ONE SHEEP—52-lb, of Wool, a Staple 2-ft, 7-in, Long
A remarkable staple of wool, measuring no less than 2-ft, 7-in, in length, has been obtained on the Port Hardy sheep run, D'Urville Island, French Pass, N.Z.,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming & the land, 1918
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New South Wales Butter
The Premier's attention having been invited to a proposal to pool Australian butter in the United Kingdom with other imported butter, Mr. Holman has addressed a letter to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charge of Cattle Stealing
TAREE, Monday.--At the police court, before Mr. F. Potts, P.M. Hubert Allan, an old resident of the district, was committed for trial on charge of stealing cattle, the property of Herbert O'Nelll,of Wingnam…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Red Cross Wheat
A scheme to raise funds for the Red Cross Society was inaugurated recently by the Wagga branch. Three receiving agents—The Murrumbidgee Milling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wheat Outlook
When the Federal Government can spare the time from political manoeuvring and party bickering, one of the most difficult, and important economic problems arising…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →England's Wheat Lands
Never within living memory has so much wheat been sown in England as during last autumn. The Food Department expects that 3,000,000 additional acres have been placed…
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THE State Cabinet, struck by the vast accumulation of west, has decided that the farmers and graziers would be better advised to grow stock. Mr. Ashford…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Argentine Wheat Crop. An Agreement With the Allies
A message from Buenos Ayres states that an important agreement has been completed between the representatives of Argentina and the British and French…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Field, Orchard and Garden Crops. the New Wheat Pool Payment for the Wheat First Instalment of Three Shillings
The N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) stated last week that the Governor of the Commonwealth Bank (Mr. Miller) was making arrangements…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Go In For Livestock More Wool and Meat—less Wheat Victoria Gives a Lead
From Melbourne comes the following message dated Sunday:—"Mr. F. Hagelthorn (ex-Minister for Agriculture) stated to-night that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Gift Wheat Plot
About eight mouths ago Mr. E. W. Shepard, of Joombargana, Albury, offered a 90-acre paddock and the seed wherewith to sow it, if the district…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North-west Wheat Tests
The season has been unfavorable to the wheat-grower in parts of the north-west, as indicated by the results of runners' experiment plots at Wee Waa…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat in the Open
FORBES.—The fall of between two and three inches of rain this week has made the ground very soft, and has retarded stripping operations, which are somewhat late this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soil. Pastoral Conditions. Good Season Adversities
The flush season has its drawbacks, as well as its many advantages, from the pastoral point of view. Anomalous as it may seem, there is too much feed and water over a great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Wool in London
A distribution was held in London last week of Australian wool at prices fixed under the new schedule for civilian uses: 8944 bales were catalogued, of which 5730…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"John Bridge" Reports WOOL
The New Year's arrangements for wool appraisements in this State have been extended by the addition of three further series, each of 55,000 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Breadstuffs. Wheat Loadings and Stackings
During the week ended January 5, the quantity of wheat despatched from country stations was 164,983. bags. From the opening of the present season on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Beef Cattle Breeders. Progress of the Association
At the monthly meeting of the council of the Stud Beef Cattle Breeders' Association of Australia, held at Sydney last Thursday, the president (Mr. Arthur Bowman) occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Land. Stock or Wheat
The vital question of the relative importance, at this juncture, of stock-raising and wheat-growing, recently raised in these columns has aroused considerable interest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Produce. Wheat, Flour, and By-products
The fixed legal maximum prices of wheat, bread, flour, bran, and pollard remained unchanged yesterday. The were 52-1 tons of wheat and 200 tons…
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