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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

2,134 stories in Riverina's papers · page 48 of 107

Butter Shortage. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1917 · page 3

A considerable shortage of butter is reported in the butter market. Many suburban shopkeepers are selling the commodity only in half-pounds. The…

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Urangeline Farmers. Discuss Wheat Pool and Other Matters

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1917 · page 2

A meeting of the Urangeline Farmers Settlers' Association was hold at Mr. Blight's house on Saturday night, May 12th. Mr. Jones presided,…

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Rum Butter

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 7

Melt. 4lb. butter (good margarine will do as well) in a saucepan : add 1 glass of rum, and then stir in enough brown sugar to make it quite stifl…

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Wheat Industry

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 2

Now that our district has been favoured with good, soaking rain there is nothing to stand in the way of every available acre of wheat…

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Fixing Wheat Prices

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 2

A Chicago conference of grain exchanges decided to continue fixing the maximum prices of wheat, and with restrictions in dealing in futures…

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Stopping Butter Export. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 3

Mr. Clark, food prices commissioner, indicated to the Minister controlling foodstuffs that the exportation of butter at this stage might…

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Sale of Wheat Certificates

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 2

Wheat certificates are to be sold on the Melbourne Stock Exchange. The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hagelthorn) stated that at the meeting of…

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Chicago Wheat New York

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 4

Chicago wheat futures are quoted—July option, opening at 255 cents, (10/7 1/2), and closing at 240 cents. September option 226 cents, [?]sing [?]5…

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Storage of Wheat. Proposed Erection of Granaries

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 4

The chief object of the Premiers' Conference has been to discuss the question of making provision for the storage of wheat in the different…

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Rugging Cattle. the Best Method of Increasing Milk Yields

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 6

A writer in the Melbourne 'Leader' referred, to the satisfactory results in milk production which had accrued from rugging" his milch stock. Pre…

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Commercial. the Wool Question. Considering the Next Clip

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. write:—The question of the acquisition of the growing clip by the British Government has not yet been settled. But…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Feeding for Bacon

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 3

According to some recent experiments, the bacon-producing values of separated milk, whey, and meals respectively were found to be increased…

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Items of News. Closer Settlement Farms

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 2

The secretary of the Malebo branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, in reply to inquiries made by him in the matter, has received word to the…

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Dairying on Yanco Irrigation Area

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 1

The experience of the Dairy Expert will the demonstration farm that he took up at Yanco four years ago at his own expense is the subject of an…

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Wheat Farmers and Cooperation

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 3

The experience gained by the pooling scheme has demonstrated to the farmers the saving that can be effected by co-operative…

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Beef Cattle for Milk

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 2

The tendency to find and develop milk-producing qualities in different types of cattle has extended even to the Aberdeen-Angus breed. In an…

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John Bridge. Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Chairman on Wool Clip sad Wheat Pool

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 4

From the financial columns of the "Sydney Morning Herald" of the 16th instant, we extract the following interesting remarks made by the…

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Sowing More Wheat

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 4

At a public meeting of farmers and business people at Wagga, Mr. H. E. Mitchelmore (president of the M.P. and A. Association) presided…

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The Wheat Pool

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 4

Addressing a meeting of wheat growers at Wagga, Mr. Thethowin, M.L.C. member of the State Wheat Board, said he believed that…

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Removal of Wheat

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 4

Mr. Robert Gibson (Harden) writes:— Indignation is expressed at orders being given by the railway Department that little or no…

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