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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,630 stories in Riverina's papers · page 48 of 82

Farmers' Conference. Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. Resolutions Passed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1918 · page 2

All the Farmers' Conference, Mr. Herborn (Forbes) drew attention to de­lays in transmitting cable messages from men at the front. He moved a motion…

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Wool Appraisement Wool Classing Pamphlet

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 17 July 1918 · page 2

We are asked by John Bridge and Co. Ltd. to notify wool-growers that they are prepared to send, post free on application, a copy of their…

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Re-conditioning Wheat

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 17 July 1918 · page 2

All along tho Coolamon line and Corowa and Oaklands lines, the work of re conditioning the old wheat stacks is in full swing and a start…

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Australian Wheat for New Zealand. Two Million Bushels at 5/7½. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 July 1918 · page 3

The Minister in charge of the Wheat Pool (Senator Russell) announced to-day that the Australian Wheat Board had sold 2,000,000 bushels of wheat to…

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Price Fixing. Penalties for Overcharge. the Bean and Pollard Market. Poultry Farmers Object to Increase. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 July 1918 · page 2

Archibald Thompson was fined £50, in default six months' imprisonment, for selling 500 empty second-hand petroleum spirit tins at 6d., being 2d, in excess of…

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Wool Appraisement Wool-Olassing Pamphlet

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 18 July 1918 · page 4

We are asked by John Bridge and Co., Ltd., to notify woolgrowers that they are prepared to send, post-free, on application, a copy of their…

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Price of Wheat in America. High Charges Vetoed

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1918 · page 4

President Wilson lias vetoed a blil fixing the price of wheat at 2 dollars 40 cents (10/) a bushel, because it would increase the cost of living, and…

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Reported Wheat Sale. Denied by Mr. Hughes. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1918 · page 2

Mr. Hughes denies the statement cabled from Sydney to the effect that he has sold the Australian wheat, with the result that speculating therein has…

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Price of Wool. Average Appraisement 14.68 Pence. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1918 · page 4

The Central Wool Committee report that the average appraised price of wool for the season 1917-18 is equal to 14.68d. per 1b. on the greasy basis, or 5.59 per…

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Farm and Held Original Articles. Feeding for Bacon

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 18 July 1918 · page 6

According to some recent experiments, the bacon-producing values of separated milk, whey, and meals respectively were found to be increased…

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Wool Appraisement. Wool Classing Pamphlet

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 2

We are asked by John Bridge & Co., Ltd., to notify woolgrowers that they are prepared to send, post free, on application, a copy of their…

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Wool Payment

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. telegraphs that the Prime Minister announces that 10 per cent, of the retention money and a 5 per cent…

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Pastoral. Rabbit Destruction. Suggestions from Practical Experience

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 4

An instructive article on this subject appears in the current "Agricultural Gazette" from the pen of the Rabbit inspector at Moree, whose experience…

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Pastoral. Rabbit Destruction. a Doubtful Method-Poisoning Water

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 6

Poisoned water used to be regarded as an effective method of destroying rabbits in the drier portions of the State, but the risk of poisoning stock-indeed…

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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 19 July 1918 · page 6

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. 375…

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Testing Wheat Exhibits. Mr. C. H. Norman's Motion Carried

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 3

At yesterday's committee meeting of the M. P. and A. Assciation notice, moved the following…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. the Orchard Powdery Mildew of the Apple. Experiments with Iron Sulphide

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 4

The prevalence of powdery mildew in this State has led the Department of Agriculture to conduct experiments in recent years at Glen lanes experiment…

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Yanco Settlements. Criticism at Farmers' Conference

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 4

The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was concluded at the King's Hall on Monday. Mr. A. K…

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Practical Hints. To the Novice on the Land—Particularly Returned Soldiers. No. 2. Advice to the Farmer

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 4

To start with you must have your land thoroughly cleared find every root, stone, or stump, taken out to a depth of nine inches. One of the…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Conference. the Irrigation Areas. Representation on the Executive

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 2

At the annunal conference of the F. and S. Assn. in Sydney, Mr. W. S. Rayment(Binya) moved: "That a direct representative for the irrigation…

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