Farm Hands Abortive Conference
A conference between members of the producers' associations concerned and the A.W.U. was held in Sydney yesterday, to discuss the claims lodged…
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Produce. Dairy
Trade in dairy produce oponed brightly in Sussex-street yesterday. All leading lines commanded strong support. Quotations were fully maintained at last week's levels…
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It is officially announced that the following prices will be paid on behalf of the Imperial authorities for the whole of the exportable surplus of New Zealand butter and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yanco Peach Crop
The quality of the pencil crop at Yanco, says Mr. W. J. Allen, Government Fruit Expert, who left the Irrigation area at the week-end, is good, but the crop is not so heavy as last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' Farms. Opposition to Lismore Scheme
LISMORE, Monday.--What is known as the Rocky Creek water reserve, for an ultimate augmented service to Lismore and other places, is causing considerable discussion In…
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BERRIGAN.--Between Finley and Green Swamp railway stations a quarter of a million bags of wheat have passed over the weighbridges. Rain has considerably hampered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Land Policy. New Government Proposals. Share-farming Bill
BATHURST, Monday.--Mr. "W. G. Ashford, Minister for Lands, made an important announcement at Bathurst, prior to leaving today. regarding the Government's policy in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Silos
GANMAIN.—Mr. Harris, of the State Wheat Board, and party, visited Ganmain and selected a site at the western end of the chaff dump for three reinforced concrete silos, with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Federal Control of Butter
Despite the request of butter exporters that the matter be deferred, the Commonwealth Minister in charge of foodstuffs, Senator Russell, announces that the Commonwealth has…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat and Stock
CULCAIRN.—Farmers are pleased at the prominence given in the "On the Land" columns to the wheat v stock controversy, and also at the stand taken on the question. All…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Record Wool Prices
During the past month record prices for Australia, for both merine and crossbred wool, under the appraisement scheme, have been established. In the warehouse of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sheep-dog as Turkey's Foster-Mother
ON a farm in Corn wall England, the extraordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Wheat and Flour by Trail
There were 721 tons of wheat and 250 tons of flour manifested to arrive at Darling Harbor and Sydney sub-stations yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Growing. Cost of Production
The operations incidental to the production to a crop of wheat, according to the weekly notes published by the New South Wales Agricultural Department, vary not a little with the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Soil. Britain's Butter. System of Price-fixing
A statement of special interest to Australian dairy farmers was made by Lord Rhondda, Minister for Food, in the House of Lords, just before the last London mail left. The main…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Law Report. in Equity. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Street.) Disputed Wheat Crop. Norman v [?]ush
Mr. Claudo Weston, inatructed by Messrs. McDonell and Mo[?]itt (Sydney agents for Mr. W. H. Edmondson, of Corowa), applied in Chambers, ex parte, on behalf of Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Call for Wheat for the Allies
The most pressing need of the hour is the export of food. Lord Rhondda, the British Food Controller. cabled to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat or Stock Question. Advisory Committee's Recommendations
In the most decisive manner the committee appointed to advise the Government on wheatfarming and stockraising resolved to urge that in the best interests of the community…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheat or Stock? — a Link with the Past
During the proceedings in Sydney last week of the committee inquiring into the question of whether our wheat production should be decreased in favour of stock-raising, Mr. C. W. Walker said that he had tabled Mr. James Patten, of Chicago, who had now retired, but who a few years ago wielded enormous power in the wheat world, and was known as "the Wheat King," as follows : — "Give us your opinion by telegraph world's wheat values next four years. Do you recommend increased wheat production?" He had received the following reply from Mr. Fatten : — "Expect maintenance present values wheat until Russian conditions become normal and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Financial. the Wheat Position. How Our Chief Customer Stands
While consideration is being given to whether it is wise for the wheat-growers of this State to continue producing grain, it is well to get a clear idea of the position…
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