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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,630 stories in Riverina's papers · page 57 of 82

Miscellaneous. the Prevention of Fire. In Grain Crops

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 30 August 1918 · page 4

The following recommendations for wheat growers have been issued by the college of Agriculture of the University of California…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1918 · page 1

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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Unsold Wheat. Price May Have to Drop. Acting-prime Minister's Statement

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1918 · page 6

The failure of the Australian Wheat Board to dispose of the surplus grain has given cause for grave concern and, as the outcome of a meeting of the…

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Has Wheat Been Sold? Mr. T.L. Campbell Thinks So Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1918 · page 4

Mr. T.L. Campbell, secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, in an interview to-day, said he would like the Acting-Prime Minister to say…

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Australian Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 September 1918 · page 2

Mr. Watt, Acting-Prime Minister, promises some depressing news about the wheat position. It appears certain that the Prime Minster has been…

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Batlow Soldiers' Farms Clearing at £38 10s Per Acre

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 2 September 1918 · page 4

Those who have been the forests in the Batlow country realise what a costly business it is to clear the virgin bush for cultivation. This is one…

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The War Loan. Banks Will Help Farmers

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 2 September 1918 · page 2

The Central War Loan Committee point out that in some cases it may not be convenient for farmers and others owning property…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 September 1918 · page 4

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Assooiation report under date August 31: The Appraisement season begins…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 September 1918 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd. report under date September 2: Shearing operations are steadily extending, but daily arrivals at…

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The Wheat Crop. Lower Price Probable

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1918 · page 4

The failure of the Australian Wheat Board to dispose of the surplus grain has given cause for grave concern and as the…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1918 · page 2

John Bridge and Co. Ltd. report under dete 31st August:— The authorities controlling the administration of the Wool…

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Wheat Pool. Price for Home Consumption

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1918 · page 4

Referring to the Wheat Pool in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. A. G. Manning member for Album said:— I desire to ask the Minister for…

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America and Our Wheat. How Sale Was Missed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1918 · page 2

Mr. A. E. V. Richardson, Victorian Superintendent of Agriculture, who recently returned from an investigation tour of the United States, tells how,…

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Commercial 324,000 Bales of Wool Before Christmas

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 September 1918 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report under date September 2: Arrangements have been made by the State Wool Committee to offer…

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Banks Will Help Farmers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1918 · page 4

The Central War Loan Committee points out that in some cases it may not be convenient for farmers and others owing…

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9/2 Per Bushel. Fixed Price of American Wheat. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 September 1918 · page 2

A proclamation by President Wilson lifts fixed toe minimum guaranteed price of wheat at 2 dollars 20 cents (8/2) per "bushel for the. 1919 crop…

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Feeding Farm Horses

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 5 September 1918 · page 6

Experiments have been carried [?] in Victoria with the object of ascertaining the relative value of various rations for farm-work horses in respect…

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Farm and Field Original Articles Fertilisers and Bacteria

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 5 September 1918 · page 6

The basis of manurial treatment, as at present understood, is to apply manures which supply to plants the requisite elements of nourishment not…

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Sheep on the Area

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 2

I intended to open up the subject of pigs for this issue, but as I am drawn into the vortex of the sheep question, perhaps it would be as well…

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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 6 September 1918 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervisior of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. FOR use in last issue of week ending 31st AUGUST, 1918…

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