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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

2,134 stories in Riverina's papers · page 51 of 107

Wheat Strike. Men Resume Work. Demands Granted

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 3

Mr. Jack White, A.W.U. organiser, returned to Wagga yesterday evening from Ganmain, and stated that the strike had been settled. He…

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Farmers and Settlers

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 2

At a meeting of the Bethungra, Ferndale, and Cootamundra branch, it was resolved that the following resolutions be submitted to the Cootamundra…

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59 Sheep Wanted

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 4

Mr Jack Nicholls, of Bongongelong, who has already given a sheep to the fund, has offered to give another one if 49 other o Die [und, has oll'crud to give another one if 49 other…

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"John Bridge" Annual Meeting of SHAREHOLDERS, Chairman on Wool[?] & Wheat Pool

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 6

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

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Butter Supply. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 4

Sussex-street merchants declared to-day that the outlook for butter for the city trade for the balance of the winter months was not nearly so acute as…

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Butter Outlook Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 4

Prominent agents at Sussex Street regard the butter outlook as not so acute as last week. The factories of this State produced 20,000 boxes…

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Butter Pool Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 4

Owing to the absence of Senator Russell, the Butter Pool Committee conference has been postponed till to-morrow…

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Leaving Wheat in Stacks

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 3

The Department of Agriculture, after investigating different methods of combating the mouse plague, which is causing havo[?] among the wheat stacks,…

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Wheat Growing. What Is a Payable Price?

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 4

With regard to the resolution passed at yesterday's meeting of the Wagga District Council of the F.S.A., urging the appointment of a Royal…

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Wheat Strike. Discussion in Court. Question of an Award. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 3

The trouble over the payment of men engaged in re-stacking wheat damaged by mice, which began in the Wagga district, seems likely to be more…

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Wheat Not to Be Moved Stacks to Be Netted in Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 2

Mice are still causing trouble in the country. The authorities have decided not to remove the wheat to Sydney as was originally intended, but to…

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Strike of Wheat Stackers. Still Unsettled Roofs Off 75 Per Cent. of Stacks. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 2

In the Industrial Court to-day, Mr. Ferguson, for Mr. Beeby, Minister for Labour, again drew the attention of Mr. Justice Heydon to the morning…

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The Farm Modern Harrows and Their Use

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 2

The harrow is a necessity on every farm, whether that farm be large or small. The principal use of the harrow is to pulverise the soil. The…

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Farm & Field. [?] Articles. Food Constituents

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 4

Protein is the nutrient which contains the nitrogenous part of a food. It is the most important food nutrient because the frame-work of every cell…

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Fertility and Dairying

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 4

A Queensland farmer says:—"Dairying is the system of farming that will maintain tile fertility of the farm without the use of high-priced…

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A Farmers' Bank

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 2

A bank unique of its kind, the Einzinserkasse of the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, is noticed in a review published by the International…

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Farmers & Settlers. Wagga District Council. Annual Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Wagga District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held yesterday, the president, Mr. L. Cox. in the…

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Government Farms. Placing on Paying Basis

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 3

In moving a motion at yesterday's meeting of the District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association for submission to conference to the effect…

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Wagga District Council Farmer's and Settlers' Association. Motions for Conference

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Wagga District Council was held yesterday Afternoon, when there were present: Messrs. T. Fraser, L. Cox, E. Crouch…

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