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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

2,134 stories in Riverina's papers · page 46 of 107

Wheat. Adverse Sowing Season

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 May 1917 · page 4

In discussing the conditions under which wheat farmers in all parts of the State are labouring just now, the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. W.C…

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Interesting Sheep Values

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 1

Interesting evidence was given at the Hay Land Board on 23rd and [?]ult as to the values obtained from sheep for the past 8 or 10 years. And…

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Damage to Wheat Stacks

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 2

The mice plague is doing great damage at all the railway stations along the Corowa-Culcairn line, to say nothing of its depredations in farmers'…

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Wheat Stack on Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 4

A fire which broke out in one o[?] Dalgety and Co.'s wheat stacks at Gidginbung siding, seven miles from Temora, on the Wyalong lise, on…

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London Wheat Market London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 4

A parcel of 2000 quarters on Australian passage to Liverpool sold at £3/…

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English Wheat Market. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 4

A parcel of 2000 quarters of Australian wheat on passage to Liverpool sold at 83/…

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The Value of Wool Grading

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 1

Messrs Schute Bell and Co. report: Results of wool offering have proved satisfactory, the chief exceptions being most types of crossbred and low grade…

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Wheat in Bulk. Shipment to England. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 4

Mr. Fuller, Acting Premier received a cable from the Agent General regarding the shipment in bulk of wheat from Sydney. The wheat [?]…

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Wool Review

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 8

From Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. (Sydney and Brisbane) we have their 28th Annual Wool Review. We have only room to note that…

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A Remarkable Wool, Year

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 4

History can produce no parallel to the conditions which have prevailed during the 1916-17 wool season, says Winchcombe, Carson's…

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Sow Wheat Keeping Up Food Supply

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 3

Referring to the Prime Minister's appeal to the farmers to sow wheat, the "Leader" states that at irregular intervals, extending over the past four…

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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 11 May 1917 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahama, M.L.A., Minister of agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Wheat Shortage. New Zealand a Purchaser. 2,000,000 Bushels Wanted

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 3

Mr. W. D S. Macdonald, Minister for Agriculture and Mines in New Zealand, arrived in Sydney on Wednesday. His, aim is to purchase in Australia, for the…

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Plant Breeding on Farms. Save Promising plants

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 6

The Plant Breeder of the Agricultural Department is anxious to get into touch with farmers or sons of farmers who have sufficient interest in…

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The Orchard. Plant Breeding on Farms. Save Promising Plants

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 4

The Plant Breeder of the Agricultural Department is anxious to get into touch with farmers or sons of farmers who have sufficient interest in…

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Increasing Wheat Production Views of Farmers Expressed Care of [?] Wheat in Stacks

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4

An important meeting of farmers and others was held in the Masonic Hall last evening, when Mr. H. E. Mitchelmore (president of the M. P…

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Wheat Payments

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4

Mr. S. Hillam moved "That the Federal Government be urged to make payments on wheat at shorter intervals and more per bushel." He…

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Encouraging Wheat Production

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4

Mr. W. R. Lyons, of Forest Hill then moved, "That this F. and S. A., of Wagga bring before the Prime Minister the…

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Wheat Pool. Meeting of Farmers. Various Resolutions Passed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 3

A meeting of those interested in wheat growing and in the operations of the wheat pool was held in the Masonic Hall last evening and passed…

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Bulk Wheat Shipment to England

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 1

The Acting Premier, Mr. Fuller, has receieed a cable report from the Agent-General regarding one of the bulk shipments of wheat which has…

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