Good Wheat Harvest the Transport Problem . TRUNDLE
After having gathered a record harvest, the farmers are now busily engaged in carting their wheat to the railway station, where there are, now over 30,000 bags of wheat…
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Handling the Harvest Wheat Board Expires New Season's Grain
The Wheat Acquisition Board, appointed to deal with the handling of last year's gram stocks under the Act which gave the Government power to seize all wheat, went out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tractor on the Farm. Will It Displace the Horse?
The opinion is so general, apparently, that it is only a matter of time when the motor tractor will displace the horse very largely in farming operations that it is interesting to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grist to the Mill Position of Farmers Flour for Private Use
Mr. George FitzPatrick, secretary to the Wheat Acquisition Board, states that there is no truth in the report that his board has put an end to an arrangement whereby the farm…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool and Wheat Heavy Rail Traffic
During the week ended last Saturday, 4317 bales of wool were invoiced to Darling Harbor, 137 bales to Newcastle, and 20 bales to Morpeth, a total of 4474, or, as compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Crops on Fire
A serious fire occurred on Mr. [?] G. Ritchie's property, at [?] on Tuesday over [?] were [?] The blaze started…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Traffic
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Goo[?] Butter Cooler
My husband has hit upon a method to be used in conjunction with the butter cooler, which has turned out to be a marvellous improvement, keeping the butter beautifully firm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Government Wheat Areas
The stripping of the wheat crop on the Woodlands area is still proceeding, with results not up to pre-barvest expectations. The rainfall for the year was only slightly over 9in., as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Price of Wheat
It was stated at the Department of Agriculture yesterday that the price of f.a.q. wheat for the first fortnight of the new year has been fixed at 5/3½ per bushel, f.o.b…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ganmain's Wheat Record
On Monday Mr. Arthur (Snowy) Hetherington delivered to Messrs. Cameron and Mitchell, of Ganmain, as agents for Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., 330 bags of wheat,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Banks Assist Farmers. Where Are the Government Wheat Certificates? [?]
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Export. Mr. Tudor's Explanation
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Speaking to-day regarding the embargo which has been placed on the exportation of butter, the Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) said that the production of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Record Load of Wheat
What is regarded as a record load of wheat was delivered at Gahmain Railway Station on Monday from Mr. John Cosgreve's farm, near Ganmain, to Messrs. Cameron and Mitchell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Handling of Wheat
The labor troubles in connection with the shipment of wheat add another to the long list of arguments in favor of the adoption of the system of bulk handling. When the scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Mice-proof Wheat-bags
Uncle Wiseman has given advice in a number of cases lately in which the question of how to prevent mice from eating holes in wheat-bags was raised…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Traffic by Rail
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural and Pastoral State of the Country. Bathurst
Owing to the dry conditions prevailing throughout the greater part of the month at Bathurst, green feed has been burnt off. A thunderstorm on December 29, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Great Load of Wheat
It is reported from Wyalong that Carrier T. Edgerton hauled a load of 313 bags of wheat from Spyhill, the property of Messrs. D. and J. Gagle. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Loading. the Trouble Settled
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Representatives of the wheat loaders, who were on strike at Williamstown, and the shipping agents met in conference to-day at the invitation of the…
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