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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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Homestead Farm Area No. 726. Available January 28

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

The following area has been set apart for a homestead area, and will be available on and after 28th January. 1948:—…

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Important to Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

We understand that Messrs. George Shirley Ltd., of superphosphate fame, have given up the premises lately occupied by them next to the Railway…

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Berrigan Farmer's Suicide. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

John Schier, aged 67, a well-known farmer at Berrigan, was found drowned in a Government tank on Saturday afternoon. He was seen by his…

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Wheat or Stock

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 4

Commenting recently upon the wheat industry, ways the "Sydney Morning Herald," we empharised the inescapable fact that the position of the share-farm…

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Wool Offerings Under Way

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., reports: Wool appraisements are again in fall swing on the Sydney market. By February 13…

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The Wheat. Favorable Handling Terms

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, on Monday presided over meeting of the Wheat Board, finalising the agreement with shippers for the…

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AGRICULTURAL. Costs in Wheat Production. A Basis of Calculation. No 1

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 3

About no subject connected with agriculture has there been more controversy in recent years than about the cost of producing some of…

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Items of News. Missing Farmer Found Dead

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

Andrew Irving, of Bunda Park, in the Hay district, who has been missing since the outbreak of the big fire at Green Hills, was found dead on Monday in the…

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Crops and Machines

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 3

A bushel of wheat is made up of single grain, therefore it is important that should be no waste during the harvesting process. Throughout the…

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New Wheat Crop. Question of Advance. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 2

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture states that as soon as Federal politics become more settled an advance of 3/ per bushel for the new…

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Wheat, Not Stock. Destructive Suggestion Refuted

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. T. I. Campbell, general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, has expressed his views on the letter to the "Sydney Morning Herald"…

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Improved Cultural Methods. Danger of Decreased Wheat Areas. a Tendency That Must Be Checked

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 2

At no time in the history of agriculture in the Riverina was the necessity greater than the present to urge on farmers the benefits to be derived…

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Wheat Purchases

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

Professor H. Maxwell Lefroy, who occupies the chair of Entomology at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report under date January 9th, 1918:— The appraising of wool was resumed in Brisbane last week, and…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

Schute, Bell, and Co., Ltd., report under date 7th January:— Appraisements will be resumed to-day, on which date we will…

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Annual Review of Pastoral Industry

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

Reviewing the conditions of the pastoral industries during 1017. The "Sydney Morning Herald says:— "The pastoral industry has on…

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New Wheat Pool

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 3

Our numerous readers on the dry Area will be interested in learning that the agreement between the New South Wales Wheat Board and the 8…

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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 11 January 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. 348…

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Agriculture. Cost in Wheat Production. a Basis of Calculation

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 4

The labor cost on a wheat farm is much more easily ascertained than horse cost, say the writers of the article referred to last week. The…

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AGRICULTURAL. Cost in Wheat Production. A Basis of Calculation

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

The labor cost on a wheat farm is much more easily, ascertained than the horse cost, say the writers of the article referred to…

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