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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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Sudan Grass. a Profitable Fodder Crop

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 2

A good deal of attention has been directed of late to this grass, and some of the reports that have been received as to the capacity for yielding heavy…

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Wool

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 May 1918 · page 3

Dalgety and Co., Melbourne, report that they submitted a catalogue of 2284 bales on Friday, May 17, the bulk of the offerings consisting of Tasmanian and…

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Farmers and Settlers Association. Wagga District Council. Annual Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 May 1918 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Wagga District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the M.P. and A.A. rooms, Gurwood-street…

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England's Wool Stocks

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1918 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. write: "Stocks of merino wool appear to be on the low side in England. The Director of raw materials…

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Smut in Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 May 1918 · page 2

What is considered by practical wheatgrowers under whose notice the matter has been brought as a development of the greatest importance to the…

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Ready-made Farms

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 3

During the month of January, the Department of Natural Resources of the Canadian Pacific Railway colonised a total of 7577 acres in Western…

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Crops and Plant Food

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 5

An average crop of oats, grain, and straw together, takes from the soil 53lb. of nitrogen, 22lb. phosphoric acid, seeding time along with the seed 2ewt…

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Farm and Held Original Articles Making Ensilage

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 5

Ensilage is the term applied to grass and other succulent foods preserved by storage in pits or stacks, termed silos for use whon such foods are not avail…

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Items of News. Red Cross Crop

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 2

In connection with the preparation of Mr. S. Mowsar's land at Tooyal North for a crop to benefit the Red Cross Society, the following…

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 4

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., reported under date May 20: The second series of the May appraisement comprising some 25,000…

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Wool Reports

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Though much, wool, already appraised and paid for by the British Government, is still on hand in…

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Wheat for America

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 5

Negotiations are proceeding with the United States with a view to moving 10,000,000 bushels of Australian wheat…

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Wheat Will Be King

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 2

The world is anxious to buy bread. Every grain of our wheat would be bought up quickly by European countries if we could get it there. Still, we are to have…

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Public Opinion. Hoven Cattle to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 4

SIR,—Since the loss of milch cows here is becoming a serious matter to their owners, the greater number of which are dying from hoven, the…

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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 31 May 1918 · page 6

No. 268. 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…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Agricultural. the Cultivation of Maize. Preparation of the Soil

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 4

Maize, being comparatively shallowtooted, especially in the later stages of its growth, requires a thorough and deep working of the soil, for it is mainly…

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5/ an Acre Bonus. for Wheat-fallowed Land. Government's New Scheme. Report on Silos. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 3

The Government have decided to pay this year 5/ per acre on all fallowed land for wheat-growing. Referring to the bulk-handling of…

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Farm Labor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 2

This question is [?] the minds of the people the world over. Collier's weekly prints the following statement in a resent issues: Our American farms have always been…

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Dairying. Testing of [?]Re-bred Cows. How It Prog[?] a in New South Wales

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 6

[?] Council of the United Pure-bred [?] Breeders Association at the annual meeting in Sydney during the R.A.S. the Acting Dairy Export…

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Sudan Grass. a Profitable Fodder Crop

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 6

A good deal of attention has been directed of late to this grass, and some of the reports that have been received as to its capacity for yielding heavy…

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