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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

2,751 stories in Riverina's papers · page 51 of 138

Farmers and Graziers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 4

A top dressing demonstration will be given on Captain A. W. Mitchell's Estate, Sandy Creck, Albury-road, via Wagga, on May 12, when T. Robinson…

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Farm Training School

The Daily Express · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 6

In November, 1925, the British Ministry of Health took over an old workhouse and farm at Clayton, near Ipswich, and converted it into a…

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 May 1926 · page 3

Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Company, Ltd. Reports:- Auction during the week have passed off satisfactorily, there being good…

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Wool and the Strike Sales Generally Affected

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 10 May 1926 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd., report: The Australian wool industry should feel thankful that the industrial trouble in Great Britain did not break…

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With the Man of the Land. Feeding-off Growing Wheat

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 10 May 1926 · page 1

Some General! P[?] The feeding-off [?] of wheat is frequently [?] throughout the wheat belt of New…

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Strongly Rooted Crops

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 10 May 1926 · page 1

A crop may be usually said to be ready io be fed-off when it is about 6 inches high. It is a common error for farmers to turn sheep on to wheat…

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Future Farmers. Many Migrants Arrive Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 10 May 1926 · page 3

A contingent of about 350 new citizens for New South Wales arrived by the P. and O. branch liner Becalla to-day. They included 294…

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Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 1

Schute Bell and Co. Ltd., report:—Industrial strife is in the air and for the moment is a more absorbing topic in pastoral circle than the course of…

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Wheat Monument

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 1

It is proposed to build a monument in Sydney Botanical Gardens upon the pot where wheat was first planted by Alan Cuningham in New South Wales…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 1

Pitt, Son and Bodgery Ltd., report under date 3rd May:— At our sale this afternoon we submitted an attractive catalogue of…

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Cheaper Butter Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 1

As the result of Victoria reducing the price of butter by 9/4 a Cwt, the New South Wales prices also will be reduced by a like amount on…

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Wheat Compensation Case

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 2

At an executive committee meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, reference was made to the 1916. 17, wheat compensation case. The…

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Items of News Wagga Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 2

The price ruling for wheat in Wagga yesterday was 3,7 1/2 bagged and 5/5 1/2 bulk…

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Butter Prices Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 5

Advice was received in Sydney to-day that the price of butter in Melbourne had dropped 9/4 per cwt. The wholesale rate is now 196/ per cwt…

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Special Sheep Sale Specialsheep Sale at Goulburn

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 2

New Zealand [?] and [?] New Zealand Loan and Mercantile agency Co., Ltd., regret a yarding of [?]182, sheephat their special sale at…

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Wool Sydney Sales Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 2

The Wool Sales were continued this afternoon when three catalogues aggregating 5,704 [?]les were offered by the Far[?]rs and Grazlers’, the…

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What are Fair Wool Values?

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 4

The layman is apt to come to the conclusion that woolgrowing must be highly profitable because in 1913-14 greasy wool made an average price…

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Wheat Pool 1925-26. Second Advance

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 1

The Wheatgrowers' Pooling and Marketing Co., Ltd., has made arrangements with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for a second…

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Feeding-off Growing Wheat Some General Principles

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 4

The feeding-off of growing crops of wheat is frequently practised throughout the wheat belt of New South Wales. It is an operation that is…

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Wheat Varieties 1925-26 Figures. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 1

The Government Statistician, Mr. T. Waites, to-day issued a statement showing the area cropped for and the yield gathered from each va[?]ct[?] of…

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