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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

2,094 stories in Riverina's papers · page 83 of 105

Helping the Farmer

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1916 · page 2

Mr. W. Mallaby offers suggestions for providing reinforcements to the firing line and making good the deficiency in workers, especially among those…

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Calling Up Farm Hands in England

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 November 1916 · page 3

The Chamber of Agriculture carried a resolution that "it would mean a disastrous shortage of wheat and other essential foods it the farms were…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 1

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., offered at auction on Monday, 30th October, a catalogue of 3476 bales. All the best features…

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Wool Sales

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 2

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report:— After a week's interval to enable buyers to attend sales in…

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British Wheat Commission. Appointment of Ag Nts. None for Australian Wheat. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 2

The Wheat Commission appointed a number of firms as Government agent? to fell Indian, Argentine, Pacific. American and Canadian wheats…

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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 3 November 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. 287…

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Quibell's Sheep Dips. Render a National Service World-wide Support

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 8

Dipping preparations are primarily intended to kill the parasites which infest the skin and wool of sheep, and to prevent the attacks of such…

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Dairying. the Dairy Industry Act. Farmers and the Over-run

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 6

Dairy farmers in different parts of the State are wondering why they should have to furnish a statement under the Dairy Industry Act, 1915,…

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Live Stock. Values of Farm Animals. The Influence of Age

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 4
Also in The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

Among the economic questions considered by the Department of Agriculture in the United States is the value of farm animals,…

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Tragic Death at Leeton. Well-known Farmer Falls Dead Near Polling Booth

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 1

We regret to record the death of one of Leeton's pioneer farmers; Mr. Joseph Henry Hope Gibbs, of Farm 66, which occurred with…

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Strong Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 November 1916 · page 2

Included in Winchcombe, Carson's catalogue offered in Sydney on Tuesday was a line of merino wool belonging to J. Chapman, of Ladysmith…

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Record Wool Prices. 27d. Per Lb. Wagga Wool. Realises 24 1/2d

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 November 1916 · page 2

At Dalgety's wool sale in Geelong yesterday, three clips put up an Australasian record by making 27d per lb. for greasy fleece…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool and Skin Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 November 1916 · page 4

Shute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date 20th October:— Marsupial Skins: No sales this week…

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Record Price for Wool Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1916 · page 4

At Dalgety's wool sale in Geelong yesterday, three clips put up an Australasian record by making 27rd, per lb for greasy fleece…

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Australian Wheat. Sale in Britain. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1916 · page 4

In the House of Commons, Mr. Outhwaite asked whether wheat was sold in London at 80/ and whether in view of the fact that Australian wheat was…

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Dairying. the Dairy Industry Act. Fanners and the Over-run

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1916 · page 2

Dairy farmers in different parts of the State are wondering why they should have to furnish a statement under the Dairy Industry Act, 1915…

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Lime on the Farm. The Objects of Liming

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1916 · page 2

The purposes for which lime is added to the soil are named in the following manner by the Chemist of the Department of Agriculture:—…

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Damage to Crops

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 November 1916 · page 2

According to reports coming to hand very severe damages was done to many of the crops by the hailstorm which passed over portions of the district on…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reporl:—We submitted on Tuesday a catalogue of some 3,300 bales. The…

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