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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

2,094 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 105

Crop Worth £160,000,000

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 2

The Canadian wheat crop is valued at nearly £63,000,000. The total field crop is worth £160,000,000…

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Can Ii Keep Going? Our Butter Factory

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon the Gundagai Co-operative Butter Factory shareholders met at Tracey's Hotel for the purpose of holding…

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Rozelle Tram. Runs Into Sheep. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 4

A train bound for the Roselle depot ran into a mob of sheep at Camper-down early this morning and killed 16…

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Pastoral. Sheep Blow-flies. Dips that Sometimes Fall to Act

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 6

It is one of the peculiarities of treating sheep for blowflies that a dip may act very satisfactorily for a time, and then suddenly prove ineffective, the…

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Gundagai Butter Factory. Annual Meeting

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 4

THE annual meeting of the South Gundagai Butter Factory Company took place on Wednesday afternoon. There were present: Messrs. Walsh…

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Wheat Crop. Freight Question. Statement by Senator Russell. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 3

The report published in the press that negotiations were proceeding with the Imperial Government (which it was hoped would result in the…

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Wheat at Coolamon Station

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 3

During the week ending on Friday last, 45,352 bags of wheat passed over the weighbridge at the Coolamon railway station…

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Wheat, Oxen, Slaves, and Sundries

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 3

At the present time the Railway authorities are showing some foresight in arranging that sufficient stacking capacity is available to accommodate the increased…

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Government Wheat Scheme. SYDNEY

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

According to the Minister for Agriculture £960,000 were last week, advance in connection with the Government Wheat…

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The Seized Wheat. Statutory Declarations Required

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 6

The N.S.W. Government is taking elaborate precautions to safeguard itself against imposition in connection with payment of additional…

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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 11 February 1916 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, 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. 249…

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“John Bridge” Wool Sale. Moke Successful Selling

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 4

The second sale of the present year by John Bridge, and Co., held on the 3rd inst., may be said to eclipse the several brilliant ones which preceded it. For…

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Agricultural Notes. Varieties of Wheat. Recommendations for Ensuing Season

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 3

The recommendations of the Department of Agriculture on the subject of varieties suitable for various purposes in different parts of the State,…

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Agricultural. ROTATION. Theory and Practice in Relation to Wheat Growing

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 8

Many of the problems that confront the wheat grower may be solved by rotation of crops, says the Chief Inspector in a current article. All farm…

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Fruit Preserving. Farmers' Bulletin, 88

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 6

Canuing, bottling, jam-making and candying peel are all dealt with in this bulletin, a second edition of which is now available for circulation. A…

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The Orchard. to Maintain Soil Fertility. Californian Cover Crop Experiment

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 6

Attention was directed in these "Notes" last week to the importance of cover crops in orchards as a means of maintaining the fertility of the soil,…

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Farms for Soldiers. Settlement in England. Equals Dominions Prospects. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

The Committee of the Board of Agriculture believes that it its proposals for settlement in England are adapted, they will give ex-soldiers at…

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Serious Accident. at Ganmain. Well-known Farmer Badly Injured

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 3

The first, and we hope the last, serious accident that has occurred in this district during the wheat carting happened at the…

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Pastoral. Sheep Blow-flies. Dips that Sometimes Fail to Act

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 8

It is one of the peculiarities of treating sheep for blow-flies that a dip may act very unsatisfactorily for a time, and then suddenly prove ineffective,…

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Four Shilling Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 4

A number of farmers in the Wagga district have undoubted grounds for serious complaint against the methods of the Department of Agriculture [?]…

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