The Wheat Crop
BERRIGAN.—Harvesting operations in Southern Riverina are proceeding satisfactorily. At Berrigan as high as ten bags per acre have been secured. The quality…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1918
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The Flame-Swept Land Farmers Suffer Enormous Losses. Many Wheat Crops Lost
A number of destructive fires have raged in many parts of New South Wales during the past. week, and enormous damage has been done to wheat-fields…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Infested Sheep. Control of sheep-Louse and Tick
The chief inspector of stock in New South Wales (Mr. Symons) has drawn the a[?]ntion of the Pastures Protection Boards to the importance of the latest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Western Australian Cattle Station
Trebeck Son and Co., Sydney report selling the "Anna Plains" Station in Western Australia, comprising an area of 713,000 acres together with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Wheat Yield
The wheat harvest in the north promises to exceed the earlier estimates, and over a large area of the north, as distinct from the north-west, the yield will average about 14 or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Wheat Britain's Part
With the coming of the New Year the burden borne by the Imperial Government in regard to the purchase of Australian wheat is likely to heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Freights and Australian Wheat
An active enquiry rules for tonnage to carry grain, and rates from all quarters are very firm in tone (says the "Corn Trade News" of London)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Fires in Victoria
Fires in the north-western Victoria wheat holt destroyed 300 acres of sta[?]ing wheat belonging to Tepper Bros., and 30 acres of wheat together wit…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agricultural & Pastoral Shows Dates for Forthcoming Events
(The Editor will feel obliged If secretaries of Agricultural and other Shows will forward dates which we publish tree of church. We are particularly anxious to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Financial. Sydney Wool Appraisements
The New South Wales State Wool Committee has advised Sydney wool-selling brokers that the following additional dates and quantities have been allotted for further Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"John Bridge" Reports WOOL
The work of appraising the wool clip recommended on the 7th instant and will be continued practically without a break until February 13. This period…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Market Stronger
The pennings of sheep and lambs at Homebush yesterday totalled 11,829 head out of 11,880 catalogued. These were from 52 owners, hailing from all the sheep-breeding districts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sheep-Fly Experiments Work at Moree
Kooroogama Station, Moree, owned i by Messrs. Reid Bros., has been placed at the service of the Fly Investigation Committee for experimental purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Board. New Handling Agreement
At the close of a meeting of the Wheat Board yesterday, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) stated that an agreement for the handling of the new crop was ready for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Declining Wheat Areas. Country Views
"I warmly commend the appeal made by wheatgrowers, through their organisations, for an increase in the minimum price," yesterday remarked Mr. G. W. Walker (Lindley, Walker,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Land. Wheat or Stock
Commenting recently upon the wheat industry, we emphasised the inescapable fact that the position of the share-farmer and the smaller holder mainly depending upon wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Handling. Favorable Terms for Growers
Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, yesterday presided over a meeting of tho Wheat Board, finalising the agreement with shippers for tho coming season…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Field, Orchard and Garden Crops. Wheat Cultivation Early versus Late Fallow Summer Plouching for Best Results
During the judging of the Nhill (Vic.) crop and fallow competitions in the first week of December the advantages of early fallow were demonstrated beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Millions of Chalcid Wasps Fighting the Sheep Fly
The offer of the sheep-fly investigation committee through the P.P. Boards to supply calchid wasp parasites to pastoralists prepared to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Appraisements. Additional Dates and Quantities
Mr. R. J. Withers, secretary Sydney Wool Sellers Brokers' Association, advises the following additional dates and quantities have been allotted for…
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