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Farming & the land, 1917

2,134 stories in Riverina's papers · page 43 of 107

Memorable Display of Cattle

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 2

THE SHOW of 1917 will live long in the memory of those cattleraisers who attended it for its truly magnificent…

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Fine Display of Sheep

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 4

THIS section of the Show keeps on improving and was decidedly good this year. There were 170 entries all told, and in the case…

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Farmers and Nationalists. More Money for Wheat. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 4

Mr. Piggott, National candidate for Calare, declares that in three years the farmers of Australia lost £6,385,000. The reason was that the Government had not…

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Large Exhibit of Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 4

THE exhibit of wheat was the largest that. has been yet staged at the Show, and naturally attracted a lot of interest on the part of growers from…

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Dairying. Perfecting the Dairy Cow. The Human Factor

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 2

Can we bring out any finer points in the cow of to-morrow? The question is asked by an American writer in an article in which he…

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Pigs and Bacon. Porkers and Baconers. a Farmer's Views

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 2

The value of the different breeds of pigs that are used in Australia was discussed by Mr. Garner, a member of the Kellyville branch of the…

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Commercial. Wool Appraisement

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 4

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., report that the sixth series of Victorian appraisements commenced in Melbourne on. Monday last. The offerings…

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Wheat Shortage. Request From New Zealand. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 3

The Dunedin Chamber of Commerce telegraphed to the Acting Premier stating that there will be a seri[?] wheat shortage before the next crop…

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Cattle Sale

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 4

MESSRS ROBERT GIBSON and SON, Harden, in conjunction, with Messrs Maiden Bros., Sydney, report having held a very successful…

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Wheat Certificates

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 4

A warning to farmers not to sell certificates in respect of this season's wheat to speculators was given on Sunday by the Victorian Minister for…

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Wheat Destruction Damage Done by Mice

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 3

In the Lockhart wheat stacks thousands of bags of wheat are falling every day owing to the ravages of mice, and all the stacks are in grave…

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The Wheat Pool. Deputation to Prime Minister

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 4

A deputation representing the Farmers and Settler' Associations of Australia waited upon the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) on Friday night, and…

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Wheat Soaring Now 11/2 Per Bushel. New York

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 3

Unprecedented scenes were witnessed in the Chicago wheat pit. for April 27th the price quoted was 11/2 per bushel…

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Farmers and Settlers. Support for Nationalists

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 2

The president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association has issued an appeal to the electors to support the National candidates next Saturday…

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Items of News. Farmers' Representative

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 2

The Wagga branch of the P.L.L. decided at its meeting last night, to endorse the candidature of Mr. P. P. Breen, of New Park, Balldale, as the…

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Failure of the D'agen Prune at Yanco Experiment Farm

Irrigation Record · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 14

The following is a copy of a report received by the Orchardist of Yanco Experiment Farm which the Under Secretary and Director has forwarded for the…

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Apricots. Experiment Farm Results

Irrigation Record · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 13

At the present time fruit growers are considering the question of planting up during the coming season, and perhaps the question is a more difficult one to settle…

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Three Lines of Profit in Dairying

Irrigation Record · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 5

One of the most successful dairymen tin Indiana recently gave away the secret of his success to an interviewer who discusses the matter in "Hoard's Dairyman." After…

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Peaches. Experimental Farm Results

Irrigation Record · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 11

Although many settlers may consider that the time has arrived when it is as well to "go easy" on peaches for a year of two, until it is seen how the market…

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The Wheat Pool. Deceased Fa[?]'s Crop

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1917 · page 4

In the District Court at Deniliquin, before Judge Bevan and jury of four, the public trustee of New South Wales, as the trustee of the estate of Daniel…

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