Norco's Butter Output Declines
Norco Co-op. during December manufactured 1367 tons butter (1489 tons in November), and paid suppliers at the rate of 10¼d per [?]b. for…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Farming & the land, 1931
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Wheat Gains in Weight
PARKES.--When Cr. McIntyre, of Peak Downs, harvested his wheat, after the heavy rain in December, it weighed 56[?]b. per bushel. After being…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Loss on Wool Growing
A Parkes grazier states: "I received £354 for 49 bales of wool this year. "I would like someone to tell me how it will return me a profit, after paying the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Homebush Sales Sheep Prices Hold Smaller Yarding
A firmer tone characterised the early sheep sales at Homebush this morning tor all good killing lines. Only the plain description met with Irregular competition…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne
A total of 7844 bales will be offered at the first wool sales of the new year, to be held on Monday. It is expected that with the increased exchange rate, the average levels for the first half of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Commercial. the Swiss Wool Trade
The Consul for Switzerland for New South Wales supplies the following interesting details of the wool trade in Switzerland:—The wool industry ranks among the most ancient in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wheat Destroyed by Fire. Wagga
A fair area of valuable wheat crop at Lansdowne, near The Rock, was destroyed by fire at the week-end. The fire spread rapidly, and thrcatened a wide area, but…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fixed for Wheat. Several Fresh Charters
The British steamer Luceric, which arrived at Newcastle on the 10th inst. from Calcutta for orders, has been chartered by the N.S.W. Wheat Pool…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Advance Trade's Opinion About Board
FEELING in the wheat trade is that the Commonwealth Bank Board, in its reply to the Prime Minister on the question of the wheat advance, has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Moving the Wheat. Preparations for 1000 Trucks
GOULBURN, Saturday.—Preparations are being made by the Railway Department to move the south-western wheat harvest to Darling Harbour. An order has been placed for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Price Causes Cabinet Crisis Paris
The wheat price scheme formulated by the Minister tor Agriculture (M. Boret), is causing a division in Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World's Wheat Heavy Shipments London, January 17
For wheat cargoes the market is quiet following on heavy world shipments, but quotations arc unchanged. A shipment of 7000 tons from. West Australia ex an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Position. International Conference. LONDON, Jan. 17
A meetmg of economic and agricultural experts at Geneva to-day convened a conference to be held in Rome on March 26 to investigate the wheat position on the basis…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat and Flour. Queensland Consumers. Toowoomba
Mr. E. F. O'Brien, of the Defiance Flour Milling Co., said that the Government's action in taking over all flour would hit the consumer, particularly as wages were going down…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Auckland Wool Sales. Auckland (N.z.)
A further decline in prices occurred at the second Auckland wool sale this season. Values ranged from /0[?] to /0[?] below those ruling at Napier on the 12st inst, and up to /0[?] below…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wheat Acquisition Scheme Fixed Price for Local Consumption
The Government's proposed legislation includes a Wheat Acquisition Act. The bill is being prepared, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bank Board. The Advance on Wheat. MELBOURNE
The board of directors of the Commonwealth Bank concluded its meeting yesterday. The chairman of the board (Sir Robert Gibson) said that there was no statement for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Local Butter Prices to Be Increased ½d a lb. To-day
The wholesale price of butter in New South Wales will be increased by ½d a lb to-day, the new rate being 1566 a cwt. (including 26 for boxes)…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lucerne Tests on Wheat Soils Variable Conditions No Bar to Success
PARKES, Saturday.--Four years ago there were only two areas of lucerne in the Parkes district exceeding ten acres, these being owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wheat Diet for Stock America's Solution of Heavy Glut CHICAGO
"America will never be able to get rid of her excess of wheat, and it must be fed to livestock." This…
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