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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Butter Prizes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 6

Salted-- no preservative other than salt to be Conservation and Irrigation Commission. 95 points. 1:Pambula…

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Cattle Breeders' Association

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 6

Delegates to the United Pure bred dairy Cattle Breeders' Association of New South Wales attended in strong force at the annual meeting of that…

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Beef Cattle Sales

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 6

There was a buzz of excitement as bidding ran high for Broadway Eclipse Hereford bull, who carried the grand champion's ribbon. and there was a…

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Butter for Local Consumptions

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 6

Special prizes--£100, viz.: First prize, £50; second prize, £25; third prize, £15; fourth prize, £10: £5 5s. presented by the Berrima District F…

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Beef and Cattle Averages

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 6

Dalgety and Co., Ltd. report the following transactions in connection with their sales of Shorthorns and Herofords at the Royal Show on…

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The Wheat Pool

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 4

At a special meeting of the Berrigan branch of the Farmers and settlers' Association it was decided tp argo upon the Minister for Agriculture that the…

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Salted Butter. Judge: L. T. Maclanes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 8

Butter, salted, manufactured. and ready for export: Denman Co-operative Dairy Col [?] 93 points [?] Pambula co-operative Cramery and Dairy [?] Ltd., 9[?] points [?] invested…

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Dairy Produce

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 8

The entries in butter, cheese anbacon total 681 as compared with 37 last year. Butter advanced from 23 to 302 cheese from 50 to 57. and base…

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"Royal" Crop Competition

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 6

Mr. E. Field judged the Royal Agricultural Society's fields wheat competition in Riverina this season. The Competition was for the best 50 acres of…

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Dairy Cattle

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 6

The Gucrasey field was comparatively small, several well-known breeders not exhibiting this year. Competition was keen in every class. A…

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Beef Cattle Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 6

There was a buzz of excitement as bidding ran high for Broadway Eclipse Hereford bull, who carried the grand champion's ribbon, and there was a…

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Cattle Breeders' Association

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 6

Delegates to the United Pure-bred Dairy Cattle Breeders' Association of New South Wales attended in strong force at the annual meeting of that…

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SHEEP. Fly Prevention

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 5

Among the exhibits connected with the sheep fanning industry was that of the Macmillan Chemical Co., which presented a most interesting display of…

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Farm Produce

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 7

The exhibit of farm produce was quite up to former standards. Mr. F. Denman, gardener, at Springfield, Goulburn, showed a nice range of…

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One Farm Class

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 7

Two classes were provided, an open class for all-comers, and one for the novice. The open class attracted two entries, the winner being Mr. G…

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"Royal" Crop Competition

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 6

Mr. E. Field judged the Royal Agricultural Society's field wheat competition in Riverina this season. The competition was for the best 50 acres of…

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Dairy Produce

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 8

The entries in butter, cheese, and bacon total 581, as compared with 375 last year. Butter advanced from 235 to 302, cheese from 50 to 87, and bacon…

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Farmers’ Representative. Nominations for Wheat Board

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1917 · page 4

The State Wheat Office has received the following New South Wales nominations for the position of farmers’ representative on the…

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The Wheat Pool. Further Payments

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1917 · page 2

Speaking at Goornong (Vic.), the Prime Minister (Mr Hughes) said that on 19th April the farmers would receive another instalment of 6d a…

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Seed Wheat. the Method of Pickling

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1917 · page 4

In no circumstances should wheat growers neglect to pickle their seed. It acts as a preventative of smut, killing the spores of the fungus. The…

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