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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

2,134 stories in Riverina's papers · page 25 of 107

Wool Appraisement. Appointment of Mr J. L. I Bridge

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1917 · page 2

THE appointment of Mr. John Leo Bridge, a member of the staff of the wool department of John Bridge and co., as an appraiser under the war…

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Correspondence. Farmers and the Eleotions. (To the Editor.)

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1917 · page 3

Sir, I was disappointed not to find any reference in the Premier's policy speech in regard to further payments to be made to farmers by…

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Farmers Support Mr. Burgess

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 February 1917 · page 4

The farmers confere[?] held at young on Saturday afternoon, by 21 votes to 10, decided to support Mr. Burgess for Burrangong…

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Wool Appraisement. Appointment of Mr. J. L. Bridge

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 2

The appointment of Mr. John Leo Bridge, a member of the staff of the wool department of John Bridge and Co., as an appraiser under the War…

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State Wheat Office

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1917 · page 2

In connection with the report by Mr. Albert E. Barton, F.C.P.A., to the Farmers and Settlors' Association with regard to the system of accounts in the…

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Wheat Buyer Killed at Illabo

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 March 1917 · page 2

On Monday afternoon, Mr. Hans Crowe, a member of the firm of Crowe and McDonald, wheat buyers, was killed, while engaged carting debris…

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Our Butter Factory to Be Kept Going

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1917 · page 5

The local Butter Factory is not to be allowed to die. Last night a meeting of shareholders was held, and it was decided to "keep…

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Canada's First Farmer

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1917 · page 7

The first farmer settler in Canada who lived on the produce of the soll was Louis Hebert, an apothecary from Paris, who landed at Quebee in…

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Electrified Oat and Potato Crops

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1917 · page 7

According to the "Electrical Re-view," a Miss Dudgeon, of Dumfries, Scotland, has for some years conduc-ted important experiments and…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Making Ensilage

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 1 March 1917 · page 4

Ensilage is the term applied to grass and other succulent foods preserved by storage in pits or stocks, termed silos, for use when such foods are not…

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Fodder Crops for Cows

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 1 March 1917 · page 4

One of the best of these crop mixtures is 1 bushel oats, 1 bushel rye, half-bushel tick beaus, half-bushel pens. This works out at a nutritive ratio of…

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Grasses and Clover Under Irrigation. Further Trials at Yanco Experiment Farm

Irrigation Record · Thursday 1 March 1917 · page 12

[Special attention is drawn to the results obtained from Bokhara clover, Subterranean clover, Chilian clover, and the Burrless Medics, as described in the…

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The Peach Crop at Curlwa

Irrigation Record · Thursday 1 March 1917 · page 8

The following, from the local paper published at Wentworth, shows that the settlers at Curlwa are having their difficulties this season, but are managing to turn…

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Farm Implements. The Disc

Irrigation Record · Thursday 1 March 1917 · page 8

In irrigation farming it is important that the soil be handled in such a manner that it will be kept in a physical condition favorable for the use by plants…

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Dairying at Yanco

Irrigation Record · Thursday 1 March 1917 · page 15

The recent "Record" article on this subject has been somewhat severely criticised, apparently owing to a misapprehension as to the facts…

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Farm and Station. the Wheat Crop

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 4

The harvesting of the wheat crop this season has been prolonged by the weather. and even now in parts of the southern…

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Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 6

Sir,—Under prevailing conditions some 150,000 bales have now been dealt with in this market, and those…

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Wheat Sale Contract

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 8

In the High Court, Sydney, before Mr. Justice Rich, Albert Edward Delaney, of Queen street Melbourne, trading as Delaney and Co., claimed…

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Wheat Traffic. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners state that there has been a satisfactory increase in the daily releases of wheat trucks. The wheat traffic dealt with…

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Wheat and Fodder Accounts

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 4

Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, stated that he has decided to grant numerous applications by…

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