COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
WHEAT GROWING
IN
AUSTRALIA.
ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS,
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 1915.
By authority:
McCARRON, BIRD & CO., PRINTERS, 479 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.
Information Concerning AUSTRALIA
may be obtained on application to—
IN AMERICA:
THE AUSTRALIAN PAVILION,
PANAMA PACIFIC EXHIBITION, SAN FRANCISCO.
NIEL NIELSEN, Esq.,
Trade and Immigration Commissioner for New South Wales,
419 Market Street, San Francisco.
F. T. A. FRICKE, Esq.,
Land and Immigration Agent for Victoria,
687 Market Street, San Francisco.
PANAMA PACIFIC EXHIBITION, SAN FRANCISCO.
NIEL NIELSEN, Esq.,
Trade and Immigration Commissioner for New South Wales,
419 Market Street, San Francisco.
F. T. A. FRICKE, Esq.,
Land and Immigration Agent for Victoria,
687 Market Street, San Francisco.
IN LONDON:
The High Commissioner for
THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA,
72 Victoria Street, Westminster.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA,
72 Victoria Street, Westminster.
IN AUSTRALIA:
The Secretary
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS,
Collins and Spring Streets, Melbourne.
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS,
Collins and Spring Streets, Melbourne.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| WHEATGROWING IN AUSTRALIA | 05 |
| AUSTRALIAN WHEAT AREA | 12 |
| FACTORS GOVERNING WHEATGROWING | 18 |
| SECURING A WHEAT FARM | 22 |
| WORKING PLANT REQUIRED | 23 |
| WORKING THE WHEAT FARM | 26 |
| COST OF PRODUCING WHEAT | 34 |
| SHARE FARMING | 38 |
| HOW THE SETTLER IS ASSISTED | 43 |
| SOCIAL LIFE IN AUSTRALIA | 49 |
WHEATGROWING IN AUSTRALIA.
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