Shortage in Sugar Crop. Ministry Purchases Abroad
Cyclonic disturbances at Cairns and in other districts of Queensland a year ago have adversely affected the sugar yield to an extent not previously…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Farming & the land, 1919
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Farms at Millthorpe Two Purchased by Government
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Ashford) has decided to purchase two farms at Millthorpe for returned soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Farmers Federal Member's Assertion "Men Are Being Robbed" Bathurst
A representative committee was appointed at a meeting of the Bathurst repatriation committee last night to investigate the position at the soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Malting Barley Forbes Farmers Reap Profits FORBES
Sydney brewers have been buying malting barley very freely in tho Forbes district this season. Recent prices paid on trucks at Forbes were 6s 2½d a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tobacco Crop. Promising Prospects
Increased areas of tobacco have this season been planted in all the districts where this crop is usually grown. A record area is under cultivation, and upon present appearances there…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmer's Welfare Section. New Development Contemplated
Not the least important department, in the eyes of the directors of Farmer and Co., is that firm's provision for the welfare of their employees, and the encouragement of their social…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More Farms for Soldiers
The Minister for Lands has decided, subject to Executive approval, to purchase two small properties in the Orange district for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairying at Canowindra
CANOWINDRA.--The local butter factory manufactured 82791b. of first-grade butter during December, for which suppliers were paid is 4 12d per 1b and 7441b of seconds at is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy Cattle
The good rains in the Uralla, Walcha, and Armidale districts, and in a few other centres, have stimulated the deman for reliable milkers; but, where…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Payment
A cable received by Mr. Massy Greene (Acting Minister for Customs), from the High Commissioner in London, states the British Government is ready to pay the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coonamble. Pastoral Outlook
The outlook for pastoralists is bad. and most of the stock have been sent away for agistment. One local man who sent sheep to the Riverina for grass…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wheat Competition
Additions have been made to the wheat section of the Sydney Royal Show, and one of the important changes in the conditions is that instead of a sample of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Operations
In three pooling seasons' operations, 404,872,000 bushels of wheat have been handled, states the Australian Wheat Board. Shipments from Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"In Really Bad Way." the Wheat Farmers
TAMWORTH.—At the quarterly meeting of the district council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr.Studte brought under notice the fact that farmers bad not been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sale of Wheat
The Assistant Minister (Senator Russell) announced that 50,000 tons of Australian wheat had been sold to Norway a a price equivalent to 5s 8d per busher…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coolamon. Wheat Season
The number of bags of new season's wheat stacked in railway yards is 67,804. The grain is the best sample that has been harvested for years. In many…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Help for Farmers. Seed Wheat, Fodder, and Cash
Although the sub-committee of the State Cabinet to decide upon the method of rendering assistance to necessitous farmers did not meet yesterday, it was learned that a scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Berrigan. Wheat Carting
Wheat carting has commenced, and 34,554 bags have passed over the Weight bridge at the local railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wagga. Poultry and Sheep Disappear
The disappearance of sheep and poultry from paddocks and fowl runs, in the vicinity of North Wagga, led to the arrest of James Harold Birmingham,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Butter Report. Sydney, Jan. 11, 1919
The improvement in the output is again noticeable this week, but the increase in the Coastal districts is being absorbed by the demand from inland,…
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