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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

2,094 stories in Riverina's papers · page 41 of 105

The Wheat Growing Guarantee

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture says that as high prices will prevail for wheat next season there will be no necessity for the Government to offer a…

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Pastoral. Cross-breeding Experiments. The Cowra Results

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 6

The termination of what might be called the first stage in the Department's cross-breeding experiments with sheep at Cowra experiment farm,…

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Agricultural. Pastoral. Cross-breeding Experiments. the Cowra Results

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 4

The termination of what might be called the first stage in the Department's cross-breeding experiments with sheep at Cowra experiment farm,…

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Why Cattle Chew Bones. Reason for Unproductiveness

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 3

Mr. F. W. Clarke, who has just arrived from New Zealand, given an interesting account of some of the difficulties experienced by dairy farmers in…

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Royal Agricultural Society. Field Wheat Competitions

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 4

The Farm Produce Committee of the Royal Agricultural Society has decided that the first of the Field Wheat Competitions which the…

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Royal Agricultural Society Field Wheat Completions

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 2

The Farm Produce Committee of the Royal Agricultural: Society .has decided that the first of the field wheat Competitions which this-society will carry out…

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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 2 June 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. No. 265…

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Drastic Wool Embargo. "John Bridge's" Attitude

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 2

The announcement in the newspapers on Monday just that the Minister for Customs had prohibited the exportation of wool to any…

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Wheat Pool. Reviewed by Victorian Minister. Bendigo

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 3

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Butchinson) was the principal guest at the annual smoke social of the Bendigo Chamber of Mines, on Wednesday night…

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11 Farmers and Settlers' Association. Tumut District Branch

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 4

The adjourned annual meeting of the above branch was held on Saturday last, those present being:—Dr. H. W. Mason (chair), Messrs A Davis,…

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Harvesting Crop Under Difficulties

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 1
Also in The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser

The following extract from "Wagga "Advertiser," of 1st April, should be of interest to our readers:—"A unique and…

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Agricultural. Farmyard Manure. Preservation of its Value

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 8

Here and there in this State are to be found farmers who have realised the value of farmyard manure, and who Supply it regularly to the land…

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Settling Soldiers. Scheme in Operation. Farms for 4000 Men. Statement by Mr. Ashford. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 3

Mr. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Lands, announces that of 38 suburban holdings, averaging five acres each, made available for returned soldiers, 28 have been…

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The Farm Workshops

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 7

Everyone is not able to own a complete kit of tools, yet it is desirable on every farm—and indeed in every home. If you own a…

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Pastoral. Cross-breeding Experiments. The Cowra Results

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 8

The termination of what might be called the first stage in the Department's cross-breeding experiments with sheep at Cowra experiment…

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A New Industry for the Blind. Sightless Soldier to Run Poultry Farm. Experiences in England

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 8

It is a remarkable feature of the present war that the wounded soldier who has lost an eye, an arm, or a leg, or perhaps has been stricken totally…

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Record Sheep Sale. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 June 1916 · page 3

Mr. T. Besnard, of Yass, has sold 7000 ewes, with lambs at foot, to Mr. Donald Davison, of Galong, at £2 15/ per head. This is claimed as a record…

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Wool Again He[?] None for [?]

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Monday 5 June 1916 · page 2

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Drastic Wool Embargo. "John Bridge's" Attitude

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 5 June 1916 · page 4

The announcement in the newspapers on Monday last that the Minister for Customs had prohibited the exportation of wool…

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