Canada Tightens-up on Wheat Exports
The Canadian Government has banned the export of wheat and other goods to countries adjacent to Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1940
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Wheat Fee to Agent 'Unjustified' Charge
Contending that the payment by farmers of an agent's commission on bulk wheat is unjustified, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agent Puts Case For Gambling In the Farmers Wheat Scrip F.S.A. Man's Vigorous Reply
SUBMITTING a case for wheat scrip being made negotiable, Mr. Lindley Walker, of the Lindley Walker Wheat Co. Ltd., declared in a press interview this week that speculation was the life-blood of the wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Purchase. Appraisements of January 23
Appraisements of clips on Tuesday, January 23, in connection with the purchase of the Australian wool clip by the British Government, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Delay in Wheat Money Distribution Minister Explains
REPLYING to complaints concerning delays in the distribution of the first advance on new season's wheat the Minister for Commerce (Senator…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Horse Breeders Concerned at Wheat Restriction Plan
COMMENTING on the suggestion that the Commonwealth Government may be forced to impose restrictions on the acreage of wheat sown for next season, members of the committee of the N.S.W. Horse Association expressed the view that, in implementing such a measure, it was vital to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Inquiry Department Wages Tax and Wheat Carter
"A.B.C.": What wages tax should I collect from a carrier carting wheat from my property to the railway. In two weeks I paid him £11/5/0…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sheep Stud Notes Southdowns Imported from N.Z. for New Stud
THE latest Southdown stud to be established in New South Wales is by Mr. L. L. Vile, of Major's Creek, Howlong, who has applied to the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Board To Tell Growers More About Sale of Their Wheat
IT is the intention of the Australian Wheat Board to publish statements—probably fortnightly—showing the progress made with the marketing of the harvest. The Board decided to take this action on the suggestion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Board Member Cautious on Future For Wheat Storage Costs Are Mounting
WHILE admitting that the wheat situation had improved as a result of the large sale of new season's wheat to Great Britain, Mr. E. Field, growers' representative on the Australian Wheat Board, said this week that he was adopting a cautious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Carry-over Prospect. About 30,000,000 Bushels. ADELAIDE
The Minister for Commerce, Senator McLeay, said to-day that, although it now appeared that the wheat harvest would yield about 185,000,000 bushels—10,000,000 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →F.A.Q. Wheat Standard Fixed At 63¼lb. To The Bushel
The fair average quality for wheat grown in New South Wales was fixed to-day at 63¼lb. to the bushel, compared with 64¼lb. a bushel last year…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Board Appoints Committee To Review Pre-War Wheat Contracts Hopes to Effect Satisfactory Settlements
A COMMITTEE has been appointed by the Australian Wheat Board to review pre-war contracts made between growers and millers and merchants for exchange of old season's wheat, so that adjustments…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →W. A. Growers Strongly Criticise Features of Wool Appraisement Talk of Hold-up If Demands Not Met
VARIOUS features of the wool purchase scheme were strongly criticised by a meeting of woolgrowers at Konjonup (Western Australia). It was agreed that, failing complete satisfaction of the producers' requests before April 1, this year, regarding price costs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →C. P. Wants Facts About the Wheat Position Federal Govt. is Urged to Issue Full Statement Thorby Tells in Broadcast
THE Country Party is now urging the Federal Government to make public the whole of the facts regarding the wheat position in Australia and overseas, and to announce immediately its policy setting out any…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Restriction This Year Wheat Acreage Control Issue to be Reviewed at End of the Season W. A. Leader Is Outspoken on Future
IT is understood that acting on the advice of experts of the Department of Commerce, the Commonwealth Government has decided to abandon for the time being proposals for restriction of wheat planting in the coming season. The likelihood of such a decision was reported in "The Land" last week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →70 P.C. Fuel Saving on Farms in N.S.W
EVIDENCE obtained by the producer gas committee appointed by the State Government, shows that operating on full load, a saving of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier's Farms Will Not Suffer State-wide Scheme For Protection Local Men Respond
FARMERS who go to the war, or who are called up for militia training camps, will be afforded all protection…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chief of Dairy Board May Retire
AT the last meeting of the Australian Dairy Produce Board, the chairman, Mr. T. Flood Plunkett, M.L.A., of Queensland, intimated his…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →S.A. Move to Preserve Farm Trees
TO preserve trees in pastoral and farming areas, and thereby prevent soil erosion and provide shelter for stock, a 25…
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