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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

2,293 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 115

The Wheat Crop Estimates Too High

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 2

CULCAIRN.—Harvesting operation in this district are now in full swing and in some cases the farmers have finished. The weather has been the be[?]…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 3

Messrs. Schute Bell and Co. Ltd., Wool and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report under date of 29th December as follows:—As usual during the Christmas…

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The Markets. Wheat Market Quiet. Chaff Easier. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 3

The market for wheat is featureless, and parcel basinets is practically nonexistent. Shippers offered 3s 0¾d to 3s 1d to growers. Bots at country stations…

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Wheat Lumpers. Strike at Lockhart. a Union Question. Lockhart

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 2

A strike has occurred amongst the wheat-lumpers at Lockhart railway yards. This morning there is the unusual spectacle of wheat buyers,…

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Labour for the Farm

Irrigation Record · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 4

The Leader, in referring to the demands of the Rural Workers' Union in New South Wales, says, inter alia, that there are among the farmers those who have…

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Cattle Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

3 cows £8 6s 4d, 3 steers £6 17s. Michael Maher, Coolac. A Queensland airman made a successful flQight with a passenger at…

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Wool Retorts

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., report:—As usual during the Christmas, recess, there has been a mutual understanding between buyers and…

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Commercial. WOOL

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

Messrs. Schute. Belt and Co. Ltd. report:— An usual during the Christmas recess there has been a mutual…

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Rise in Sheep Values

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

A welcome New Year's gift in the shape of increased sheep valnes greeted owners at Homcbush' on Monday. Mutton was in brisk demand, and prices…

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Dairying. Grading of Butter. Advantages Offered by the New Begulations

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 6

For their immediate benefit, and for the good of the industry as a whole, the Dairy Expert thinks that directors and proprietors of butter factories will find…

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A Record in Wheat Stacks

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 6

The longest authentic period for which a wheat stack has been kept unthrashed is forty years. The story of this forty-two-year-old stack if briefly…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 6

These Notes are based every week, under the personal [?] of the Esq, J. L. Prime Minister of AGriculture, and are based [?] on the experiment of the Department. No. 139. THE ORCHARD…

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Wheat Lumpers' Strike a Conference Hell. Lockhart

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 3

The strike among the wheat lumpers continued today, but it is hoped that the deadlock will be terminated after New Year's holiday. Today…

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73 Years on One Farm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 2
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Mr. H. Hum, of Northgate-street, Colchester writes to London Daily News giving the following remarkable record of his father, who has just died at the age of 95…

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The R.W.U. and the Farmer (To the Editor, "Daily Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 3

Sir.—Mr. Hunter, in his answer to my letter on the above, seems to be an unconscious radical so far as the tactics of the Farmers and Settlers'…

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Wheat Loading Trouble

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

Our junee correspondent writes:—The wheat loading trouble at the local [?] yards on Friday morning was a small affair, Early in the day the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 7

These notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trelle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based on the…

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Peopling the Land. Boy's for Farm Work. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 5

The New South Wales and Victorian immigration departments are advertising extensively for inexperienced employment…

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Rural Workers at Lockhart. Farmers' Successful Stand. 6000 Bags Unloaded Yesterday Lockhart Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 5

For the last few days there has been trouble at the Lockhart station between the carriers and lumpers on the one part and the farmers on the…

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