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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

2,134 stories in Riverina's papers · page 47 of 107

The Wheat Pool. Alleged State Bungle

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 6

The annual report of the executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, to be presented to the conference in July, emphasises the view that the…

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Wheat Pool Sales. Ministerial Conference. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 3

The wheat pool sales have realised £31,436,000. Payments made to growers in respect to the 1915-16 pool amount to £31,353,000, while…

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Wheat Growers' Problems. Payment on Quality. Increased Production Needed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 8

In his report to the Council for Agricultural Education, Mr. H. Pye, the [?]calist at Dookie (Vic.), writes:— The world wants wheat, and the…

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The Wheat Pool Position Explained in Detail Hon. A. K. Tlethowan at Wagga. a Further 6d Nett Expected

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 2

At the public meeting of farmers and townspeople, held last evening, Hon. A. K. Trethowan gave an interesting outline of the operations of…

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Farmers and Settlers. Wagga Branch Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 3

The adjourned ordinary meeting of the Wagga brunch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held yesterday afternoon, Mr. T. Fraser…

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Plant Breeding on Farms. Save Promising Plants

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 2

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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Record Wheat Harvest

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1917 · page 2

Statistics were made available by the South Australian Wheat Harvest Board on Friday. They show that to date for this season 40,169,000 bushels of…

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Bulk Handling of Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1917 · page 4

The executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, in its annual report, refers at length to the bulk handling question, and strongly urges…

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Wheat for New Zealand. Sale Under Consideration. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1917 · page 1

New Zealand's offer, made through Mr. W. D. S. MacDonald. MInister of Agriculture, to purchase about 2,000,000 bushels of Australian wheat,…

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Wheat Board Comment. Nationalist Victory. "In Best Interests of Democracy."

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1917 · page 3

The Australian Wheat Board, at its meeting in Melbourne on Friday, on the motion of Mr. Hagelthorn (Victorian Minister for Agriculture), seconded…

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Wool Classification

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 2

Hints on the preparation and classification of wool clips to meet the demands of the appraisers appointed by the Federal Government to value the…

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Wheat Pool Figures

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 3

Returns furnished by the Australian Wheat Board show that the overdraft on account of the 1915-16 and 1916-17 pools, was…

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Sydney Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 1

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report:— Wool.—The final figures of the wool appraised on Sydney during the first…

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Alleged Burning of Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 2

A paragraph which recently appeared in the press contained a statement by Mr. H. G. Blackett, of Dubbo, that damaged wheat at Canowindra…

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Wheat 'Pit" Sensation Speculation Prohibited

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 3

The Chicago Board of [?]…

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Wheat Pool. Important Conference. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 2

After a conference between the Prime Minister and the Ministers for Agriculture of Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, Mr. Hughes said: "We…

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Wheat at 13/6½. CHICAGO

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 3

The Board of Trade has ordered a discontinuance of all trading in May wheat, thus following the Government's suggestions to prevent the…

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Land Notes. Homestead Farm Aroa No. 685

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 3

Land District of Narandera, and Carrathool Shire. The Crown land comprised within the area below mentioned…

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Germany's Men 70 Per Cent. in the Army. No Farm Labor

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 4

A Berne wireless message states that Hein, the leader of the Agrarians in the Bavarian Chamber, in a spech at Neustadt, said 70 per cent…

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Developing the Dairy Heifer

Irrigation Record · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 6

So much is expected of the dairy cow nowadays that she has a right to be well born. Produced by healthy, strong, vigorous parents, well kept and well fed;…

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