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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

2,134 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 107

London Wheat Market London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 3

Wheat is dull. Australian January parcels are quoted at 87/6…

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New Season's Wheat. Grades and Values

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 1

The low standard of the New South Wales wheat crop this year is surrounding the question of a working basis of values with many difficulties…

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Wheat Left on Trucks. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 1

The Railway Department points out the number of trucks of wheat on hand daily and not released by the shippers is increasing at an…

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Buried Under Wheat Bags Child's Narrow Escape

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 4

An extraordinary escape from death occurred at Illabo on Saturday last. The five-year-old son of Mr. T. Hall, fettler, was playing in the vicinity of…

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Handling the Wheat Delayed by Shippers Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 4

The Railway Department stated to-day that on Monday 659 trucks of wheat were under load in the Metropolitan district; on Tuesday 1277…

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Wool Trade Economy. Endorsement of "John Bridge" Policy. "

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 4

Nearly twelve months ago. the firm of John Bridge and Co., Ltd., inaugurated in the interests of woolgrowers, their campaign of…

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Wheat Lumpers. Old Junee Strike. Receiving Agent's Statement. Only Unionists Employed. Serious Allegations

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 2

Several attempts were made yester­day to get in touch with the wheat receiving agents at Old Junee to get their version of the trouble there. It…

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War on the Sea. Pan-german Agitation. Hindering Wheat Ships to to England. Rotterdam

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 2

The pan-Germnn agitation to increase submarine war is daily becoming more vigorous. In the Reichstag, Deputy Rooseki…

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The Wheat Lumpers Oid Junee Trouble Settled. A.w.u. Men Put on at Union Rates

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 4

The wheat lumping trouble at Old Junee was settled on Tuesday by the arrival on the scene of seven members of the A.W.U. who were…

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Tumut Dairy News

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the board of directors of Tumut Butter Factory was held on 5th inst., there being present: Directors…

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Fertility and Dairying

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 4

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

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Farm and Field Original Articles. (Copyright). Mangold Sowing

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 4

Trials have been made with the object of showing whether a variation in the distance of the plants apart would make any alteration in the yield or…

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Tin of Phosphorus. Concealed in a Crop. Young

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 4

Whilst employee named Davis was harvesting in a paddock at Avoca, Monteagle, yesterday, a a wheel ran over a tin containing phosphorus,…

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Tumut Butter Factory

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 4

THE monthly meeting of the directors of the above was held last last week, Dir. Mason being in the chair…

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Wheat Certificates

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

A specimen of the New South Wales wheat certificate was received in Wagga yesterday, though so far as could be ascertained, none have yet been…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 4

Schute, Bell, and Co., Ltd , report under date 15th January:— As selling brokers are debarred, under the existing appraisement…

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The Next Wheat Crop. Proposed State Guarantee

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 4

An important statement was made by Mr Graheme, Minister for Agriculture, in regard to the next wheat crop. In order to encourage…

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Poisoning Sheep Blow­flies

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

The attention of the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., has been Drawn to the fact that quite a number of letters have…

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Uranquinty Wheat Lumpers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

In connection with the report that there was trouble amongst the wheat lumpers at Uranquinty owing to the presence amongst them of a workman…

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Storm Warnings for Herders of Sheep

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

During the past spring the Weather Bureau established a special storm-warning service for the sheep ranges om Oregon, Washington and Idaho, to enable the owners of some 2,000,000…

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