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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

2,671 stories in Riverina's papers · page 58 of 134

Foot-Rat of Sheep. How to Treat the Condition

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 4

Exceptionally wet whether made food-rat particularly prevalent last column. Weather conditions so car this year have been less conducive to…

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London Wool Sales Keen Competition London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 6

At the London wool sales to-day the supply of merinos was very limited. There was a good supply of all other description, for which keen general…

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Federal Parliament Application for Increase in Duty on Butter and Cheese Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 5

The adjourned public inquiry by the Tara[?] Boardroom the request make for increased duty on butter and cheese was held in the Boardroom…

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Wealth in Wool Famous Merino Studs Co-operation of Science

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 6

Merino wool places Australia prominently and permanently on the world's commercial map, and the sheen and wool industry is the…

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Remarkable Recovery Man's Back Broken in Two Places [?] Farm SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 1

Alfred Fletcher M'Lean, aged 41, whose back Was broken in two places in an accident on Boxing Day, left the Sydney Hospital this morning to…

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Dairying Herd Testing. the True Aim

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 6

The opinion is held by many dairy farmers that testing as at present carried out does not give a true record of a cow's capacity to produce…

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Commercial Wagga Sheep Market Good Values

The Daily Express · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 4

The Wagga associated agents. Messrs. Meurant, Blake, Watts, Clark Ltd., Whitticker and Wlks Salmon, Hanrahan and Co.; Dalgety and Co.,…

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Manus Forest Grazing of Sheep Minister's Action Condemned

The Daily Express · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 2

The president and Councillors of Kyeamba Shire Council, at a meeting yesterday, took strong exception to a letter from the Minister for Lands…

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London Wool Sales Londow, May 12

The Daily Express · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 4

At the London wool sales to-day, there was a good average selection of merinos, principally Yorkshire style wools. There was also an…

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London Wool Sales. Late Rates Maintained. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 3

At the London wool sales to-day there was a good average selection of merinos, principally Yorkshire style wools. There was also an excellent…

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Correspondence Reply to Wheat Me Rc-kan TS(To the Editor)

The Daily Express · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 5

Sir in the "Daily Express" recently. [?] appeared along letter the views of the Australian Wheat Merchar. Association recarding…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 May 1927 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd.., report:— The wool trade in Sydney has been merely marking time since auction sales closed. Buyers have, possibly…

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Dairy Farmers Out on Strike Threats and Insults MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 May 1927 · page 1

Bitter feeling exists between two factions, of dairy farmers in the Warrnambool district, and the police have been asked to…

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Dairy Farmers Out on Strike Threats and Insults Police to Intervene MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 May 1927 · page 2

Bitter feeling exists between two factions of dairy farmers in the Warrnambool district, and the police have been asked to intervene to prevent…

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Mississipi Floods Another 50,000 Farms Submerged Unexpected Rise in River at New Orleans 300,000 People Homeless in Louisiana State Alone

The Daily Express · Monday 16 May 1927 · page 1

New Orleans reports that the water has surged into the countryside through the honeycombed levee along the Big End, at a rate estimated…

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Bush Fires Commission's Report Crop Insurance Dealt with Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 16 May 1927 · page 1

That lack of care is the c[?]e of the great majority of bush fires is the decision arrived at by the Commission, which inquired into the…

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Wheat Market Control

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 5

A New York cablegram states that in international wheat pool conference has been opened at Kansas City to consider the direct control by…

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P.d.s. Column Butter Receipts

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 5
Also in The Tumut and Adelong Times

During what is recognised as the "Export Season," i.e., 1st July to the 30th April—the P.D.S. received on consignment from its many…

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Mr. J. Cole Dead. Cattle World's Loss

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 2

A mister breeder, a man who achieved world-wide distinction an honor as a dsiry cattle breeder, in John Thomas Cole passed away on…

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