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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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AGRICULTURAL. Costs in Wheat Production. A Basis of Calculation. No. 2

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 4

The labor cost on a wheat form is much more easily ascertained than the herse cost, say the writers of the article referred to in last issue…

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Dairying. the Pure-bred Sire And His Real Worth

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

The value of a pure-bred bull as a heed sire is strikingly shown in a report, just published, of the results of some experiments conducted by the lown…

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Forty Acres of Crop Burned

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

From Ardlethan reports are to hand of a bush fire which destroyed 40 acres of standing crop, the property of A. E. Jones, of Sherwood Park, and between…

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Items of News. Destruction of Tomato Crop

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

Tomato crops in the Wagga district are being greatly damaged by, apparently, some kind of aphis. The bearing plants which are affected begin to…

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Wool

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 3

Appraisements were resumed in the Melbourne market on Monday, January 7, when the Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., brought forward…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 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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Red Cross Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 4

The Murrumbidgee Co-operative Milling Co., Messrs. Brunskill and Spring, and Messrs. J. Jeremy and Co., invite from district farmers, by advertisement…

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Agricultural. Cost in Wheat Production a Basis of Calculation

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

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

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Wild Oats. Their Occurrence in American Crops

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 8

The control of eradication of wild oats from certain wheat lands in the United States is the subject of a bulletin lately issued by the Department of…

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Condition of Crops

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 4

The condition of crops in New South Wales during the month of December was generally favorable…

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Cattle—Not Wheat

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 3

Mr. Haglethorn, Victorian ex-Minister for Agriculture, says that the Victorian Government has approved of a proposal for…

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Purchase of Argentine Wheat Crop. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 2

The Buenos Aires correspondent says: An important agreement has been completed between the Argentine and the representatives of the…

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Supervision of Wheat Stacks

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 3

Mr. A. Love, the representative of the British Wheat Commission, who is at present in Melbourne, has had an informal discussion with the Victorian…

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Wheat Board. Overdraft, £638,000

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 3

Of the overdraft of £538,000 due by the Australian Wheat Board on Janu-ary 7, Victoria's share was £6000, that of New South wales, £17,000 that of…

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Wheat in Second Hand Rags

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 3

Wheat put by farmers into second-hand bags, including brush sugar sacks, because they were unable to obtain new sacks in time to save their crops, will…

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Loss Caused to Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 4

Owing to the shortage of wheat bags s large quantity of wheat at Junee hat been tipped into the paddocks. Heavy rain has fallen, and will damage this…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 3

John Bridge and Co., Ltd. report under dale 12th January:— The Now Year's arrangements for wool appraisements in this…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report under date 8th January:— Wool appraisements are again in full swing on the Sydney…

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Wheat Crop. New Stacking Sites. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

It has been decided tO stack 5OO,OOO bags of wheat at Orange. The work of laying in the sidings will be undertaken in the near future, and will…

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Damage to Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

The wet ana muggy weather which has been experienced during the last few days is likely to have a deleterious effect on the wheat crop, which will be…

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