Show SHIPS NEED OF AUSTRALIA I 1 grain of little value without trans franc port atlon as aa little of it la Is used at home a alias food production this year will average normal it Is neither unusually heavy nor light but there Is going to be considerable difficulty in handling the crops because there are no facilities for transportation said ii 11 IV stephens a merchant of melbourne who was wag visiting the unit ed states the greatest need ot of australla today Is transportation until ship tonnage Is provided it la Is almost useless for tho the farmers to complete their harvesting as it requires only a small percentage of the crops to supply the domestic needs heretofore groat great quantities of grain havo have been shipped to england and it Is still going overseas but in not lent quantity for england needs wheat now as never before but without ships it to Is impossible for us to send our wheat abroad I 1 the wheat crop of australia was damaged to some extent by mice and until the farmers learned how to combat this post pest it threatened to become a serious menace the farmers used poison water gas and other means and finally got rid of them |