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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

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Chicago Wheat. New York

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 1

Chicago wheat options are quoted as follows:—July, 132 cents. (halfpence) a bushel September, 131 7-8 cents; December 135 1/4 cents…

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Ram Stags and Cancer Cattle for Shearers

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 6

On some stations as a rule all the lumpy jaw and cancer cattle and ram stags were reserved for shearing time. The agreement that the…

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Footrot in Sheep Precautions for Its Control

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 5

Foot-rot in sheep being a disease to the development and spread of which rains and moisture are most conducive, it is not surprising that…

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Wheat Varieties. Characteristics that are Detrimental

Ariah Park News · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 3

To the average man there is a sameness and uniformity about the appearance of a wheat-field, the only thing to break the…

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Each Shearer Puts His Own Brand on Sheep

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 6

The agreement also provided that no money was to be paid till shearing was over, even if a man was discharged. If a man left of his own…

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The Soil Factor In Relation to Wheat Varieties

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 5

While rainfall and temperature certainly have most influence in determining what varieties are suitable for a given district, the soil factor…

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With the Man on the Land. for the Farm Housewife The Pulping of Fruit

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 5

Pulping is an economical method of preserving all deciduous and berry fruits. It is easily and quickly done, and does not require any expensive…

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Crop Rotation and Soil Fertility

Ariah Park News · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 6

In the practice of crop rotation a farmer has at his command a means whereby he can materially reduce acre costs or increase…

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Warrangesda Mission Ballot for Farms

Ariah Park News · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 2

The ballot for the homesteader farm area comprising 1612 acres, situated at Darlington Point, and formerly known as Warrangesda…

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Wool Auctions

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 6

Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd. report as follows, on june 25, 19[?]6:— During three days of this week,…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., received the following wire their Brisbane office:—"Very good selection available of being Brisbane wool…

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Wheat in Riverina. Sowing Nearly Completed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 1

Reporting on the conditions in the southern and Riverina district Mr. E. S. Clayton, H.D.A. senior agricultural instructor, states that sowing…

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Foot-rot in Sheep. Precaution for its Control

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 4

Foot-rot in sheep being a disuse to the development and spread of which value and moisture are most conducive, it is not surprising that…

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Foot-rot in Sheep Precautions for Its Control

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 5

Foot-rot in sheep being a disease to the development and spread of which rains and moisture are most conducive, it is not surprising that…

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Agricultural and Pastoral the Myth Op the Co-opera. Tive Dus

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 8

Co-operation brings success only when the members jump out and push, instead of climbing on in ride, [?] out Professor Mackiin…

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The Soil Factor. Its Relation to Wheat Varieties

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 1

While rainfall and temperature [?] have most in[?] in determining what varieties are suitable a given district, the s[?] lactor…

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Wagga Stock Sales. Fortnightly Sheep Market Prices Maintained for Small Yarding

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 3

There was another small yarding of 10,000 fat and store sheep at yesterday's fortnightly sheep sale held in the Wagga Municipal Saleyards…

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Foot Rot in Sheep Stock Inspector Yeoman Reports Very Bad Everywhere Causes and Treatment

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 4

Mr, Stock Inspector Yeoman reports that at the present time a great number of sheep in the Narandera P.P. district and elsewhere are…

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A Feature That Too Many Farms Lack

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 4

Australian in general is most indifferent to the possibilities of the home fruit and vegetable garden pointed out Mr. H. M. Bloomfield in an address at…

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£12 Per Ton for Peaches Orange Crop Light This Season Need for Research Station Make a Park of Present School Site

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 1

Though the very bad state of the roads outside the town prevented quite a number from attending the adjourned meeting of the Leeton…

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