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Show SHIPS NEED CF AUSTRALIA Grain of Little Value Without Transportation, Trans-portation, as Little of It Is Used at Home. "Australia's food production this year will average normal; u is ueuu unusually heavy nor light, but there is going to be considerable difficulty in handling the crops, because there are no facilities for transportation," said H. W. Stephens, a merchant of Melbourne, who was visiting the United Unit-ed States. "The greatest need of Australia Aus-tralia today is transportation. Until ship tonnage is provided it is almost useless for the farmers to complete their harvesting, as- it requires only a small percentage of the crops to supply sup-ply the domestic needs. Heretofore great quantities of grain have been shipped to England and it is still going overseas, but in not sufficient quantity, for England needs wheat now as never before. But without ships it is impossible impos-sible for us to send our wheat abroad. "The wheat crop of Australia was damaged to some extent by mice, and until the farmers learned how to combat com-bat this pest it threatened to become a serious menace. The farmers used poison, water, gas and other means, and finally got rid of them." |