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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

2,443 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 123

American Winter Wheat

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 4

A recent report of the Unites States Agricultural Department as to the area planed to [?]…

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Queensland Wheat Yield

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 4

According to a recent statement by the manager of the Queensland Wheat Board Mr. W. [?] this season’s wheat harvest [?] by…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 7

At the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co's wool sales there was keen competition to-day for wools from Riverina, Victoria, and South…

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PASTORAL. Fat Lamb Production. Results of South Australian Experiments

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 4

A series of experiments is in progress at Roseworthy Agricultural College, in South Australia, to determine the relative merits of the principal…

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Wool Auctions Very Favorable Selling Conditions

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 1

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co, writes:-- At our sale of the 31st January, we offered a catalogue comprising 3879…

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Wool Auctions. Very Favourable Selling Conditions

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 6

The Secretary Farmers and Grasters’ Co-operative Co., Writes:— At our sale of the 31st January we offered a catalogue comprising 3879…

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Coolamon Wheat. 180,000 Bags. Riverina Record

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 3

Up to Wednesday night last, 179,696 bags of wheat had passed over the railway weighbridge There are [?] a few more loads to come…

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Pastoral Control of Grasshoppers By use of Arsenite of Soda Spray

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 5

Departmental tests over a number of years have denonstrated the complete efficacy of arsenite of soda spray as[?]al control of grasshoppers in the…

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Wheat Harvest. Lowest for Nine Years. Big Surplus

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 6

The wheal harvest of [?] which was the subject of a [?]…

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Wheat Siles. Minister Complains of Lack of Support

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 4

During his recent tour of the South western districts the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) expressed surprise that despite the fact that siles…

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Greece Buys Seed Wheat Large Order is only Partly Filled

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 4

For some months the Government of Greece has been in negotiation with the Department of Agriculture for the purchase of 3000 tons of seed wheat…

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Dairy Herds and Health

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 2

It is undeniable that bovine tuberculosis can be transmitted to human beings by medium of milk from infected cows. Hence it is that it is…

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Cereals For Grain. Tests at Wagga Experiment Farm

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 4

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The Farmer and the Tariff. (To the Editor “Review”)

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 6

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 6

The Australian Estates and Mortgage Co., Ltd., Melbourne, report having held their eighth wool sale of the season on February 8, when they…

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Markets Abroad Primary Products on Other Countries Liverpool Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 6

A Private wheat agent in Sydney yesterday received he following cable message from Liverpool:—"February quotations unchanged. Sold West…

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London Trade Summary Commonwealth Loans Wool Position London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 2

The London Trade Summary states that the news cabled from New York that Australia was floating a loan of between £10,000,000 and £15,000,000…

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Gundagai's Maize Use It As Sheep Fodder. Saving Value in Years of Drought

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 3

The growing and storing of maize for the purpose of sheep feeding in drought times was advocated last week by Mr. N. C. Pyemont, of…

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Wool

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: Both in Melbourne and Brisbane sales have progressed with unabated activity, prices recently recorded here…

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Wool Auctions

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

The Secretary, Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes ;— Wool buyers have been busy in Brisbane this week, but sales will…

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