and the central…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crossbred Wool. British Government Needs it All
The High Commissioner for New Zealand, Sir Thomas Mackenzie, inquired at the War Office on Friday, if it was likely that there would be any diminution in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Sales Postponed. Wellington (N.z.)
In consequence of the great difficulty experienced in securing shipping space, the Dunedin wool sales have been postponed indefinitely. Wellington will possibly follow…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Price of Butter. An Increase Refused for N.S.W.
The Necessary Commodities Control Commission discussed, on Friday, with a number of persons interested in the trade, the present price of butter. Mr.M.J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Sales Resumed Yesterday. Satisfactory Market. in Sellers' Favor
After the Christmas holidays, wool auctions were resumed in the Sydney centre yesterday. Three catalogues' were submitted, embracing 8513 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wheat Pool Advances to Growers Private Sales Still Being Made
Reports have reached the N.S.W. Government that farmers are being induced to sell their wheat at a considerably lower price than the Commonwealth and State…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Advances on Wheat. The Position of Men that Have Given Lions
Mr J. Levin, subagent under the Government wheat scheme at Brodcklesby , states that the Brocklesby bank had been definitely instructed not to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Food for Germany Passing Through Neutrals, Wheat From United States London, Tuesday Morning
The London Morning Post says that during the first 10 months of 1913 the United States sent 12,000,000 bushels of wheat to Germany, but only 15,000 in the corresponding period of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Market The Embargo on Grossbreds How It Is Likely to Affect Prices
Messrs. John Bridge and Co., Ltd., write: The announcement has now been, made that the New Zealand Government has placed an embargo on the export of…
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