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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,347 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 118

Wheat From Victoria. Fifty Trucks Despatched. Sidney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 1

[?] trucks of wheat were despatched from Victoria for New South Wales to-day being the first of an 8,000 tons weekly shipment…

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Marketing the Wool. How the Prices Rose. Sub-committee's Report. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 2

The official report of the sub-committee dealing with the wool profits states that Australasian supplies are continually by far the most important…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. No. 414. Co-operation. the Leakage in Buying and Selling. a Rational Method of Repair

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

Every injur[?]y to-day reflecte the change with which the last few years have more than mornaliy justled us ever agriculture, oldest and probably…

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To Help Farmers. Advances of £1 per Acre

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

Mr. Ashford referred last week to the complaints regarding delays in receiving advances under the Necessitous Farmers' Scheme…

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Farm and Field. Successful Farming

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 3

One of the essentials for success in farming is manure. The soil must contain a sufficient proportion of humus, or the plants cannot utilise the elements…

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Dairying. the Effect of Soiling on Breed. How it Prevents Reversion to Type

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

The advantage to the dairy farmer of the boiling system—that under which a succession of fodder crops ii grown and carted out to the animals in the…

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Goulburn's Fruit Crop. Enormous Quince Yield

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 2

MR. A. MILLS, Government Inspector, reports the fruit crop this season bas been so far very heavy. The apricot yield was well…

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Heavy Loss by Farm Fire

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 2

Mr. G. Matthews, farmer, of "Bonnie Doone," Lockhart, reported a fire which destroyed his chaff house full of wheat and chaff. The cause of the…

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Coastal Farmers New Premises

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 3

At the last land sale at Leeton, the Coastal Farmers' Cooperative Society secured a corner block in Pine Avenue, almost opposite the Salvation…

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Shelter Trees for Farms. a Canadian Scheme

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 2

The "Agricultural Gazette of Canada" for October gives an outline of the system under which the settlers of the prairies of Manitoba,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 8

These notes are issued every under the persons supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based…

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Pastoral. the Problem of the Rabbit. Is Poison Gas a Solation ?

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 1

The problem of the rabbit is a perennial one, and likely to be so for long enough. The one lonely beneficial effect of the drought has been a…

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Wool Profits. Further Report Issued. Rise in Rabbit Fur. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 4

In addition to the report of the committee on wool profits which has been issued, the committee will issue in a few days an analysis of manufactures'…

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Price of Wheat. Increase to 7/8 a Bushel the World's Scarcity. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 4

The Federal Government has decided, to increase the local price of wheat. Mr. Hughes has made the following statement…

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Shelter Trees for Farms a Canadian Scheme

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 8

The "Agricultural Gazette of Canada for October gives an outline [?] the system under which the settlers of the prairies of Manitoba, Saskatch[?]…

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Farmers and Settlers. Wagga Branch Annual Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the School of Arts, Wagga, on Saturday…

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Price of Butter. Protest by Farmers

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 1

A MEETING of the Primary Producers was held at Liemore, to protest against the recent order reducing the price of butter in New South Wales. The…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 1

A.M.L. and F. Co [?] under date 28th Jan[?] The second [?] of [?] concluded last week. [?]…

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Trees As Money Makers for Farmers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 1

We cull the following f[?] [?]tralian Forestry [?] The Australian farmer [?] so accustomed to destroying [?]…

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Wool and the Drought. Profits on Government Wools

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd report:—The beneficial effects of the recent rains in pastoral centres are evidenced in the number of trucks ordered for…

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