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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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Farm and Filed Original Articles Lime Water for Calves

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 6

Lime water is so easily made and is so useful on the farm that it is a wonder that a supply of it is not kept for some purposes such as treatment…

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Sheep at Yanco

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 4

The problem of atilising the large area of unoccupied land an the Murrumbidgee irrigation areas has constantly been before…

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On the Land. Pickling Seed Wheat

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 4

The roost efficient and convenient preventive for bunt or “stinking smut,” under present circumstances is certainly sulphate of…

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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 29 March 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 based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 359…

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Pigs and Pork. Feeding Wheat to Fatten Swine. Some Interesting Trials

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 3

The fact that damaged wheat is being made available just now at prices favorable to farmers should be sufficient to direct attention to the uses…

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Miscellaneous. Fencing in the Farm. Do it Well

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 2

"It always pays to have a good strong fence round the farm, as there is nothing more annoying than to have crops eaten down and destroyed by…

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Farmers' Troubles

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 7

The conference of farmers now sitting in Melbourne has so far been by no means sparing of its criticism of the Government. Its president thinks that…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 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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Sheep at Yanco

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1918 · page 8

The problem of utilising the large area of unoccupied land on the Murrumbidgee irrigation areas has constantly been before the authorities…

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Agricultural. Pickling Seed Wheat

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1918 · page 6

The Best Way to Prevent Bunt. The most efficient and convenient preventive for bunt or "stinking smut" under present circumstances is…

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Wheat Pools. Net Average of 4/3 for 1915

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1918 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr, Grahame, announces that it has now become possible to give an approximate idea of the value of wheat…

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Agricultural. Pickling Seed Wheat. The Best Way to Prevent Bunt

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1918 · page 2

The most efficient and convenient preventive for bunt or "stinking smut," under present circumstances is certainly sulphate of copper, or…

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Live Stock. Feeding Wheat to Fatten Swine. Some Interesting Trials

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1918 · page 2

The fact that damaged wheat is being made available just now at prices favorable to farmers should be sufficient to direct attention to the…

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Mice Eat Grape Crop

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1918 · page 5

Mr. W. B. Brock, of Stony Point, Yanco, who has one of the best tended blocks on the Murrumbidge Irrigatoin area, states that his return from…

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Cornsacks for Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1918 · page 2

It is understood that a definite announcement with regard to the Commonwealth Government's extensive purchase of some 200,000 bales of…

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Commercial. Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: No further wool catalogues will be offered in Sydney until April 15. Next appraisement will be…

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Federal Politics. Advances on Wheat Crop. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 3

At the conclusion of the Federal Ministerial party meeting, it was learned that Senator H. E. Pratten had suggested that greater advantage should be…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Crops for Dairy Farms

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 6

Dairy-farmers anticipating thier town coining in early in spring should look well ahead to see that there should be plenty of succulent food to…

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British Wool Clip. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 2

The War Office has fixed the price for the British wool cllip for 1918 at 60 per cent. above the average for June-July, 1914…

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Lime in Farming

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 2

Professor L. A. Voorhees, in Buletin No. 183, of the New Jersey Station, says :—It is not possible in every instance to indicate certainly…

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