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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

2,134 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 107

Wheat Certificates Issued

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

Farmers will be pleased to learn that wheat certificates have at last reached Wagga, and that a start has been made with their distribution. On…

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London Wheat Market. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

An Australian wheat parcel just shipped sold at 81/6 per quarter…

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Wheat. Wagga District Weights. Fixing the Standard

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

There is much speculation among farmers and others as to what will be fixed as the standard bushel for State wheat this season. It is generally…

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Bush Fire. Started by Lighting. Wheat Country Threatened

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

Full particulars of a large bush fire which was started by lightning and has been burning in the Gregadoo hills since early on Saturday afternoon, were…

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Down and Tangled Crops

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

A notification of interest to farmers in connection with the handling of down and tangled crops appears in this issue, wherein Messrs. Furney and…

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Passing Notes. Guaranteeing the Wheat Crop

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 1

Government methods are producing their inevitable result. After three successive crops have been commandeered, without consulting the…

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Poisoning Sheep Blow—flies

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

THE attention of the Minister for Agriculture, Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., has been drawn to the fact that quite a number of letters…

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Combating Sheep-fly. Poisoning Carrion

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 1

The use of arsenic and arsenite of soda for poisoning blowflies, as reported from time to time, has been constantly recommended by the…

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The Blow—fly and Sheep

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

To the squatter at the present time the blow—fly is proving itself a very disturbing element. A few remarks and details regarding its habits and…

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Extending the Wheat Belt

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

In view of the excellent returns o[?] the western fringe of the wheat belt of the State, which in the period 1901-12 extended fully one hundred mile[?]…

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Hall-marked Wheat. Varieties Recommended

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

A conference of officers of the Department of Agriculture, including farm managers, inspectors, and others, directly concerned in wheat…

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Daylight Saving and Wheat Delivery

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

The Railway authorities have made any move to help the farmers in the delivery of wheat to county stations by allowing the goods [?]…

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Farmers and the Wheat Pool. Cowra Suggestion Disfavored a Good Acreage Next Year

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

In conversation with successful farmers, the writer during his motor trip through the State was given to understand that the decision of the…

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Wool-trade Economy. Endorsement of "John Bridge" Policy

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

Nearly twelve months ago the firm of John Bridge and Co., Ltd., inaugurated, in the interests of woolgrowers, their campaign of…

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Farmers on Strike (To the' Editor "Daily" Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

Sir—l notice in your issue of the [?]th just an article headed "Fathers on Strike." By the way you refer to this matter, I would magine that…

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Strike on Farms. Extension Expected. a German Leader. Werribee (Vie.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

The farming industry between Melbourne and Geelong is partially paralysed by the threshing machine men having gone out on strike. The men…

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Sheep-fly Exterminator

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 4

Mr. R. J. Higgins, of Inverell, a well-known landowner, has invented a fly exterminator from which he has got good results. It has been passed on…

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Farmers and the Wheat Pool. Strike Methods Condemned

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 3

There is a feeling of dissatisfaction amongst wheat-growers at the refusal of the Prime Minister to allow them direct representation on the…

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MILBRULONG. Wheat Experiments

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

The Wheat Eperimental plots conducted by the Department of Agriculture on the farm of Mr F. Gollaseh at Mibrulong, have been…

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Wheat Culture. Scholarship Offered. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture desires to draw attention to the fact that a scholarship is being offered for competition amongst lads wishing to enter the…

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