Until the financial situation compelled drastic economies in all departments last year, special allowances were paid by the Education department to ...
Article : 203 wordsBelow are appended the annual estimates by our district correspondents regarding the prospects for the 1931 harvest. The average return, estimated at 18½ bushels per acre, has been considrably reduced by the failure of crops in the southern and mixed farming ...
Article : 517 wordsThe man with the greying hair slowly withdrew the pistol from the capacious pocket of his coat and carefully examined it. It glittered in the ...
Article : 185 wordsMost disappointing are the crops for many years. The recent rains will increase the wheat crops and the average is estimated for oats, at 15 bushels, and ...
Article : 45 wordsOwing to the wet winter and the dry spell following, the late sown crops throughout the district are very short and thin and are hardly worth cutting. ...
Article : 58 wordsThe crops around hero should yield about eight bags per acre. For the past four years the heads were plentiful enough to have yielded well, but ...
Article : 216 wordsOn Sunday and Monday, November 15 and 16, 21 inches of rain fell in this district; the rain came a little late, still it will do a lot of good to the ...
Article : 175 wordsThe wheat crops around this district are not quite so good as usual, but those which were sown early should yield well. With favorable weather, ...
Article : 77 wordsTwo unusual manifestations of the surge of private economy are reported from Europe. The Vatican's "'Peter's pence" revenue, which before the war ...
Article : 114 wordsThe W.A. Premier (Sir James Mitchell), following a complaint by a deputation representing the fruit growers of Western Australia that it was now ...
Article : 97 wordsThe early own crops are well up to the average, whilst those that were sown late will be, in most cases, disappointing, as practically no rain fell ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Minister for Markets (Mr. P. J. Moloney, made reference to the statement which appeared in the press regarding the methods of packing ...
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Advertising : 363 wordsThe crop prospects in the. Haven district for the current season are as follow:—Wheat, 835 acres, 17,500 bushels, 7 bags; oats, 927 acres, 1500 ...
Article : 34 wordsCrops in the Murtoa district have made a wonderful recovery since the recent heavy rain. The area under wheat, within about a five mile radius ...
Article : 109 wordsIn expressing an opinion of the economic conditions. Mr. R. D. Young, of Minyip, said that although the Wimmera and Mallee had suffered most ...
Article : 119 wordsSurprising German interest and knowledge in Australian affair, have been revealed by the wireless talks and lectures by Professor Lodewyek, of ...
Article : 145 wordsThe area sown in this district it very shall, owing to the wet winter. The hay crop will be very light, and as to grain there will be very little ...
Article : 54 wordsAfter personal observation and interviewing a good many of the successful farmers in the district, I have struck what I consider a fair average. ...
Article : 183 wordsProbably not since 1914 have crops throughout Ullswater and neighboring districts promised such poor yields. Oat crops, even when sowed on ...
Article : 263 wordsCrop prospects around here are any thing but bright, only a very small area being good. Nut so much has been sown as in the last two seasons. ...
Article : 101 wordsWhat a tremendous influence the lives of three notable men, in M. Faraday, T. A. Edison and T. B. Dunlop, have had on the civilised world. ...
Article : 274 wordsThursday, November 19, was the 97th official birthday of the State of Victoria In the dim grey light of the dawn of November 19, 1834, an ...
Article : 99 wordsThe recent rains have made a wonderful improvement in the wheat crops of this district. The hot weather experienced a few days previous to the ...
Article : 406 wordsHay cutting will be general in this district in a few days. The oat crops as a whole are almost a failure, and only in isolated cases will they be ...
Article : 156 wordsCrop prospects are almost out of the question as there are very few crops to be seen. The continuous rain during the winter caused the crops that ...
Article : 67 wordsHis Majesty the King of England has caused the master of his household to send the following letter to Mr. C. Ritchie. of Renmark, who some time ...
Article : 195 wordsThis season it is very hard to give an average of the crops in this district. The very long wet winter resulted in the ground becoming ...
Article : 108 wordsThe crops in this district are looking exceedingly well, especially the early ones, which have made great growth since the rain. The late once ...
Article : 213 wordsWorking harder than any Hollywood star before and loving it is Victoria McLaglen, the smiling, broad-shouldered favorite of many a Fox film. ...
Article : 121 wordsSome of the crops put in will hardly field anything and other are fair. The estimated average is: Wheat, 5 bags; oats 6 bags; bay, 1 ton; ...
Article : 37 wordsThe crop prospects for this district are not very bright. The area under crop is much below the average, owing to exceptionally wet weather ...
Article : 94 wordsOn present inspection, crops in this district will show varying results to their owners. On file rich black soil many are up to the average, but on ...
Article : 238 wordsWhen plough discs are too small for further use they may be used in winter where no open fire warms a cold room. On a large, flat stone, place an old ...
Article : 131 wordsCrop prospects have brightened considerably the last fortnight, as the recent rains have greatly benefited the late-sown crops, and also the forward, ...
Article : 123 wordsWhen you have sago for dinner, do you ever think of palm trees I You should, since the sago grains are formed front the starchy stuffing of the ...
Article : 291 wordsThe harvest for the district is very disappointing, owing to too much wet weather in the winter months. The acreage is considerably less than the ...
Article : 86 wordsThis district prospects for harvest this year will be light; crops are only from poor to fair. Last week's rains will help to improve the yield. Hay ...
Article : 116 wordsThe vice-captain of the Kaniva cricket team (Mr. Theo. P. Kelly), on behalf of the players presented the captain (Mr. George Reed) with a leather ...
Article : 38 wordsCrops in this district have made a remarkable recovery since the break in the weather on November 15, when just over two inches of rain were ...
Article : 214 wordsThis is about the worst year for crops ever experienced in this district, in fact none are worth harvesting. Extreme wet conditions all the winter ...
Article : 108 wordsFarmers trained to grow wheat under the conditions of the Nhill A. & P. Society's crop and fallow competitions the first of their kind established in ...
Article : 342 wordsOwing to wet conditions during the sowing season, the area under cultivation in this locality is far below that of other years, and as a number of ...
Article : 152 wordsOwing to the excess of rain in the early part of the season, and the dry spring, the crops in the district are varied. The early crops. or those on ...
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The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), Tue 1 Dec 1931, Page 6
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