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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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The Wool Clip Sale. Payment Fourteen Days after Appraisement

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

Mr. Hughes, referring to the sale of the wool, says the methods adopted for the valuation of Australian wools have been thoroughly tested and…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 1

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—We submitted our first catalogue for appraisement under the scheme for the…

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Farmers' and Settlers'. Wakool-Burrawong Branch

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 3

A meeting of the Wakool-Burrawong branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held at White's Hotel, Wakool, on Saturday, 6th inst., when…

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The Wheat Crops. Handling and Shipping Contracts

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 3

The question of the rate to be paid to contractors for handling and shipping the new season's wheat crop has been determined. The…

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A New Wheat. the Federal King

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 1

Mr J. .K. O’Grady, of Nemingha, his brought in a sample of a new variety of wheat—a cross between [?]…

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Sand In Wheat Bags. Discovery at Finley

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 2

It is reported that a wheat agent Finley in sampling a bag of wheat brought in with a load, found it to contain a considerable quantity of…

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Australia's Wheat Crop

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 1

The official forecasts of the wheat crops in South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, and Western Australia give an aggregate of 140,099,022…

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Butter Factory

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

The nominations for the position of directors for the Jerilderie Butter Factory were to be received up to Saturday last. So far as we can learn…

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Sheep Stealing

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

The police received word on Monday that some sheep had been stolen on Brookong, and Sergeant Loomes went out to investitive. He found on…

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Worms in Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 28

Mr. Wilks, inspector" of stock at Albury, has had brought under his notice this season the prevalence of worms in sheep. The trouble has occurred to such…

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Orange Sheep Sale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 45

Messrs. Leeds Bros, sell 100 cattle and 20,000 sheep at Orange on February The special attention of buyers is called to this sale, owing to the fact that these…

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Wheat Guarantee

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6

An important statement was made by Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, on Saturday in regard to the next wheat crop. In order to…

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Farmers' Views of the Wheat Pool

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 17

Much interest has been displayed amongst Narandera district farmers in the recent interview of the general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association…

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The Sheep-fly Pest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 17

A correspondent, who has devoted many years to the blowfly question, has come to the conclusion that arsenical powder dip offers the best means at present discovered…

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Poisoning Sheep Blow Flies

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

The attentron of the Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. W. C. Graham, M.L.A., has been drawn to the fact that quite a number of…

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Next Season's Wheat

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 1

The Minister for Lands, replying to the contention that more than 3s per bushel for wheat should be guaranted next season, said the question of…

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Next Year's Wheat Crop. Importanat Statement About Quarantee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 30

An important statement has been made by Mr. Graliame, Minister for Agriculture, in regard to the next wheat crop. In order to encourage farmers to exert…

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Wheat Lumpers May Strike

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 28

There is likely to be serious trouble among the wheat lumpers throughout New South Wales over a dispute with the wheat agents. At Old Junee, where a…

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The Wheat Advance. Now Available

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

Mr. Hughes stated that the payment of the 2/6 advance on the wheat certificates would be made on Monday last…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

Three note are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No.298…

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