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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,327 stories in Riverina's papers · page 36 of 117

Winter Schools for Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1924 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, Capt. F. A. Chaffey, announced that the winter school for farmers will again be held, opening on June 24 at the…

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District Wheat Yields

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 5 May 1924 · page 2

Mr. W. V. Herbert, "Bongalong," Muttama, kindly furnishes us with particulars of the yields of the wheat experimental plots on Bongalong last…

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Dual Purpose Cattle

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 2

Mr. J. T. Cole, of Darbalara Stud, Gundagai, N.S.W., breeder of the famous Melba family of dairy Short-horns—including Melba XV., the…

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Goulburn Cattle Sale

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 3

W. H. Wheatley report that at their special cattle sale at Goulburn on Thursday, about 2000 cattle were yarded, the most of which were good…

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Sydney Sheep Sales

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 6

Competition at the opening sales in the sleep section at the Homebush Saleyards to-day was only small, yarding being represented by seventy-nine…

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Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 3

[?] Goldsbrough, Mort and Company, for [?] sale on April 30, offered a cata[?] of 1130 bales. A well-known [?]-East clip realised up to 35d. for…

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COMMERCIAL Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 2

Sehute, Bell & Co. report under date of 1st of May, as follows: Sales in Molbourne this week have hardly proved a true criterion of the…

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COMMERCIAL Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd., report[?] on 1st instant: This week buyers will journey to queensland, where catalogues totalling…

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Commercial. Butter Rises a Penny. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 3

The wholesale price of butter was advanced by 1d. a lb. at Sussex-street to-day. The new quotation is 172/8 a cwt…

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New Queensland Butter Record Jersey Two-year-old's Yield

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 3

"The Jersey heifer kiss 10th of Grasmere, bred and owned by Mr. W. J. Affleck, of North Pine (Q), has established a new butter-fat record for…

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Italy and N.S.W. Alleged Wheat Contract Breach. a Compromise Made. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 6

An agreement regarding the form of procedure was arrived at to-day in the matter of the action instituted by the Italian Minister of Finance on behalf…

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The Farm Garden. How to Make a Hotbed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 4

The first requisite for the making of a botbed is a quantity of stable manure. Shake this out loosely— rejected about a third of the loose…

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Protection for the Farmer

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 1

Australians as a whole are staunch supporters of a Protectionist policy but the average farmer usually inclines to Free Trade, or is at least…

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(Published by Arrangement) a Crop of Evils

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 3

A scathing denouncement of prohibition has been made in the New York "Times" by Dr. S. Dane Hubbard, Director of Public Health,…

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Brisbane Wool

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 May 1924 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that at the opening of the Brisbane wool sales on Tuesday there was a good selection, of greasies available, mostly…

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Babuyames Islands Raided by Japanese Timber and Cattle Stolen LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 May 1924 · page 1

Reuter's have been confirmed that Japanese from Formosa have been raiding the Bobuyames Islands, and stealing timber and cattle…

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Markets Abroad. Wool Sales. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 3

At the London wool sales a very miscellaneous and unattractive, selection was submitted, including numerous speculators' lots on which high reserves…

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Opportunities for Australia What Britain Needs. More Butter and Cheese. Expert Opinion Obtained

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 6

In a letter to the Premier, Mr. E. H. Farrar, M.L.C., Minister for Labor, who is representing the New South Wales Government at the British…

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Help for Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 3

Speaking recently on the Government's plans to assist primary producers out of revenue received from Customs, Mr. Gregory, a prominent…

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Young Lucerne Stands. Treatment of Autumn-grown Crop

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 3

Lucerne sown in the autumn-which in the bulk of the areas where lucerne is grown is the best time (advises an officer of the New South Wales…

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