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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

2,327 stories in Riverina's papers · page 38 of 117

Farmers & Settlers Association Clear Ridge Branch

Ariah Park News · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 5

A meeting of the above was held on the 17 ult. Present: Mr. A. M. McLeod (chairman), Messrs J. Pellow, P Pilon, J…

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Wheat Production

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 5

The threatened decrease in area of wheat growing is a national question. It is stated that a 15 bushel average crop costs 5/- a…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 1

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd., report under date of 9th May:— Sales are current in both London and Brisbane markets this week,…

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Overseas Wheat Position

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 3

Lindley Walker Co-oporative Wheat Company's special wheat report, dated May 12:— Our oversells cable to-day reads as…

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Tumut Co-operative Dairy Company Ltd

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 5

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (who have been circularised) in the abovenamed company will be held in O'Brien's Hall…

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Sheep Stealing in Myall Country

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1924 · page 6

Sheep stealing is reported to be rife in the Myall Creek (Inverell) district. The police are not in sufficient numbers to patrol the country properly and it…

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Commercial. Markets Abroad. London, Thursday. WOOL

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1924 · page 7

At the wool sales to-day 11.100 bales were offered. The sale of fine wools was steady at fair prices. The bids for some lots, however, failed to reach…

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Kyeamba Station Sheep. Sale at Record Prices. Average of 42/10 a Head

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1924 · page 7

Our of the most successful sheep sales were held in Wagga was conducted by Dalgety, and Co., Ltd., associated with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile…

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Commercial. South Western Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 May 1924 · page 3

Rates were 1/ to 1/6 higher in the sheep section at Homebush last Thursday. The limited pennings of 25,000 head kept competition most…

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U.S.A. PROBLEMS Butter Importations. Increased Duty Desired. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 May 1924 · page 2

Magnus Johnson of Minnesota is apprehensive of the effects of the continued importation of foreign butter, and has introduced in the Senate a…

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Commercial. Cattle

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report, under date 16th May: 3600 cattle were yarded, aggregating 6800 for the week, several hundred…

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Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 4

Schute, Hell and Co. Ltd., report under date 15th May:— The somewhat easier tone in evidence at last week's Brisbane sales…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. Ltd., Sydney, report under date 14th May:— Transactions in wool during…

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British Wool Imports

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 4

In reply to a question in the House of Commons as to the effect of the Anglo-Australian exchange position upon wool imports from Australia, it…

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AGRICULTURAL. Fat Lambs and Wheat

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 4

"In Alabama, one of the greatest cotton growing States in America, where cotton only had been grown until the advent of the boll weevil, it…

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Butter Markets. Surplus of Output. Cause of "Debacle." Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 3

Mr. C. E. D. Meares, general manager of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, referred to-day to what he characterised as "the present debacle…

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Winter Schools for Farmers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 2
Also in The Murrumbidgee Irrigator

Arrangements have been made for the annual Winter School for farmers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 24th June…

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The Farm Garden. the Question of Drainage

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 1

Briefly, the objects of drainage are —(1) to enable as much water as possible to percolate through the soil, and (2) to prevent the lodgement and…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association Mr. Thorby. M. L. A., at Venda

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 3

Mr. Norman occupied the chair. Mr. H. V. Thorby, president of the F. S. A., in a very interesting address, drew attention to the good work of…

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