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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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Farm and Held Original Articles. Food Constituents

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 6

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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Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 9th February:— A Bill has been presented to the House of Commons for the…

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Butter Factory. Annual Meeting

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 4

THE annual meeting of the above was held on Wednesday last. There were present: Messrs. Walsh (chair), Dodd, Hawthorne, Barton…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W.C. Grahame, M.L.A. Minister of Agriculture, and are [?] mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 353…

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Wheat Elevator Contract. Statement Denied. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 3

The Chief Railway Commissioner denies a published statement to the effect that a memorandum containing suggestions of modifications to the…

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Pastoral Destruction of Prickly Pear. Advantages and Disadvantages of Various Methods

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 4

A useful summary of the methods of destroying prickly pear that have been tried is given by the Biologist and Chief Inspector in the article…

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Weevils in Wheat. Gratifying Report by Professor Lefroy

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 4

An encouraging statement was made a few days ago by the Premier, with regard to the recondi­tioning of wheat in this State that…

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Alleged Child Slavery. Work on Dairy Farms. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 3

Mr. Hackett, secretary of the Australian Society for the Protection of Children, giving evidence before the, Inter-State Commission, stated that…

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Agriculture. Varieties of Wheat. The Department's Recommedations for the Ensuing Season

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 4

The recommendations of the Department of Agricultural on the subject of varieties of wheat suitable for various purposes in different parts of the State…

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AGRICULTURAL. Varieties of Wheat. The Department's Recommendations for the Ensuing Season

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 5

The recommendation of the Department of Agriculture on the subject of varieties of wheat suitable for various purposes…

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Police Court. Tuesday, February 12. Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M. Travelling Sheep Case

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 2

Harold [?] Tepper was fined £2. together with [?] court costs. on a charge of being the owner. and intending to travel travelling…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 8

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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Weevils in Wheat. Gratifying Report by Prof. Lefroy

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 1

Says the "S.M. Herald" : An encouraging statement was made on Friday afternoon by the Premier, with regard to the…

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Child Labor on Dairy Farms

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 4

From time to time serious allegations are made of child slavery in the dairy farming industry. Mr. Hacken, the secretary of the Australian…

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Prime Sheep Firmer

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 February 1918 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that buyers in search of cheap sheep were disappointed at Homebush last Thursday. Rates for…

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Quality of Wheat

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 4

A wheat grower, in the course of the following letter to a daily paper, raises an interesting point and makes a suggestion which…

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World's Wheat Supply. Australia's Contribution

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 1

For some time the Victorian Chamber of Agriculture has been making inquiries from farmers on the question of the wider adoption of mixed…

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Girls for French Wheat Harvest. New York

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 2

Miss Ann Morgan, daughter of Mr. Pierpont Morgan, has undertaken to raise an army of American girls to volunteer for the wheat harvest in France…

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State Cabinet. Wheat Elevator Contract. Rumors of Further Dissension. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 2

It is believed that further dissension has arisen amongst the members of the New South Wales Ministry over the wheat elevator business. It is…

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The Wheat Advance. (We do not necessarily endorse the views of our correspondents.) (To the Editor "Daily Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 3

Sir,—I was very surprised to hear from a Wagga farmer that the Wheat Board are making deductions from the first advance of 3/ per bushel for…

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