Potato Crop
GRAFTON.—It is computed by one of the inspectors that the potato crop this season on the Clarence will approximate to 100,000 sacks. Some yields were exceptionally heavy,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming & the land, 1917
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Farmers in the Dark
"Traveller" writes:—I have read with interest the interview with Mr. T. I. Campbell regarding the attitude of farmers in connection with the future of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Produce. Dairy. New-laid Eggs Dearer
Stocks of new-laid eggs were fairly light yesterday, and as the demand had strengthened prices advanced to 1/2 for choicest. Case eggs were plentiful, and consignments…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Butter
The great bulk of the butter in Sydney is lightly salted. Occasionally a little butter is sent here from the mountains, the makers salting heavily, as was fashionable in the old days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Homebush Sales Very Short Supplies Sheep Prices Firm; Cattle Dearer
There were 10,205 sheep, including lambs on offer for sale at the Homebush yards, yesterday (Monday). The yearding was made up of good trade quality and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Pool. Farmers' Representation
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The feeling of the farmers shown by the discussion at a meeting of farmers at Cowra (N.S.W.), indicating dissatisfaction concerning the refusal to give the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sheep-fly
"Wool-classer" writes:—I tan bear out the Coonamble pastoralist's view as to the value of arsenic in the destruction of the sheep-fly. I had been experimenting in a small way with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Improvement
An interesting paper, which was read by Mr. A. O. Badman at a meeting of the Yacka Branch of the Agriculture Bureau of South Australia, was published in the journal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheat Traffic
The quantity of wheat shipped from Sydney during the week was 142,636 bags, as compared with 87,787 during the preceding week, an increase of 54,849 bags. The total…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Field, Orchard and Garden Crops. 1917 Wheat Crop Will Farmers Sow Seed Dissatisfaction with Price Prospects
At a meeting of farmers at Cowra (N.S.W.) on Saturday, at which Mr. Piggott, M.H.R. was present, a number of resolutions dealing with the wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fiees. Wheat Crops Destroyed. Tullamore
A disastrous bush fire broke out st midday yesterday on the railway line towards Trundle. It spread rapidly, burning about 3000 acres of grass and crop. Mr. Dempsey…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wisdom and Wheat
The good folk at Hawkesbury Agricultural College have most praiseworthily proved that spoiled wheat can be used, after cooking and special cleaning, as pig feed, and that piggy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Field Wheat Competitions
Mr. E. Field, of Marrar (N.S.W.), the judge appointed by the Royal Agricultural Society in connection with their field wheat competition, has submitted his report. The competition was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat-growers' Position
Mr. Win. Muir, Curlew[?], writes:-- "In reference to the Minister for Agriculture's comments in your issue of Thursday last, regarding the 1917 wheat seeding, I can…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Crop. Handling and Shipping Contracts. Melbourne
The question of the rate to be paid to contractors for handling and shipping the new season's wheat crop has been determined. The Acting Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Wheat Pool
It is quite certain that the farmers will not be led away by the suggestion that they should refrain from sowing wheat for the next harvest. They may have good grounds for…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Destroying Wheat Stacks
Mr. T W. Sands, Currabubula, writes:- I notice in the "Herald" a report that some organisation, possibly of enemy origin, is at work destroying wheat stacks. Surely this…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →London Wool Sales
The London wool sales were resumed on Thursday when 8580 tales were offered, including a miscellaneous selection. There was a good attendance of buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in the Crops. Much Damage in the Wheat Areas
On Saturday morning a bush fire broke but on the boundary of the lachgower and Carranubitte Stations, about thirty miles from Forbes (N.S.W,) and fanned by a favorable wind, spread with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Controller of Wool Supplies
Our London correspondent cables: -- In connection with the purchase of the Australian wool clips, the Army Council has appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Vernon Willey, formerly of…
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