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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,988 stories in Riverina's papers · page 49 of 100

World's Wheat Position

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 2

Lindley Walker Co-operative Wheat Company report under Monday's dat[?] Our London cable to-day reads [?] follows:…

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Sales and Prices. Wool Sales

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 3

Fine wools, sound and of good length made buoyant prices at last Monday's Sydney auctions. Broader parcels and also lines irregular in staple,…

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Commercial Wool London Sale. London, June 13

The Daily Express · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 2

The wool sales opened to-day on the parity of the May closing rates, except for low, crossbreds, which were 5 Per cent, lower…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Twenty-first Series Commenced

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 2

The twenty-first series of Sydney wool sales commenced to-day, when 8436 bales were submitted. Competition for best merinos was keen and came from all…

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Voluntary Wheat Pool. a Second Advance Wanted. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 2

The New South Wales Voluntary Pool Committee waited on the Prime Minister to-day to consult him in reference to the further financing of the…

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Inferior Wheat South African Sales Shippers’ Losses. Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 1

A deputation or shippers of wheat and flour waited on the Prime Minister to-day and asked for [?] for “B” grade Wheat shipped to South…

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After the Harvest Wheat That Is Lost in Transit. Serious Complaints of Short Delivery Railway Detectives Busy on the Southern Line

The Daily Express · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 1

There is something radically wrong with the methods of handling wheat at country centres. There are serious shortages in…

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Homebush Sales. Cattle Weaker ; Sheep Firmer. Hombdush

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 3

Wincbcombe Carson wired to-day :—"3600 cattle were yarded, the bulk being Rood to useful. The market opened weaker. About…

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Voluntary Wheat Pool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 5

At a recent meeting the New South Wales Chamber of Agriculture discussed the question of a voluntary wheat pool for next year, and it was…

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Wheat Pool. Another Payment

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 2

M the P. and S. District Council meeting on Tuesday, Mr. King. [?] announced that he had been [?] informed by Mr. [?]…

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Wheat Market Shortage Indicated

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 3

The Foode[?] Division of the [?] of Commerce at Washington, U.S.A. issued a statement on the world short, age of wheat, which .lt is slid, begins in…

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The Ball of Wool

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 5

An old woman was once brought before a judge and charged with being a witch because she hung a ball of wool round the neck of…

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Current Season's Wheat, Second Payment

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 2

The Federal Government will make available the amount required for the second payment to farmers for the current season's wheat…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 4

Over 7000 bales were filtered at to-day's wool sales. The market was strong for good to super merinos, with firm rates being paid for lots suitable…

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States' Wheat. Pool Committee's Report. Overdraft of £1,528,000

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 1

The manager of the New South Wales Voluntary Wheat Pool (Mr. Drummond) issued, on behalf of the pool committee, a report regarding its…

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The Farmer. Loss of Phosphates From Soil

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 5

Important investigations are being made in the United States for the purpose of determining the extent to which the loss of phosph[?]…

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AGRICULTURAL Ten Facts About Silage A Commodity that Makes Farming Safer

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 3

Farmers are still all too careless of the necessity of conserving fodder in the form of silage. Farming will be a more profitable and a safer thing in…

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DAIRYING Like an Engine Why Rugging a Dairy Cow Sustains Milk Production

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 3

Rugging of dairy cattle during the winter months would be more general, says a writer in the Victorian "Journal of Agriculture," if farmers…

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Enter Farmer Junior Boys and Girls as a Power for Better Farming

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 6

It may eventually transpire that of till the discoveries of the present decade the most important for agriculture has been the significance of…

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FARMERS & Settlers' Assn. Murrumbidgee District Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 2

The above Council met at Ariah Park on Tuesday last and delegates representing 40 branches of the F.S.A. in the Murrumbidgee electorate. An…

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