Farm Workers Arrive
Sixteen English, Scottish, and Welsh boys arrived by the Jervis Bay this morning. They are farm apprentices on their way to…
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The Only Way to Help the Farmer
"ALL wealth comes from the soil." That being so, it is obviously necessary to keep upon the soil the people whose business it is to extract the wealth. We grow in Australia enough wheat to supply the needs of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Favorite Double Successful at Warwick Farm Punters Puzzled, But Casque D'or Won Great Price Going About Don Moon in Handicap Plunge on Antiochus
IT is unusual for untied horses to win both "legs" of a double But the two chief races at Warwick Farm on Saturday went to the respective public fancies. The first the Sefton Handicap, provided a great finish, Casque…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheds Shattered by Cyclone Hives of Bees Blown Right Off a Farm!
TAMWORTH, Sunday.--Twenty large sheds were blown over today in a cyclone, and several hives of bees were carried right Off a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Uplift of Bacon Quality Farmers and Factories Hand in Hand
Hie "useful information" given in the article on standardisation of bacon pigs, in thes columns last week was commended by Mr. P…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"Grow Less Wheat"
Regina (Canada), Monday. -- The discontinuance of wheat producing in Western Canada for one year was advocated to-day by Mr. George…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Produce. Butter Price Again Increased
Despite the fact that an increased price took effect yesterday morning, the wholesale price of butter will again be higher this morning. The new price will be 147/2 per cwt (including 2/6…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Breadstuffs. Wheat Trading Suspended
Business in the wheat market yesterday continued at a standstill. Growers were in a quandary as to what to do with their wheat, and no fresh tonnage is being engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Butter Production. Reduced North Coast Output
Comparatively dry weather on the North Coast during December reduced the cream supplies to the butter factories, according to the local dairy instructors. In the Richmond…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flemington Stock Sales. Sheep. Weaker Market
About 41,8[?] sheep and lambs were on offer at the Flemington fat stock sales yesterday. The quality was not quite on a par with last Monday s offerings, and they consisted of the usual…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wool Sales. an Improved Tone
Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,614 bales, and the sales, including private transactions, amounted…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Cargoes Firm London, January 5
The market for wheat cargoes was firm on better week-end advices from North and South America, and an expansion of the demand for Australian wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep! Why Starve? Man's Outburst When He Was Sentenced
TAMWORTH, Monday.--"It seems hard when a man is hungry and there are sheep to eat," said Frederick Lacava, who was sentenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brisk Wool Bidding Public Interest In Sales
COMPETITION was very keen when the fifth series of the wool sales was continued at the Royal Exchange this afternoon. Like yesterday there was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Skin and Wheat Talk By Cabinet MELBOURNE
THIS afternoon's meeting of the federal Cabinet is the first of a [?] before the next session of the Federal Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →3- Bushel for ½d Bread Rise Wheat Figures
In its leading article yesterday "The Sun" stated that the position of the man on the land was so precarious, and his work was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Incomes Drop in One Shire. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In the "Herald" of December 31 a writer who says he is a small grazier in Riverina, gives some figures comparing returns from grazing for the years 1927 to 1930…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Strong Demand for Lambs Grown Sheep Down at Homebush Sales
Much of the advance stock prices recorded last week at Homebush was lost at yesterday's sales. With the exception of lambs and light hoggets, for which late…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Produce Trade Butter Prices Again Higher Potato Stocks Are Almost Sold
A FURTHER advance of ½d a lb was made to-day in the price of butter in Sussex-street. The second in ten day the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Advances Act. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The reiterated advice of the Acting Minister for Markets to merchants and wheat-growers to go on trading in wheat is merely adding insult to injury. He tells the growers…
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