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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Wheat Experiments at Mathoura

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 2

The experiment plots conducted by the Department of Agriculture on the farm of Messrs. F. Glenn and D. Glenn, jur., at Mathoura, have been harvested,…

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Deniliquin (and District) History [Extracts from the “Pastoral Times.”]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 4

January 25, 1873:— Church of England—.The annual meeting was held on Tuesday last. Present—Rev. J. M. Ware (in the…

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Dairying. Butter Quality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 4

The New Cream Grading Conditions. In an interesting little table the dairy expert sets out the quantity of butter of each grade that was…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

The secretary of the above desires to acknowledge receipt of the following moneys in connection with wheat promises made to the Corowa hospital last…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. No. 296. Agricultural. Cotton Growing in Australia

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 4

Possibilities and Prospects. Considerable attention has been given by the Department of Agriculture to the possibilities of cotton being…

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The Victorian Wheat Harvest. Precautions Against Outbreak

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 1

The unusually weather which had been experienced until a few days ago has caused an enormous growth of crops and grass, and with the drying effects…

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Sydney Wool Market. Business Resumed

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 1

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., write [?] as follows :— “The work of appraising the values at which the balance of the…

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Farmers and Settlers’ Association. Berrigan Branch

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 3

There was only a small attendance of members at the monthly meeting of the Berrigan branch of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association on…

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Sheep-fly Pest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 17

Mr. Charles L. Brown, formerly of "University of Wisconsin, is at present in Sydney, and stated that ho was investigating the sheep-fly pest, as he had a…

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Wheat Agencies

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

The following communication appeared in on of the Melbourne dailies fron Mr Schwieger, Secretary, of the Victorian Chamber…

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Farmers' Wheat Plots. Seasonable Effect on Yields

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 16

A batch of harvesting results of farmers' wheat experiment plots, under the supervision, of the Department of Agriculture, are available. In almost every…

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The Wheat Pool

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

Of the 53,793,000 bags of wheat put Into the Australian wheat pool last season 27,308,000 bags were held by shipping agents and millers on…

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Competition for Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

The Victorian Chamber of Agriculture is urging farmers to do their part to see that the Echuca mill sets all its requirements from the district by first offering…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. No. 297, Agricultural. the Potato Crop. Keep Cultivating Implements Going

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

Provided the land in kept Well cultivated during the next two of three months, the very serviceable rains that have fallen in practically ail district…

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Wool Clip Appraisements

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 17

The balance of the New South Wales 1916-17 wool clip, which in other circumstances would have come under the hammer is now being catalogued for sale…

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A Towri Wheat Yield

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 46

Wheat growing records of Town Estate, Wellington, show, that the property's capabilities in this regard are fully proved. In 1911. on a 7½in rainfall, a big acreage…

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Bulk Handling of Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 32

The inauguration of bulk handling of wheat, which has been dangled before farmers by various political parties for a decade or more, has reached the stage that…

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Wheat-growers' Complaints Answered

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 33

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hagelthorn) replied to complaints that have been made by farmers because they are not directly represented on the…

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Sydney Wool Market Business Resumed

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 1

John Bridge and Co. Ltd. write us as follows:— The work of aporaising the values at which the balance of the…

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Sydney Wool Market. Business Resumed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

John Bridge and Co. Ltd., write us as follows:— "The work of appraising the values at which the balance of the Australian…

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