The Wheat Crop
ADELAIDE.—The official forecast of the wheat harvest shows the total area sown as 2,642,945 acres, representing a decrease of 469,534 acres on the previous year. Of this,…
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Tamworth Cattle Sale
As will be seen in the advertising columns Gavin and Cousens, Ltd., are offering by auction at Tamwarth on Friday, 26th instant, commencing at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Storage
Consequent upon the British Government asking the Royal Society of London to arrange an investigation into the damage done by insects to grain in store throughout the Em…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Distribution
A distribution was held in London of Australian wool at prices fixed under the new schedule for civilian uses. There were 8944 bales catalogued, of which 5730 were from…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd
Our 26th appraisement catalogue was brought forward this week, and included some 5000 bales. Amongst the clips were some…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Exchange of Dairy Cattle. Holstain-Frieslans and Rod Polls
The New Zealand Department of Agriculture is exchanging about twenty head of Holstein friesian cattle with the Victorian Agricultural Department for an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Killed by Lightning. a Dairyman's Loss at Casino
During a heavy storm that passed over Casino (N.S.W.) on Monday, twelve head of young cattle, the property of Mr. George Keep, of North Casino, were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Properties For Sale
"Go in for live stock." That is the order of the day. There's money in meat—the prospects for beef are rosy us the dawn of a summer day. Which…
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Mr. A. G. Manning, M.L.A., writes at length regarding the above question, and in the course of his letter says:—Your correspondent who opened this discussion is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Patriotic Wheat-growing
Harvesting is completed in connection with the Goombargana patriotic wheat effort. Early last year, Mrs. J. E. Shipard and her son, Mr. E. W. Shipard,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Wheat Supply
It is reported in the daily press that the visible supply of American wheat east of the Rocky Mountains is estimated at the equivalent in wheat of…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →What Should Be the Cow Test? Butter-fat a Commercial Butter
In the course of an article on "Thousand-lb Cows," published in the current issue of the "Agricultural Gazette," Mr. L. T. MacInnes, acting…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wheat Guarantee. Melbourne
Referring to the guarantee [?] [?]s a [?] [?] b., which has been given on this season'[?] crop by the Commonwealth and the wheat producing States, the Minister for Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Experiment Plots Riverina Wheat Crop Tests Satisfactory Yields Despite the Rains
In the farmers experiment plots in the Riverina (N.S.W). despite attacks of mice upon the sown seed, and the execs of rain and damage by storms, the average…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Patriotic Farmers Wheat-growing for the War Funds. a £200 GIFT
About eight months ago Mrs. J. E. Shipard, and her son, Mr. E. W. Shipard, of Joombargana, near Albury (N.S.W.), offered to provide 100-acrcs of land and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breadstuffs. Wheat Loadings and Stackings
During the week ended January 12 the quantity of wheat despatched from country stations was 210,365 bags. From the opening of the present season on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Store Cattle Sale at Chinchilla (Q.)
John Bridge and Co. Ltd., Brisbane announce that in conjunction with mackle and Co., Ltd., they will conduct a big store cattle sale at Chinchilla, on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Frozen Meat From Darwin Pastoral Possibilities of the Territory
Recently the newspapers published a par. of a few lines to the effect that the first shipment of frozen meat was just made from Darwin. Probably not…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Western Australian Wheat Matters. Perth
The Farmers' and Settlers' Association protests against the payment of any compensation to the wheat acquiring agents under the new arrangement, on the ground that all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs. Prices Lower
Yesterday's pennings of sheep and lambs at Homebush totalled 23,063, out of 25,296 listed, from 103 owners. They came from most of the sheep districts of the State, and we[?]e on the…
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