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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

2,094 stories in Riverina's papers · page 32 of 105

Wheat. Flour for Front. Moving This Season's Crop. Bulk Handling Bill. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1916 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Grahame stated today that there was every prospect of entering into a big contract to send a lot more flour to the…

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The Farm. Smut Diseases of Crops

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1916 · page 6

A bulletin (No. 73) of the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada, gives a summary by Dr. Gussow, the Dominion botanist, of what…

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FARM & Field Original Articles Working Stubble Land. Preparing For Catch Crops

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 27 April 1916 · page 3

All stubble that is intended to be sown for a catch crop, laid down to grass, or to be followed by another crop, should be skim ploughed as…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Millwood-road Branch

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1916 · page 3

The annual meeting of the above branch was held on the 18th inst., at the residence of Mr. W. Cox (Cot-tee), president, who presided over a…

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Butter Prizes

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 5

Butter, salted, manufactured and packed for export, Murrumbidgee Irrigation Butter Factory, 93 points, 1; Upper Wallamba River Co-operative…

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British Sheep

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 6
Also in The Murrumbidgee Irrigator

The Royal Show is never strong in this section, as only British breeds are on exhibition. Lincolns were the best represented. Mr. J. Coote, junior, was…

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The Coolamon Farmers’ Review Cattle. Ayrshires

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 5

Cow.—A. W. East’s Fortune 3rd of Meroo, 1, and res. champion. Herefords. Bull.—Frank Reynold’s Wonderful, I…

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Among the Cattle

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 10
Also in Coolamon Farmers' Review

Herefords were largely in evidence, but there were no entries for two and three year old bulls. The majority of the exhibits were from the herds of…

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Keen Competition in Butter

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 10
Also in Coolamon Farmers' Review

The dairy produce section was very strongly represented in butter, cheese, lams, bacon, and lard. Most of the principal Coastal factories were…

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Milk and Butter Test

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 12
Also in Coolamon Farmers' Review

The special prize offered by the [?] prietors of the "S.M. Herald" [?] "Sydney Mail" at the Royal Agricultural Show for the best pure[?]…

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Fancy Prices for Cattle

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 10
Also in Coolamon Farmers' Review

The continuation of the cattle sales conducted at the Royal Agricultural Show was a gratifying illustration of the stability of the cattle industry in…

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The Wheat Position

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 4

THE weak and foolish wholesale accusations of fraud which were uttered by the Attorney-General against the wheatgrowers of the…

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Wheat at the Show

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 4

The wheat section of the Royal Show was disappointing (writes the "Herald") as far as it was representative of our wheat-growing districts…

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Bulk Handling of Wheat

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 3
Also in The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser

Upon the prosperity of the primary producer depends not only the success of the cities and towns but of the whole of the State. The bulk handling of wheat…

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