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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,970 stories in Riverina's papers · page 35 of 99

The Farmer

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 2

The substitution of peas or horse beans for oilcake in the feeding of dairy cows has been the subject of some Dutch experiments, the…

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"Burning off" the Crops. SERIES 9

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 7

The scientist declares that heavy applications of superphosphate will not born off the crop. That hundreds of prominent…

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The Farmer. the Curd Test

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 6

A simple and inexpensive way to make curd test of milk would be through the use of the fruit jar and wash tub. Take some pint fruit…

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Better Wheat Farming

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 6

Throughout the Riverina wheat growing belt from the drier Western fringe to the more favored in rainfall southern areas, a great progressive…

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Big Special Sheep Sale

The Daily Express · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 4

Special attention of readers is drawn to the advertising columns of this issue wherein appears a preliminar notice on a special Sheep sale…

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Wheat at Coolamon Show

The Daily Express · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 4

All the wheat exhibited at the Coolamon Show, in September, will be eligible to compete for the champion prize, a valuable cup, for which the…

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Henty Stock Market. High Values for Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 3

Meurant, Blake, Watts, Clark, Ltd., report exceptionally keen competition for all classes of sheep at their Henty monthly stock sale on Friday last, 18th…

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Small Farmers Mr. H. W. Potts Advice Dairying and Cotton Growing

The Daily Express · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 3

On Saturday evening, by Invitation, Mr. H. W. Potts,i[?] Principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, and now a Director of the L[?]ndley Walker…

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PASTORAL. In Time of Drought. Scrub as Feed for Sheep

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 1

The varieties of native scrub and trees available for feeding sheep in drought depend on the districts affected. Probably the best known are…

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Better Wheat Farming

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 1
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Throughout the Riverina wheat growing belt from the drier Western fringe to the more favoured in rainfall Southern area, a great…

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Wool

The Daily Express · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 4

Messrs Schute, Bell and Co., report under date, May 2[?] There is little to be said regarding be local market. Interest centres in…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 2

Alfred Bull was charged with stealing, at Reno, seven sheep the property of the Exors. of the late D. H. Hones, and one sheep the…

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Fertilisers and Wheat. The Plant-food Requirements of the CROP

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 6

Wheat thrives best in free loamy soil, with a dry subsoil about 9 to 12 inches below the surface. A good subsoil is of great importance in the dry…

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Butter Values. This Lessons of the Year

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 2

The Coastal Farmers Co-operative Society writes us as under:—Almost without exception during each butter season, different…

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Telephones for Farmers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 6

Representatives of the Producers Company the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Settlers Association and the Griffith Progress Association Waited…

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Queensland Re-points a Sound Dairying Argument

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 3

In the "Queensland Agricultural Review" is given an interesting review of the year's dairying operations in the northern State, not the least…

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Items of News. Wheat Payment

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 2

It is officially announced by the New South Wales Wheat Pool Committee that a second payment of one shilling a bushel on all wheat will be…

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Sheep Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 2

Wagga O'Leary was charged with that ho did, on 2nd May, near Carathool, steal one sheep, the property of George Chapman aud another…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report by special wire:—Very few good wools were forward at the opening of Brisbane wool sales on Tuesday. The…

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