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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

2,134 stories in Riverina's papers · page 56 of 107

The Plaice of Poultry on an Irrigation Farm

Irrigation Record · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 3

As some readers, and particularly the later arrivals among our settlers, may not have followed the series of notes concerning our feathered friends, written…

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Overhead Irrigation System Proves Beneficial to California Farmers

Irrigation Record · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 14

The Southland Nurseries will install an overhead irrigation system to, cover the 40 acres of Hand included in its holdings. It is planned to start work, within a few…

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Wheats for Hay under Irrigation at Yanco Experiment Farm. [The Experiments Supervision Committee, under whose control these experiments are being conducted, draw the attention of farmers to the fact that final conclusions cannot yet be drawn from these trials. Later, when results for (say) five years are available, a summary will be prepared, as sufficient evidence should then be on hand to enable conclusions, to be formed. Meanwhile it is felt that the public are entitled to know the results obtained each year.]

Irrigation Record · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 15

Wheat experiments at this farm during 1916 were confined to early, mid-season, and late sowings of a number of varieties, the object being to determine the…

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Sheep Route March

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 3

A unique method of raising money for the Red Triangle Day effort on behalf of the Y.M.C.A. for the Red Cross Convalescent Home at Moree…

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Wheat. Storage Question

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 7

Representatives of the Minister of the for wheat producing States, together with engineering experts, Conferred in Melbourne on Thursday with Senator…

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Seed Wheat to Farmers. Assistance to the Needy

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 4

The Minister for Sericulture (Mr. W. C. Grahame) states that at the last meeting of the State Wheat Board the question was considered of…

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Storage of Wheat Ministers Confer

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 4

Representatives of the Ministries of the four wheat-producing States, together with engineering experts, conferred on Thursday with Senator…

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Wheat Re-bagging at the Rock

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 2

Following the Industrial Courts Award on Wednesday, practically conceding the demands of the wheat baggers and lumpers, the men have…

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American Farm Credit

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 6

It appears that the hanks of the Frited States furnish app[?] 1,610,000,000 dollars in sort time loans to larmers of which national han[?]…

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Seed for Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. W. C.Crahame, M.L.A., states that at the last meeting of the State Wheat Advisory Board, the question was…

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Farmers' Costs Binding Wire for Hay Rise From £12 to £60 Per Ton. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 4

It is freely rumored at the Alexandria saleyards that the farmers are finding groat difficulty and almost impossibility to obtain galvanised…

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Wheat Storage. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 June 1917 · page 4

Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, who returned from Melbourne, said Minister had decided on a definite scheme regarding wheat to submit to…

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Farmers and Wheat Stacks. (We do not necessarily endorse the views of our correspondents.) (To the Editor "Daily Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 June 1917 · page 3

Sir.—Re the strike of wheat stackers. I would like to ask a few questions and make a suggestion. As the wheat practically belongs to us…

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Wheat Assessment

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 4

While the agreement by the commissioner of Taxation to assess the wheat for income tax on the 1915-16 crop at 3s 6d per…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 4

A.M.L. and F. Co. Ltd. report under date may [?]. This company's eight [?] sale was [?]…

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Farmers Conference

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 2

The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers Association, which will be held on July 7 next…

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Soldiers' Farms. Mr. Ashford's Tour

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 3

Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, returned to Sydney on Saturday, after having made a motor tour of about 2000 miles for the purpose of…

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New Butter Prices. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 June 1917 · page 4

The new hatter prices came into force in Sydney to-day. Dismay was noted among Sussex-street butter shippers in regard to the…

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Wheat Scrip. Speculators Caught Napping

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 June 1917 · page 4

In Victoria, trading in wheat scrip has developed to an extent quite unprecedented in New South Wales. For the most part it appears to run along…

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Fires Destroy Wheat. Petrograd

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 June 1917 · page 2

Fires which are believed to be incendiary. destroyed 3,000,000 bushels of wheat in the Minsk region and the Sara toff grain elevators…

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