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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,630 stories in Riverina's papers · page 11 of 82

Wheat and Meat. Further Resolutions of the Conference

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 3

Mr. T. I. Campbell moved: "That the communication with urged to keep in close communication with Professor Lefroy with regard to stacking sites…

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Dairying. the Mechanical Milker. And the Cow

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 2

It is impossible for a person to barmonizo the milking machine and its work unless he knows what kind of work the machine has to do. The…

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State Parliament. Censure Motion. Position of Farmers. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Fallick (Singleton) gave notice of motio that a select committee be appointed to consider the claims of the…

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Wool and Sheep Classing

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 4

The secretary of the Murrumbidgee P. and A. Association (Mr. A. F. D. White), in response to an inquiry sent out by him seeking information…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 2

These notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister for Agriculture, and are based on the experiments of the…

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Galong Special Cattle Sale

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 6

Messrs. Donnelly and Horselman (Galong) and Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. (Sydney) report having held a most successful sale at Galong…

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Weevil in Wheat

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 1

Professor H. Maxwell-Lefroy has forwarded the following memorandum to the different State Governments in regard to the problem of weevil in the…

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Wheat Silos. Federal Officer to Inquire

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 2

The hitch that is reported to have occurred in connection with the construction of wheat silos in New South Wales is not yet cleared up…

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Wheat or Meat. Minister's Reply to Criticism

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 8

The Minister for Lands (Mr. W. G. Ashford) said last week that he was disappointed with the tone of the discussion at the meeting of wheat…

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Wheat Storage Problems. Securing Protection From Weevil. Dry Grain Immune

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 7

The special committee appointed by the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry to make an investigation into the damage caused by…

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Education and Farming

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 8

An American authority says:—To subdue the earth and have dominion over the various forms of animal and vegetable life, requires that man…

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Hard Luck at Nangus. Wheat Crop Gone

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

Mr. Ted. Jamieson, jun., was stripping his wheat crop at Nangus on Friday, when a blaze started up under the harvester…

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Wheat for War Council Donations From Farmers. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 3

Mr. D. S. Oman, Minister for Agriculture, and Mr. H. J. Baker, manager of the Victorian Wheat Commission, announced to-day that a scheme similar to…

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Items of News. Unbranded Cattle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

It does not appear to be generally known that any unbranded cattle or horses above the age of 12 months, excepting camels or dromedaries, which…

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Gobarra[?]ong Again. 1400 Bags of Wheat and 250 Acres of Crop Gone

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

It was about the same hour as the Tarr[?]andra fire started that Gobarralong again felt the effects of a bush blaze…

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Blaze at Mt. Horeb. 20 Sheep Burned

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

Mr. P. Richardson was the worst sufferer by a fire in the vicinity of Mt. Horeb and Calafat on Saturday—nearly all his…

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Wheat Harvest. Better Than Last Season. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

The wheat harvest for the current season is much larger than the previous one. Reports from the Government Statistician show that a number of…

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Sheep-fly Pest

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 4

The work the pastoral committee for the investigation of the blow-lly pest has had in hand for the past fow years has to a…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 4

Allan Power and William James M'Grath surrendered to their bail in answer to the charge of having, at Wagga, between January 1 and January…

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Wheat Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 4

Francis Cusack, 31, and William John Fitzgerald, 40, surrendered to their bail in answer to the charge of having, between January 11 and January 18, 1918,…

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