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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

2,002 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 101

Great Britain's Wheat Requirements. Every Acre We Have Should Be Seeded. a Duty We Owe to the Empire and Ourselves

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 3

Mr. G.W. Walker (Lindley, Walker & Co.) writer—"When I returned from England to wards the end of November last, I drew…

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Chaff Supplies for Necessitous Farmers

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 3

The following is an extract from "Hansard" of February 8th last: Mr. McGarry: I desire to know whether the Minister for…

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Irrigation Farms

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 3

There are many who may wish to take up farms on the irrigation area in connection with the Burren Juck Scheme for land between North Yanko…

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Closer Settlement Purchase Farms Wyalong Land District, Boorabil Estate Parish of Curriba, country of Dowling

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 4

Farm No. 4, comprising portion 44, of 1,128 acres (about distant from Cargellico about 25 miles; Wyalong about 52 miles; grazing and agricultural land;…

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Farmers and Settlers Assca, Murrumbidgee District Council

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 6

At a committee meeting of the above held at Narrandera, on Thursday last, the President, Mr. A. J. Newson, reported on 17…

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Crying For Wheat

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 2

The State Government has received requests from various parts of Australasia for supplies of wheat, Victoria alone…

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Great Fires in Tasmania. North-west District Devastated. Two Persons Perish. Cattle and Sheep Destroyed. Launceston

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 5

The most devastating bush fires ever known in Tasmania have swept over the north-west coast and other district. The extent of the…

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Wool Sales. Melbourne, Feb. 17

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 3

Messrs. Gold-brough, Mort and Co. offered a small catalogue to-day, comprising a fair selection only of 1750 bales. Competition was keen and well…

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Agricultural. Farm Tests

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 8

"We have destroyed cockatoos by scattering wheat steeped in a solution of Strychnine over that part of the paddock where the cockatoos settled…

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Farmers' Co-operation

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 8

The success of the South Australian Farmers' Co-operative Union Ltd., is a proof, if one were wanted, what the farmers can do by united action. From…

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Items of News. Alleged Sheep Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 2

At the Wagga police court on Saturday morning. Allan Power, described as a station manager, resident at Tarcutta appeared in answer to a…

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Wheat Supplies. Requests From Other States. Cabinet to Decide

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 2

The Wheat Acquisition Board on Friday considered the application received from Victoria for 100,000 bushels of wheat, to be sent immediately and…

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Wheat Cultivation

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 4

The general public do not in many instances grasp the petition of the farmer. The harvest is the culmination of many months of hard labour,…

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Commercial. WOOL

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 3

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., offered at auction on Monday a catalogue of 1,832 bales wool. Competition was active, Yorkshire, America and Japan…

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Agricultural. Varieties of Wheat. Some Suggestions for Farmers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 4

The varieties that can be sown with best advantage is a subject of perennial interest to the wheat-grower, for by the use of the right sort it is possible to…

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The Wheat Grab. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

The inter-state Commission delivered judgement in the commonwealth plaint against the New South Wales Wheat Acquisition Act. At the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 3

At the local wool sales to-day the market showed from 5 to 10 per cent, advance on last week's rates…

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National Wheat Reserve. Corporation to Control Supplies. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

The Board of Agriculture estimates that there is sufficient flour in the United Kingdom to maintain a normal bread supply for over four months…

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Dardanelles Passage. Advantages to the Allies. Russian Wheat Released. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

The forcing of the Dardanelles, besides securing the mastery of Constantinople, would open 3 way to the Black Sea, and facilitate the export of…

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Bale of Wool for £500. Sold for Patriotic Fund. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 3

A bale of wool secured by P. M'William, of Botany, was sold this afternoon at the wool sales and realised over £500, on account of the…

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