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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 4

The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. report: At our sale to-day (25th inst.), we offered an attractive catalogue of 2591 bales, of…

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Roumania. Sale of Wheat. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 2

It is reported that the contract for the sale of 80,000 tons of Ro[?]manian wheat to the British Government was signed on Friday…

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Seized Wheat. Additional Compensation Granted. About £30,000 Involved

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 3

On the recommendation of the Necessary Commodities Commission, the Government has decided to grant additional compensation to farmers for wheat…

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T H E D a I R Y What Is Butter—fat ?

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

In an interesting investigation into this question by a committee of Danish, Swedish, and German of the cow—testing association, it was…

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Bush Fires. Losses Near Glenrowan. Grass Country Swept. Wheat and Haystacks Burnt. Wangaratta

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 2

The most disastrous bush fire that has occurred in this district broke out near Glenrowan on Monday afternoon, and, after spreading over about…

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Land Notes. Homestead Farms

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 4

Land District of Parkes and Lachlan Shire. Homestead Farm Area No. 527. —Six farms, 819[?]. to 1492[?]., parishes Albert and Babathuil, capital value…

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Pastoral. Sheep Blow-flies. Effects of Dips and Dressings

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 6

Pastoralists do not need to be reminded of the investigations that have been proceeding for two years in connection with the sheep blow-fly under…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 3
Also in Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser

The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co., Ltd, report under data January 27th:— No wool sales are being held in the…

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Wheat Scheme

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Grahame, announced last week that the amount advanced up to Monday by the banks under the wheat scheme…

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The Wheat Market

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

Men who are foolish enough to sell their wheat privately at a price ridiculously below current market values are not only injuring themselves; they…

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The Wheat Seizure Additional Compensation for Farmers SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5

The Attorney-General is hopeful it will not be long before the farmers will receive additional compensation for the wheat seized…

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Agricultural. Deep, Black, Loose Soil. To Gets Crop of Wheat

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 8

"What is the best method of working the following class of soil so as to obtain a crop of wheat? The soil is deep, black, and very…

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Important to Wheat-growers

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

A conference of delegates from all wheat centres in the south and South West is being convened to meet in Sydney on February 12th by the…

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Commercial. Brisbane Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 3

Winchoombe, Canon, Ltd., have received the following wire from their Brisbne office: Brisbane wool sales opened with very full…

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Wool Sales. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. for their second sale of the year, offered a[?] attractive catalogue of some 3700 bales, in which a good collection of south-eastern…

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Price of Bread Maintained. How Farmers Fare. Saving the Wheat Market. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

There is no prospect of a further fall in the price of bread for the present. The Attorney-General says that the action of the Government in…

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No. 247. Agricultural Varieties of Wheat

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 6

The Department's Recommendations for the Ensuing Season. The recommendations of the Department of Agriculture on the subject of…

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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 28 January 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 art based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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