Farmers' Potato Experiments
Potato experiment plots were planted by the Department of Agriculture on the farm of Mr. J. H. Martin, Pambula, on August 21, and 18 inches of rain were recorded during the growing…
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Yanco's Great Peach Crop
The peach drop on the Yanco Irrigation area this season is exceptionally heavy for the ages of the trees and of prime quality. The yield has exceeded all expectations, and, despite…
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ARMIDALE.--The local stock Inspector reports that there is abundance of grass and the water supply is excessive. The condition" of stock is that stores to fats are losing condition…
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In the course of a Joint communication on the subject of "Government interference with the farmer," Messrs. Douglas Middleton and A. H. Woods, of Inverell, write…
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CULCAIRN.—The wheat experimental plots conducted by the Department of Agriculture on the farm of Mr. A. M'Donald, Balldale, have returned the following satisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Guarantee. Farmers' Duty to Empire
In response to a request recently made by the Farmers and Settlers' Association that the guarantee for wheat grown next harvest should be 4s per bushel, Mr. Grahame,…
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The casual reader of current wheat statistics is apt to be misled. He reads a return from the railway department showing that the quantity of wheat entrained last week was 324,000…
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At a representative meeting of the Coradgery branch of the Agricultural Bureau (which has a roll of 54 members, all wheat-growers) the following resolution was unanimously carried:--…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Feedikg Wheat to Pigs
The majority of growers have a considerable quantity of wheat on hand this season which is much below f.a.q., and for which they will be heavily docked if it is put into…
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The proposal to form a wheat farmers co-operative concern to deal with all the wheat grown in New South Wales is one which should commend itself to every farmer, and should…
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The fixed legal maximum price for wheat, flour, mill offal, and bread remained unchanged yesterday. "BUSINESS SUSPENDED."…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Price of Wheat. Guarantee of 3- to Stand. Appeal to Farmers' Patriotism
Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, stated yesterday that the Government could not accede to the wishes of the Farmers and Settlers' Association to increase the guaranteed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agricultural and Pastoral State of the Country. Bathurst
As a result of further rain and wintry weather, maize and tomato crops have been retarded. The maize crops promise better yields than have been obtained for many years…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--The Press Bureau announces that Lord Devonport. Food Controller, explains that the prices of wheat and oats previously cabled as having been fixed by him…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Elevators. Deputation to Premier
A massed deputation from the Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Manufacturers, the Employers' Federation, the Iron Trade Employers' Association, the Master Builders'…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Australian Wool for the Allies
IT is a far [?] from Wileannia, in New South Wales, to the battlefields of Europe[?] but in all probability the wool which is here seen on its way to market with in the course of time be converted…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Wheat Guarantee. Demand of Four Shillings
PARKES.—At a representative meeting of the Coradgery Agricultural Bureau (which has a roll of 54 members, all of whom are wheatgrowers, the following resolution was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Commercial. English Cable Messages. Wool for the Government
LONDON, Tuesday.--The Bradford Conference has decided to place all tops from 36's to 58's. at the disposal of the Government before offering them elsewhere, on the basis of the prices…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Produce. Dairy. a Weaker Egg Market
Though quotations were nominally unchanged, the egg market had a weaker tendency yesterday morning. Fairly good supplies of new-laids were to hand, and it is within…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Maize
The schedule in the maize section for the forthcoming Royal show has undergone considerable alteration on that of last year's. The criticism levelled at the existing schedule…
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