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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

2,094 stories in Riverina's papers · page 36 of 105

Dairying. Transmission of Desirable Qualities. Some Remarkable Variations

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 6

How widely bulls vary in their capacity to transmit dairy quality is shown by the results obtained from the Jersey herd at the University…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. the Gunbar Branch

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 8

The annual meeting of the Gunbar branch of the above Association was held on Saturday, April 29th. There were present: Mr P. F. Flanagan…

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Hillston Farmers & Settlers' Association

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 2

A meeting of the Hillston Branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Council Chambers on Friday, 20ch April, 1916…

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Dairying at Yanco. (Official Report). Nine Months' Returns

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 8

Some time ago details at the splendid returns being received by suppliers to the Leeton butter factory on the Murrumbidgee…

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Agricultural. Harrowing Young Wheat. Crusted Surfaces

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 8

A point of considerable interest is raised in a note from the manager of Coonamble experiment farm, in which attention is drawn to the success of…

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Wheat Awaiting Shipment. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 4

There are 3,400,000 bags of wheat at Williamstown awaiting shipment. At present only one vessel is loading…

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The Wheat "Pool" Bank Overdraft Greatly Reduced. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 2

Further financial figures in connection with the operation of the wheat "pool" were made available by the Minister for Agriculture. Last week…

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Some Farm Problems

Irrigation Record · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 16

Prof. Spillman, of the American Department of Agriculture, is reputed to have recently given the following factors of profitableness in farming:—…

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The Farm of the Future

Irrigation Record · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 15

Mr. F. B. Linfield, Director of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, states some truths for American irrigators in a recent number of the…

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Commercial. Cattle Values

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

Prices in the cattle [?] at Homebush last Monday were on the down grade. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report that rates were 10/ to…

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Sheep at Homebush

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

The Homebush mutton market has been consistently high for some time past. At last Thursday's closing auctions, values weakened a little…

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Wool Reports

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

John Bridge and Co. report: The news from London indicates that the raw material holds a very strong position. Not only has the April…

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

In the local market there is little fresh to report, the supply of greasy wool available being practically exhausted. Scoured wools from the…

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Riverina Wheat Stacks

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

Senator Russet, Assistant Minister, left Melbourne on Saturday to make a tour through Riverina; he intends to make an inspection of the wheat stacks…

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Wool for France

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

Prior to the war French wool buyers purchased very heavily on the Sydney market. But, owing to the occupation of Roubaix and…

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Roumania. Cattle Smuggled to Austria. Bucharest

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

The smuggling of cattle to the extent of 150,000 head, into Austro-Hungary during the winter has caused a public outery in Roumania. The Government…

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9,000,000 Bags. Wheat Piles in Riverina

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 3

At a largely-attended meeting of farmers at Junee on Saturday n motion was carried that, in the interests of the country, it is necessary to appoint an…

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WOOL Canvassing. Who Pays for It? an Open Letter From John Bridge & CO., Ltd

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 3
Also in The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

We reply in this frank and perfectly open manner to the criticism levelled by certain wool canvassers against our proposals for…

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Wheat Guarantee

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 2

Delay by the Government in failing to fulfil its promise in connection with the wheat guarantee and to pay out straight away was made reference to…

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