The Wheat Pool. Board's Overdraft £690,000
The Wheat Board overdraft on December 31 was £690,000, of which New South Wales was debited with £14,000. Of 1916-17 harvest there is 36,357,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1918
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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs. Monday's Rise Lost
At Homebush yesterday there were roughly 4600 more sheep and lambs in the pens than on Monday, with a larger proportion of the pennings consisting of plain-bodied sheep and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Trade Review. Control of Raw Materials
Lost week attention was drawn to the arrangements made for dealing with the work of appraising the value of the New South Wales clip These comprised four series, each of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Bag Shortage High Prices and No Freights
Mr. Fitzpatrick (the Assistant Treasurer) has stated that 5,000,000 cornsacks are available for the wheat harvest, but nobody appears to know where to find them. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Homebush Fat Market Report and Record of Sales. Thursday Sheep
Small supply. Quality only fair. Market lower. Last day's advance was not sustained to-day. The difference was not very…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Dairy Industry Herd-Testing In N.S.W. Its Importance to the Dairy Farmer
The senior dairy-inspector for the Victorian Department of Agriculture. (Mr. R. T. Archer) is a persistent advocate of herd-testing by dairy-farmers, and few…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Good Harvest Prospects Fine Growth of Crops Dairying Prosperous
The condition of crops in New South Wales during the month of December, as shown by the reports furnished by meteorological observers throughout the State, was generally…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the Land. Poultry Conference. Question of Wheat Supply
The Interstate annual conference of the National Utility Poultry Breeders' Association of Australia was continued at the School of Arts yesterday, the president, Mr. J. C…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weight of Sales of Wool. New Regulations in Force
New regulations have been issued by the authorities as to the weights of bales of wool. [?] the customary regulations were that a bale of [?] wool, to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE N.Z. Hemp Industry. Wheat Harvesting to have preference
The New Zealand hemp industry will be virtually suspended by the Government. It has been found necessary to divert the labor to wheat harvesting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Cattle-Tick Modification of the System Demanded. a North-coast Protest
A meeting of stock-owners at Casino (N.S.W.) recently protested against the proposal to spray horses crossing the Richmond River from north to south in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Handling The Wheat Reduction in Agents' Fees the New Agreement
Agents will be paid 1/8 per bushel less for handling the wheat this season, instead of 3 1/8d. the commission will be 3d. The agreement between…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Market Mirror. Wool. Insurance and New Series of Appraisements
The question of insurance of wool has been receiving considerable attention since the British Government commandeered the wool. This refers more to the usual sheep's…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →WOOL. Brokers' Reports, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd
Our first appraisement in the New Year (No. 25) took place on January 8, and further appraisement dates arranged for this company are January 17 and 28 and February…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →If John Bull Should Say "No" What Would Become of Our Wheat?
AUSTRALIA! I have a crop that i want sell. You used foodstuffs more this you need men, you known—Tudor says so. BRITAIN: Very surry, Australia: it seems to be good wheat, but it would be as useful to me as diamonds in a desert. I'm getting ny wheat, with less risk, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flocks and Herds-breeding and Feeding. Stock Pests Exterminating the Sheep-Fly the Distribution of Chalcid Wasps
The offer of the sheep-fly investigation committee, through the Pictures Protection Boards, to supply chalcid wasp parasite to pastoralists that were prepared to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sydney Wool Trade. Special Weekly Review. Three Months' Appraisements Seven Series Arranged Resumption of Activities Work Proceeding Satisfactorily Excellent Results
The 5th Sydney appraisement series this season, officially known as No. 25, was commenced on Monday last, and appraisers have been busily engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Crop Reports. Bathurst
The weather is ideal for harvesting. Some very good crops have been gathered, and are in splendid condition. There has not been a large area left for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sporting. the Turf. Warwick Farm Races
There was a good attendance at the Warwick Farm races last Saturday. Three favourites were successful and the three other winners were well backed…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Shire Work for Farmers
The farmers of Delungra and district held a meeting to discuss the question of road making, and forwarded a number of resolutions to the Bannockburn Shire…
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