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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

2,134 stories in Riverina's papers · page 35 of 107

Wheat Pool

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 2

Advices received by the Victorian Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hagelthorn) indicate that the Victorian wheat yield has been well over…

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Farm and Field Original Articles Cream and Butter-fat

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 4

When the weight of a gallon of phosphate, and on ordinary good soil at cream-testing different percentages of fat is given, it is practicable to…

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Wool As a War Weapon

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd report:—The Central Wool Committee has approved of the following arrangements for wool appraisements in Sydney:—…

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Branding of Wool Bales Stevedores' Request

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 6

John Bridge & Co. Ltd., believing that woo'growers, generally will readily give the required assistance, have requested us to republish the subjoined…

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Wheat Elevator Scheme Premier in Defence. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 4

The Premier, Mr. W. A. Holman, referring to the renewed criticism of the wheat elevator scheme, said that the opposition was not honest and came from…

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Agricultural. Pickling Seed Wheat. The Best Way to Prevent Bunt

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 3

Of the various preventives for bunt or "stinking smut," the most efficient is certainly sulphate of copper, or bluestone, but success depends largely…

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The Wool Clip. Sale to Great Britain. Record Prices Obtained. Whole Community Benefits

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 2

Of all the large deals so far effected, the sale of the whole of the wool clip to Great Britain is perhaps the most remarkable. There was no f.a.q…

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Sale of Wool Cup to Great Britain. Record Prices Obtained. Whole Community Benefits

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 4

The following statement regarding the handling of the wool clip by the Commonwealth Government is issued by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes):…

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Butter "Overrun."

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 6

The "Science of Dairying," a New Zealand publication, says people frequently wonder how it is possible for a dairy factory to pay a shilling per…

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Agricultural Pickling Seed Wheat

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 3

The Best Way to Prevent Bunt. Of the various preve[?]ives for bunt or "stinking omut," the most efficient in certainly sulphate of copper, or…

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Mice in Wheat Stacks

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 2

Thousands of mice are being killed daily at the Charlton (Vic.) wheat stacks, and still the stacks are being undermined. Several need constant…

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Darbalara Cattle Prizes at the Royal Show

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 4

THE Scottish Australian Investment Company, Ltd., repeated its victories of past years with animals from the famous Darbalara Stud…

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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 6 April 1917 · page 6

Those Notes are [?] every week, under the personal supervision of the Bon. W. C. Grahams. M.L.A. Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 309…

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Training Dairy Farmers A £60,000 BUILDING

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 4

The formal opening of the new Dairy Building of the College of Agriculture. University of Nebraska, U.S.A., took place on January 17. This building…

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AGRICULTURAL. Pickling Seed Wheat. The Best Way to Prevent Bunt

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 4

Of the various preventatives for hunt or "stinking smut", the most efficient is certainly sulphate of copper, or bluestone, but…

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Very Important to Farmers. Two Years' Guarantee

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 4

The Prime Minister in his speech at Bendigo, referred to the assistance rendered by the Government to the wheatgrowers, and proceeding, said:…

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Dairying. Isolation of Sick Calves. What Delay May Mean

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 6
Also in The Murrumbidgee Irrigator

Probably more trouble is caused by delay in the isolation of sick calves, than by neglect of any other part of the work of the owner of a dairy herd…

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Wheat Payments. Another Shilling Promised. to Help the Farmers

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 2

In order to assist the farmers in getting in their new season's seed, and also to prevent speculation la wheat certificates, the Prime…

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Cheaper Wheat Sacks. Government Importation

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 3

While addressing a gathering of his constituents at Eugowra, in the [?] electorate, Mr. Pigott gave some important information to farmers on the…

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