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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

2,134 stories in Riverina's papers · page 12 of 107

Wool Market

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co. report, under date 22nd January :—The appraisers are at present in Brisbane, so sales will not be resumed here until the…

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Poisoning Sheep Blow-Flies

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 7

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 have…

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Goulburn Special Sheep Sale

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 3

W. H. Wheatley, Goulburn, reports having yarded 35,000 sheep on Thursday, 18th inst., to a very large and representative attendance of…

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The Wheat Pool

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 1

Of the 553,798,000 bags put into the Australian Wheat Pool, 25,511,000 bags were still held on Monday last, shipping agents having 23,308,000 and…

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Farmers and the Wheat Pool. St[?]ke Methods Condemned

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 4

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

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COMMERCIAL. Goulburn Special Sheep Sate

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 6

W. H. Wheatley reports having yarded 35,000 sheep on Thursday last, 18th inst., to a very large and representative attendance of…

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London Wheat Market. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 4

In the wheat market a parcel of Australian January-February shipment sold at 81/6 per quarter…

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Interest on Undrawn Wheat Advances

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 2

In a recent issue of this paper it was pointed out that in Victoria fanners who supplied wheat to the pool and did not desire to draw the advance against…

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Field Wheat Competitions. a Remarkable Achievement

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 4

Mr. E. Field, of Marrar, the judge appointed by the Royal Agricultural Society in connection with their field wheat competition, has…

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Price of Wheat. Reply to Complaints

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 3

Referring to complaints which have been made in some quarters that the price at which wheat had been sold to the Imperial…

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Our Sydney Letter. The Wheat Growers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 6

Truly harrowing accounts are given of the struggles and losses of whealgrowers through the unseasonable wet weather Up to…

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Production of Wheat Raising the Average

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 5

Statistical records show that on the average of the past five years the quantity of wheat produced in Australia represented about 2½ per cent…

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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 26 January 1917 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame. M.L.A., Minister or Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 209…

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Wool Trade Economy. Endorsement of [?] POLICY

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 4

Nearly twelve months ago the [?] John Bridge & Co., Ltd., [?]gurated the interests of woolgrowers, their [?] paig[?] of economy in the wool trade,…

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

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 3

Nearly twelve months ago, the firm of John Bridge & Co., Ltd., inaugurated, in the interests of Woolgrowers, their campaign of economy in the…

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Farmers' Union. Meeting of Dairy Section

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Dairy Section of the Farmers' Union was held on Saturday week last at the Butter Factory, when there was a…

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Pigs and Pork. Feeding Pigs on Damaged Wheat. At Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 6

It may be accepted as a fair statement that in the production of becon or park, under normal market conditions, wheat cannot be deemed an…

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Pigs and Pork Feeding Pigs on Damaged Wheat. at Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 5

It may be accepted as a fair statement that in the production of bacon or pork, under normal market conditions, wheat cannot be deemed an…

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Agricultural. Wagga Growing-crop Competition. The Judge's Report

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 1

No little interest annually attaches to the growing-crop competition conducted by the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association, Wagga,…

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Doctrines of the P.L.L. a Farmer's View. (To the Editor "Daily Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 4

Sir,—I have read with great interest your leading articles in the "Daily Advertiser," and in particular one headed "A Frank Exposition of P.L.L…

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