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Farming & the land, 1916

2,094 stories in Riverina's papers · page 66 of 105

Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne, Aug. 29

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 August 1916 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Melbourne, report: Of the 7000 bales offered to-day our proportion totalled 3200, including some good lines of Queensland…

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Wheat From Black Sea Ports. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 August 1916 · page 3

Wheat operators here do not view with alarm the probability of Russia and Roumania soon being able to ship grain through the Dardanelles…

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Wheat Sensation in Chicago. Turkey's Collapse Foreshadowed. Prices' Sudden Fall

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 August 1916 · page 2

At New York and Chicago there were frenzied scenes in the wheat pits. The bears made a sensational raid. The reason is based on the reports of Roumania's entrance to the war, which means Turkey's speedy collapse, and the exportation of Russian…

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State Parliament. Butter Shortage. Upper House Abolition. Council Rejects Harbor Bridge Bill. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 August 1916 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly Mr. Bagnail asked the Premier was he aware that a considerable shortage of butter existed, principally due to the higher…

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The Dairy. Variations in the Fat Content of Milk

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1916 · page 2

Mr. Fred. Rasmussen, dairyman at the New Hampshire Experiment Station, U.S.A., has published his experience in regard to these. He says:—…

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Some Old Dairy Recipes

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1916 · page 6

A correspondent of the "Dairy-World" sends the following :— At the present time, when we are all thinking of food supplies so…

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Sheep's Age and Teeth

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 8

An interesting point bearing upon the age and dentition of sheep cropped up id connection with the: recent Gilgaudra Show. Mr. O. J…

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Agricultural. WHEAT-BINS

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 2

An estimate of the cost of constructing wheat-bins on the farm was put before the Tallawang branch of the Agricultural Bureau at the June…

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The Reaper and Binder. On the Wheat Farm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 6

The oft— discussed, claims of the reaper and binder as against the combined harvester were before the Little Plain branch of the Agricultural…

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Wheat Market Firm. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 2

Wheat is firm. Cargoes are nominal. A parcel of 1000 quarters, Australian passage, sold at 68/6…

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Butter Export. Deputation to Minister. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 3

A deputation asked the Minister for Customs to lift provisionally the embargo on the export of first grade butter, having obtained a promise that the…

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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 1 September 1916 · page 6

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the [?] Minister or Agriculture, and are based mainly on tho experience of the Department. No. 278…

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On the Land Wheat Bins. Estimate of Cost

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 3

An estimate of the cost of constructing wheat-blus on the farm was put before the Tallawang branch of the Agricultural Bureau at the June…

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State Parliament. German Dairy Farmers. Financial Statement Next Week. Supply Bill. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly, the Minister for Education, in reply to Dr. Arthur, said he would instruct the State Children's Relief Board to inquire…

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When to Out Lucerne. Effect on Next Crop

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 6

The Wisconsin experiment station, U.S.A., has shown, by actual trial, that "where " lucerne was cut on 2nd September, 1014, the stand on 2th May,…

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Dairying. Machine Milking. The Problem of Difficult Cows

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 6

Milking machines have a wide range of adaptability to unevenly shaped udders, and to teats of different sized, but in most ordinary herds there are…

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Harrowing Growing Crops

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 2

One of the chief objections urged by farmers against the practice of harrowing young wheat crops is that it destroys so many plants, but that it…

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Harrowing Growing Crops. Good Practice

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 3

One of the chief objection urged by farmers against the practice of harrowing young wheat crops is that it destroys so many plants, but that it has…

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State Parliament. Upper House. Remedying Butter Shortage. Wheat Payment. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly Mr. Cusack asked the Premier whether in view of the fact that the Federal Government proposed in two months' time…

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London Butter Market. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 6

The butter market is very dull, buyers holding off as much as possible owing to high prices. Danish is rather easier, owing to a temporary…

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