Marquis Wheat
Reports on the growth and results of Marquis wheat have been received by Sir Joseph Carruthers, who advices:-- Mr. W. H. Butt, of Dimboola, Mangoplah,…
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The Wheat Position. Attitude of Farmers
HARDEN.—The following resolutions were carried at a meeting of the Murrumburrah branch of the Farmers and Settles' Association, held at Harden on Saturday, Mr. N…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Wheat Board. Mr. Trethowen to Represent Farmers
Mr. Trethowen, M.L.C., president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, was yesterday appointed by Cabinet as the representative of the farming community on the State Wheat…
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BRISBANE, Monday.--Queensland has been officially estimated to contain 50,000,000 acres of land well suited by the climate and soil to produce wheat profitably. The annual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mice in the Wheat
Mice are seriously interfering with the wheat stacks at Illabo and Bethungra. One agent, who had to start redragging this week, calculates that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Appraisement. Melbourne
The second series of wool appraisements at Geelong was completed last week. The highest price of the day, which was also a record for Australia under the present…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs Easier
The total pennings of sheep and lambs at the Homebush sales yesterday were the smallest for a long, time only 6783 being listed. The offerings came from 28 owners, hailing from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Wool Scheme. Newcastle's Claim
The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce has written a further letter to the chairman of the Central Wool Committee, stating that, whilst the council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wheat Pool. Next Season's Arrangements
At the last meeting of the New South Wales Farmers' Union committee held at Tamworth, it was resolved, to call a public meeting of the farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Rich Butter Color. Only a Natural Dyo
why is it that the fat of Jersey and Guernsey beef is not so white as, say, Shorthorn beef, and is in fact in some strains, and at certain periods of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Field, Orchard and Garden Crops. the Wheat Pool No Certainty as to Weight Unbusinesslike Methods of Buying
In conversation with a "Herald" reporter concerning the quality of the grain in the present wheat harvest, a Riverina man with a knowledge of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Stack Alight 4000 Bags Damaged Wagga
A fire which broke out in two of Messrs. James Bell and Co.'s wheat stacks at Lockhart at about 9 o'clock last night destroyed or damaged about 4000 bags of wheat. Had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Buying Cattle. Government Business in the West. a Shandycaff Affair
The Government just now is Liberal. The one that went before was Labor with a decided socialistic burr, and it went in for Stute butchers' shops, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep Trucks. The New and the Old. Wee Waa Suggestion
The Wee Waa branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association resolved at its last meeting, "That the Railway Commissioners be urged to use the old…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Those Tenders. for Wheat Elevators. Extension of Time Urged
The following letter from the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, which was addressed to Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, on January 24, has…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flemington Sales a Brisk Demand for Prime Cattle. Last Wednesday's Market
At the Flemington (Melbourne) cattle sales last wednesday 1840 fat cattle was yarded, including 1280 bullocks and 590 cows. The yarding was a good one, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outbreak in Wheat Stacks. 4000 Bags Damaged or Destroyed. Wagga
A tree which broke out in two of James Bell and Company's wheat stocks at Lockhart at about 6 o'clock last night, destroyed or damaged about 4000 bags of wheat. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Growers and The Wheat Boards. Ministers and 0Fficials Run the Show
A council meeting of the Victorian Journal of Agriculture decided to write again to the Prime Minuter, urging that representation be given…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oh, What Shall the Harvest be? the Wheat-grower's Hope and Fear
Dr. Arlhul, M.L.A., at Sydnoy, has given to the preas there [?] by him from the wife of a farmer growing whant on the black, soll [?] They tell a story of hope and feur, of [?] and of [?] that should be send by every [?] of Australla and [?] by every [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Control of Trade Price-fixing in N.S.W. Cheese, Wheat, Flour and Bran
WAR Precautions Regulations gaxclled on Thursday fix the maximum prices of cheese throughout the Commonwealth as follow:—…
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