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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

1,761 stories in Riverina's papers · page 57 of 89

Warwick Farm Odds. a 2000 to 1 Chance

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 5

These bookmakers who fielded fair at Warwick Farm on Saturday came home with sacks full of money (writes the "Evening News.") When Si[?]rake won…

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Reduced Price of Butter

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 2

The wholesale dairy merchants have decided to reduce the price of butter on Monday, by 4/ per cwt…

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Wheat Loading. Situation at Darling Island. Cessation of Work Threatened. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 2

Another wheat hold-up is threatened at Darling Island to-morrow. The railwaymen. who were granted a wages board after the strike in March…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 2

A.M.L. and F. Co., L[?] report:— Favoured with good shearing weather, the clip is now arriving in small quantities, and, should such continue, the…

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Wheat Hold-up

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 2

The Darling Island wheat strike is unchanged. The industrial commissioner and the Minister for Labour are drying to arrange for a meeting…

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Sydney Wheat Market Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 4

Several sales of farmers' lots of choice milling wheat were made at 3s 7d, a drop of a half-penny to three-farthings on week on prime samples of f.aq…

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Highly [?]Mportant Sale of Imported Hereford Cattle

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 2

Badgery Bros, Sydney, and Newcastle, and Mercheads, Ltd., Brisbane, in conjunction, report having completed the sate to Messrs' Tindal and Son. Gunyan…

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Shut Down at Darling Island. Wheat-shipping Operations Ceased. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 2

A general shut-down took place in the operations connected with wheat-shipping industry at Darling Island this morning, when the…

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Wheat Held Up. Strike at Darling Island. a Serious Situation. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 2

There was a general shot down of operations connected with the wheat shipping industry at Darling Island this morning, when railway hands…

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Disappointed Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 2

Arrangements were made some time ago by the Department of Agriculture for a pruning demonstration to be given by Mr. Bryant, their…

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Wagga (6) V. Farm (0)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 3

This proved 10 be a more strenuous game than the first. When the ball had only been in play a few minutes Jones scored a good try for Wagga. Thence…

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Wagga 11. (15) V. Farm Ii. (0)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 3

This match proved by far the more interesting of the two, and provided better football. Both teams were evenly matched as regards weight, but the…

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Additional Leases for Homestead Farmer

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 4

The Amending Land Bill, which Mr. Ir[?] Minister for Lands and Agricultural, has dratted, and which the Parliamentary Labor Party approved in…

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A Farmyard Comedy

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 5

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Intensive Farming

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 5

An old country journal rather satirically makes reference to the tendency toward intensive farming, as fellows :—…

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Crops Don't Need Hot Sun

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 3

Farmers will be interested to learn, on the authority of a French Scientist, Prof. Muntz, that just as good harvests can be expected after…

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Yerong Creek. Farmers' Meeting

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Yerong Creek branch of the F. and S. Association took place last Saturday afternoon. M: G. F…

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Lockhart Farmers and Settlers. Another Step Forward. Eleven New Members

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 2

In their increase campaign the local branch of the Lockhart F. and S. A. notched another success at their meeting on Saturday when…

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The People's Butter

The Worker · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 13

FURTHER details of the shocking manner in which the butter market has been rigged and manipulated to rob the consumers come to light. Some time…

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Wool and Skin Market

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 4

Wool.—Business in wool circles has been particularly quiet this week, the trade marking time until sufficient quantities of new clip are available to…

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