The Wheat Problem
Mr. H. Carter, Mosman, writes:—It is cortainly gratifying to see that the Government recognises the necessity for a minimum price for next season's wheat crop, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming & the land, 1917
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The Markets Wool
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report under date January 12:— An immense amount of labour has been necessary to fix wool prices under the…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Australian Produce. London Notes. Butter
LONDON. November 30.--The butter market remains very firm, and prices for colonial are soaring high above all previous records During the past fortnight we have had Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Deal Farmers Consider the sale and Arrangements most Satisfactory
The Federal Wheat Harvest Board have sold to the British Government the balance of last year’s crop and the whole of the coming crop at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Royal Show. the Wheat Entries
Entries are being received for the wheat section for the forthcoming Royal Show, and the secretary states that there is a good prospect of the number being considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Commonwealth Wool Scheme. Its Satisfactory Working
Prime Minister Hughes announced on Monday that the scheme of appraisement of wool values for the Imperial Government is proving most satisfactory. "The…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Wheat-lumpers. Trouble at Junee. Wagga
The trouble arising out of the wheat lumpers' strike at Old Junee is alleged to have been accentuated by the agents engaging nonunionists to take the places of the strikers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Oversea Markets. Wheat. New York, Jan. 16
The visible supply of American wheat and flour is equivalent to 62,561,000 bushels, compared with 66,483,000 bushels a week ago, and 174,561,000 bushels a year ago…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Organiser's Report. Wheat-lumping Trouble at Old Junee
E. Owens, Central Branch:—Last week I visited several wheat yards along the Junee-Hay line, and find in many places that men are getting above the log rates…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Soil. Railway Wheat Traffic. Block in Sydney
The Hallway Department reports that the number of trucks of wheat on hand-dally not released by the shippers is increasing at an alarming rate. notwithstanding that ample…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dissatisfaction of Dairy Farmers. Singleton, Wednesday
At the annual meeting of the local [?] of the Primary Producers' Union, Mr. R. [?] Reynolds said he wished to refer to the day light saving humbug. A motion should [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Food Supplies. Farmers and Potato Crop
LONDON, Wednesday.--There, is increasing agitation on the part of potato-growers against the Controllor's fixed prices., Lincolnshire growers declare that it will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Starving England Into Submission. Sinking the Wheat Ships. Rotterdam, Jan. 17
The Pan-German agitation to increase the submarine war is daily growing more vigorous. Herr Roeseki, one of the members of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Lumpers. Trouble at Old Junee. What Men Can Earn. Wagga
Wheat [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Work and Wages Old Junee Wheat Dispute Big Money for Lumpers Wagga
Although the wheat lumpers who took the place of the strikers at Old Junee are still working, the others engaged yesterday ceased work as soon as the position was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Daylight Saving. Dairymen Protest
The Singleton branch of the Primary Producers' Union, at its last meeting, condemned daylight saving. Mr.R.S. Reynolds moved "That a protest be sent to the Prime Minister"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hindoo Labor on Cane Farms
Dear WORKER,—On the Richmond River, N.S.W., notably at Teven a lot of the cockles are employing Hindoo labor on their cane farms. When questioned, they…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Produce. Dairy. the Imperial Cheese Purchase. Details of Payments
Cheese-dealers were again busy panning for export. A cablegram was received from Sir Thomas Robinson, London, stating that if, on arrival, the quality of the chenge is found to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Fruit Industry. a Grower's Comment
Mr. E.K. Wolstenholme, the well-known Bathurst orchardist, whose Montavella property was recently purchased as a settlement for returned soldiers, his been following with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crops in England. London, Jan. 17
The Board of Agriculture reports an [?] crease of 20,984 acres of cultivation in [?] land and Wales in 1916, compared with [?] The wheat area has declined 12 per cent, and…
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