Grain being loaded for export at Mildura.
Peeps in the Past. Presented by Mildura and District Historical Society. Compiled by Judi Hyde and Sue Kelly for Mildura Rural City Council Library Service.
100 years ago
WHEAT: Farmers are invited to compete man against man, district against district in a display of wheat as
Sunraysia Daily offers a first prize of three pounds and Mr A.E. Lloyd, of De Garis and Co., offers second prize of one pound for the best sheaf of wheat produced this season in Sunraysia fields. Sheaves may be of any variety of wheat and need not to be of greater size than can be nicely spanned by the two hands. They must be neatly and firmly tied and labelled, the label stating: 1. The variety of wheat; 2. When sown; 3. The amount of seed sown per acre; 3a. On what class of soil produced; 4. Whether on fallow, ordinary stubble or entirely new land; 5. The district where grown and number of the block; 6. Full name, address and postal address of the sender. For