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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Inadequate Support

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the School of Arts on Saturday. The president…

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AGRICULTURAL. An Obscure Wheat Disease. Causes Five Per Cent Loss of State's Crop

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 4

Some notes are contributed by the Plant Breeder to the April "Agricultural Gazette" under the heading "An Obscure Disease in Wheat."…

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Cattle Stolen From the French. German Cussedness. Only a Tenth Returned as Yet. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 1

A Paris correspondent of the press points out an example of the attitude to the treaty by Germany, who is required to deliver to France 233,000…

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Victorian Millers. Request for Wheat. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 2

A deputation representing the Victorian millers waited on Mr. D. S. Oman, Minister for Agriculture, to-day, and asked that the millers should…

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Australian Wool Clip. Government Wants Option London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 2

The "Daily Mail" states that the British Government is negotiating with the Australian Government for a further pre-emption over the…

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Wool Supplies. Government Sued for £2000. Case Dismissed. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 2

Judgement ws given by the High Court to-day upon the claim of the Wool Shipping and Scouring Company, Limited, West Melbourne, against the…

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Sugar From Beet. Small Farmers' Opbortunity

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 4

The State Treasurer of Victoria, Mr. McPherson, who recently visited the Maffra district says the future of the bee[?] growing industry centres largely…

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American Farm Methods Good Roads Better Transport

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 3

As an honorary commissioner for the New South Wales Government Mr.Leslie T. Bridge during his recent visit to the United State, collected…

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General Birdwood's Advice. Crops of Babies. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 2

General Birdwood was entertained by the Millions Club to-day. The General said he hoped that the optimism of the returned men would…

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Profits on Wool. Claims of Growers. Senator Pratten Moves. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 2

In the Senate to-night, Senator Pratten (N.S.W.) moved the adjournment of the House of discuss the wool tips question. He claimed that the…

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Conversions Into Homestead Farms

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 4

The holder of any c.p. (including a non-residential c.p.) or c.l., homestead selection, home-lease or settlement purchase (not…

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Money in Dairying Baltic Exhibit at Royal Agricultural Show

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 2

Those interested in our great dairying industry found much to interest them in the Baltic exhibit in the Royal Agricultural…

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Farm and Field. the Bamboo

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 3

Bamboo is put to an astonishing number of uses in Japan. It gives timber for all kinds of work in the fields. It is used in the building of…

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Wanted: Another Wheat Inquiry

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 2

So far we have had two Royal Commissions of inquiry into the State Wheat Office. Much of the evidence taken at the inquiry presided over by Mr…

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Australia's Wheat Lands. Gundagai District

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 2

Away down the Muttama Valley the train sped on to Coolac, our destination for the time being. The creek bas fairly extensive sub banks,…

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Wagga Stock Market. Store Sheep Firmer. Other Prices Unchanged

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 4

As a result of the break in the weather there was a light yarding of stock at the Wagga municipal saleyards yesterday. Except in the case of store…

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Crop Competitions in Victoria. a Stimulus to Better Farm Practice

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 7

The following extract, from the report of the judge (Mr A. H. Mullet, B.Ag.Sc, Chief Field Officer, Victorian Department of Agriculture) on the…

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The Wool Market Will Germans Operate? Are They to be Allowed? MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 1

The question is being asked whether German wool buyers will be allowed to operate on the local market when the auction sales are resumed…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. No. 465. Agricultural. to Combat [?]Mould of Tobacco. Sterilisation of Seed-beds by Steam

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 4

An interesting account of experiment in the sterilisation of tobacco seed-beds by steam appears in the current "Agricultural Gazette." The prime purpose of…

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Farm and Field. the Bamboo

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 3

Bamboo is put to an astonishing number of uses in Japan. It gives timber for all kinds of work in the fields. It is used in the building of…

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