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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

2,134 stories in Riverina's papers · page 37 of 107

Beef Cattle Sales

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 6

There was a buzz of excitement as bidding ran high for Broadway Eclipse Hereford bull, who carried the grand champion's ribbon, and there was a…

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Cattle Breeders' Association

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 6

Delegates to the United Pure-bred Daily Cattle Breeders' Association of New South Wales attended in strong force at the annual meeting of that…

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SHEEP. Fly Prevention

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 5

Among the exhibits connected with the sheep farming industry was that of the Macmillan Chemical Co., which presented a most interesting display of…

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Butter Factory's Fine Showing

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 3

The whole Area will be gratified in learning of the marked success of the Butter Factory at the Easter Show in Sydney. The Leeton factory took two…

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Wheat Matters. the 1915-16 Pool. Payment to Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 4

The Prime Minister has now made arrangements for provision of funds to [?] the payment of the furthers advance or the 1915-16 harvest in the…

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Agricultural. Pickling Seed Wheat

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 1

The Best Way to Prevent Bunt. Of the various preventatives for bunt or stinking smut the most efficient is certainly sulphate of copper, or…

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Salted Butter. Judge: L. T. MacInnes

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 8

Butter, salted, manufactured, and ready For export: Denman Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., 95½ points. 1; Pambula Co-operative Creamery and Dairy Co.,…

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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 13 April 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…

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Farm Produce

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 7

The exhibit of farm produce was quite up to former standards. Mr. F. Denman, gardener, at Springfield, Goulburn, showed a nice range of…

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Royal" Crop Competition

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 6

Mr. E. Field judged the Royal Agricultural Society's field wheat competition in Riverina this season. The competition was for the best 50 acres of…

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Gilmore. the Farmer's Outlook

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 3

Welcome rain has fallen during the past three days, 106 points being recorded. The monthly falls have been:—January 335 points,…

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One Farm Class

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 7

Two classes were provided, an open class for all-comers, and one for the novice. The open class attracted two entries, the winner being…

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Dairy Produce

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 8

The entries in butter, cheese. and bacon total 581, as compared with 375 last year. Butter advanced from 235 to 302, cheese from 50 to 87. and bacon…

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Dairying in Winer

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 4

THE winter months are the quiet period in the Dairying Industry, and it is during this quiet period that the working plant and utensils…

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Dairying. Selecting Dairy Cows. And Handling Them

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 6
Also in The Murrumbidgee Irrigator

The most important factor in dairying is selecting the cows. That is the view taken by Mr. L. Green in a paper read by him before the Lower…

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Farmers and Decreased Areas

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 4

A general meeting of the County Wheat Agents' Association was held in Sydney on Wednesday. The president. Mr. J. Levin (Brocklesby) occupied the…

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Farmers and Politics

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Burrumbuttock branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, the secretary, Mr. J.E. Jelbart, to…

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Gogeldrie Farmers' Association

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 2

The general meeting of the above Association was held on Good Friday night at the Stanbridge Public School. Present: Messrs. A. and S. Watts,…

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The Wheat Pool. Farmers' Representative. Nominations for Wheat Board

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 3

The State Wheat Office has received the following New South Wales nominations for the position of farmers' representative en the Central…

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