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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

2,002 stories in Riverina's papers · page 71 of 101

Wool Outlook

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 4

THE probable condition of the wool market in the immediate future was shown, in some degree, by the buoyant character of the wool sales in…

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Wool Market Prospects

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 2
Also in Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser, Tumbarumba Times

The wool auctions last week in Sydney gave welcome indication of what may be expected in the way of wool-prices. We learn from John Bridge and Co. that…

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Wool Sales. Melbourne, Sept. 22

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. offered to-day a catalogue of some 1306 bales, chiefly composed of Riverina-grown parcels with a fair selection of Queensland…

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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 24 September 1915 · page 6

These Notes are issued every weak, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A. Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 229…

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Farm and Dairy. Saving the Ewes

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 2

There seems to be an impression that graziers are deliberately [?] breeding stock to butchers. If correct, there could be no better argument for State interference in…

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Farm & Garden. Rations for Cows

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 3

A State agricultural authority says: On making up a ration for dairy cows on a basis of nay or straw, it is generally necessary to add not only the…

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Feeding Dairy Cows

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 3

Cows, rays an Australian dairying expert, do best and produce the largest quantity of milk in early summer, when crass is abundant. Grass is the best…

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Farmers & Settlers' Association Tumut District Branch Subcommittee Meeting

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 3

The meeting of the above committee was held at the Temperance Hall on 11th inst, to go further into the question of purchasing a…

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Lads for Farm Work. Pitt Town Training Farm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 3

The facilities offered at the Government Agricultural Training Farm, Pitt Town, near Windsor, for training youths for agricultural work, are neither so…

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Dairying. Transformed Sunshine. Products that do not Deplete the Soil

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 6

"To sell butter fat or sugar means, from the standpoint of fertility, to sell transformed sunshine, air and water." So says Bulletin No. 204 of Kansas…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Murrumbidgee District Council. Narandera

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 3

A meeting of the above was held at Ganmain on Monday night, 20th inst. Mr. R. J. Elwin occupied the chair. The delegates present were as follows:…

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Sheep Ticks at Narandera

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 2

The stock inspector for the Narandera district reports that the state of the pasture throughout the distinct is very good, alos the water supply. The…

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Wool Market Prospects

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 4

The [?] gave [?] of [?] they [?] in the way [?] We learn [?] John [?]…

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Wheat Growing. the Increased Areas. Riverina Leads

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 2

Of the 5,138,000 acres sewn to wheat in New South Wales this year, 3.589,387 acres comprise old land resown, 554,614 acres new ground, and…

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Agricultural. Wheat Breeding. The Technique of "Crossing."

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 8

The act of "crossing" two varieties of wheat is regarded by many as a mysterious process requiring considerable skill and experience, but the Plant…

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Dairying. Transformed Sunshine. Products that do not Deplete the Soil

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 8

"To sell butter fat or sugar menus, from the standpoint of fertility, to sell transformed sunshine, air and water." So bays Bulletin No. 204 of Kansas…

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Growing Crop Prize

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 4

Entries for the Wagga Show prize for the best farm of growing crops close with the secretary of the Wagga Show Society on October I. Prizes…

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Butter Scarce in England Chance for Australian Industry. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 September 1915 · page 3

Mr. O'Callaghan, Government dairying expert, has been advised that there is a scarcity of superfine butter on the English market, owing to the…

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