AUSTRALIAN WHEAT SOWINGS
Received Mondav, 7 p.m. MKLBOURNE, May 12. Sowings of wheat throughout Aus tralia for the 1947-48 season were ex pected to tolal about 15,000,000 ac re.v the highest since before the war. s"i'' Ihe acting-chainnan of the Australiah Wheat Board (Mr. W. X. Pearse). The eomlitions for sowing w'ere satis faetory in all States. There had been good 1-ain in most of the wheat districrs and the prospects vvere promising. ftince December 1, 24,000,000 bushets of last season 's crop had been sold tor home consumption and 37,750,000- for export as wheat. and fiour.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 May 1947, Page 5
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