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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,970 stories in Riverina's papers · page 33 of 99

The Farmer. Bones for Fertilisation

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 6

At the present time the importations of bones into Great Britain are about 40,000 tons a year, and a further quantity of about 50,000…

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Local Dairy Conditions

The Daily Express · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 2

In the course of [?] report to last night’s meeting of the Municipal Council, the Health inspector (Mr. D. E. Lewis) stated that he had just…

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The Butter Lion

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 8

More than 100 years ago an Italian nobleman was one day giving a great banquet, and his cook, who was known far and wide, was very anxious that…

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Value of Licks for Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 1

The value of and part played by a lick, in keeping sheep in a sound, healthy condition is realised by most up-to-date sheep men, but there are…

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Aspire to a 20 Bushel Wheat Average. (No. 10.—Contributed.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 6

In the Wimmera district of Victoria, famed for its advanced methods of agriculture, it is stated no less than 95 per cent. of the area sown in wheat…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Dairying. for Productive Herds. Quality in Bull and Dam Essential

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 1

Discussing the potency of the bull as a factor in herd improvement, an article in a recent issue of the "Agricultural Gazette" quotes interesting…

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Share Farming Agreements. Cowra

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 2

In the Cowra District Court, during the hearing of a claim by George Woods, a share farmer, against J. Brislan, a farmer near Woodstock,…

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The Matches. Aloysians Beat the Farm

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 4

Aloysians met the Farm at the Farm and after a one sided game the Aloysians won by 31 paints to 5. For the winners Lambert (2), English (2),…

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Affray on Farm. Shotgun and Hammer. Two Men Injured. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 2

A shotgun and a hammer were brought into use during an affray which occurred on John Mayclim's farm near Goomeri yesterday. Mayclim sustained a…

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Cattle for Victoria

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

A mob of 600 bullocks from Queensland passed over Hampden Bridge, Wagga, yesterday, on its way to Hamilton, in south-west Victoria…

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The Wool POSlTION

The Daily Express · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 4

Mecsrs Schute Bell and Co. Ltd report under date of May 1[?]:— “The London sales closed last week with almost all descriptions at…

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Aspire to a Twenty Bushel Wheat Average

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 4

In the Wimmera district of Victoria, famed for its advanced methods of agriculture it is stated no less than 95 per cent. of the area…

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Wool and Clothing Prices Raw Material Cost Small

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: —A limit, without doubt, exists regarding the level to which wool prices can go without retarding…

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Death of a Valuable Dairy Cow

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

Yesterday week Mr. Fred. W. McAlister, of Gilmore, lost his recordbreaking cream-producing cow under rather peculiar circumstances. The…

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When Iron Burns. a Blacksmithing Point for Farmers. (Issued by the Department of Agriculture.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 4

Although the farmer is called upon perhaps more than any one else to exercise his ingenuity and to meet emergencies, comparatively few seem…

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Items of News. Wheat Fool Payments

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 2

Wheagrowers who placed their wheat last season in the New South Wales Voluntary Pool will receive with pleasure the intimation that the committee…

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Wheat Grading. F.a.q. System Condemned

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 4

At a well-attended meeting of the council of the Chamber of Agriculture presided over by Sir Joseph Carruthers, the question of the…

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The Graziers. Revise the Stock and Wool Charges. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 1

The Graziers' Conference decided to-day that the association, should move to have revised the charges for handling, warehousing, and storing of woo[?]…

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Pastoral Outlook Graziers’ Association Annual Conference How Last Year’s Shearing Strike Was Won President Review the Situation and Offers Comment Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 1

In his presidential address to-day, at the Graziers’ Conference Dr. N. W. Kater reviewed the history of the shearing strike last year and the…

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Baby Farming. Man Sentenced to Death. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 2

After a trial lasting eight days the Newlands case was concluded to-day, when Daniel Cooper was found guilty of the murder of Margaret M'Leod's…

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