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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

2,443 stories in Riverina's papers · page 43 of 123

Mail Bag Stolen £700 Cheque Missing Bag Hidden in Wheat Truck GOULBURN

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 4

West Wyalong residents waited in vain for their mail from Goulburn on May 10. Thieves and stolen the mail bag, it is thought, from Goulburn…

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Dairying Conditions and Prospects an Encouraging Report

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 6

The senior dairy instructor, Mr. E. Dalgleish, furnishes the following interesting notes on dairying conditions and prospects in May, in Riverina and…

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CORRESPONDENCE (We do not necessarily enderse the views of our correspondents) Riverina Development Scheme (To the Editor, "Dairy Advertiser")

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 6

Sir,—I have read with much interest Mr. Cortis's lengthy reply to my letter of May 23 on this subject. He opens by saying that I should be…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Narandera branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Shire Office on Saturday evening last…

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Forfeited Homestead Farms Again Becoming Available

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 4

A notification appears in the "Government Gazette" setting apart portions 33 and 10 of l,5422 acres, parish Pulletop, county of Cooper, land…

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Ganmain Dairy Lands Famous Estate Sub-division Eight Blocks Disposed of Ideal Lucerne Growing Country

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1928 · page 2

There was a splendid attendance of buyers in the Oxford Theatre Wagga, yesterday afternoon when the subdivision auction sale of the Ganmain estate, totalling 6370 acres of freehold land, was held. The…

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Five-day Working Week Position of Farmer and Manufacturer Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1928 · page 2

Addressing the annual meeting of [?] of Standard-Waygood Ltd. today the chairman. Mr. J.B. Nichol[?] said: "Sopher or [?] we shall discover whether…

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The Wheat Crop Seasonal Operations

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 11

The heavy rains that fell during February and March throughout the Riverina and South-western districts gave farmers a busy time dealing…

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Sheep Dog Sport Two Doubles to Gungagai

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 3

Gundagai's big sheep dog trials started on Tuesday, were continued yesterday and will be finished to-day. The full nominations are…

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Scabby Mouth in Sheep Results of Departmental Investigations

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 6

This disease is one that attacks principally lambs and young sheep but sheep of all ages are susceptible. It is manifested by a scabby…

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Correspondence Compulsory Wheat Pool (To The Editor)

Ariah Park News · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 5

Sir,— During the last , few weeks I have been considerably surprised and shocked to hear…

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With the Man on the Land. Pastoral Root Knot. a Disease Caused by Eelworms

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 6

It has been established that certain strains of eelworm may become adapted to certain specific plants. This is so when one type of plant…

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Agricultural the Limiting Factor. Why Fallowing Is Vital to Successfl Wheat Growing

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 6

Space has been devoted in recent issues of these notes to discussion of a question of considerable importance to the wheatgrower, namely,…

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Wool Market. Messrs Pitt, Son and Badgery report under date 25th May:—

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 2

The wool position in local markets shows no new feature from our last report, transactions being limited to small quantities of…

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The Wheat Crop Seasonal Operations

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 4

The heavy rains that fell during February and March throughout the Riverina and South western districts gave farmers a busy time dealing…

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The Wheat Crop. Damaged by Grasshoppers

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 6

In certain sections of the south-western wheat growing divisions of the State the grasshopper plague has done considerable damage to many…

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Pastoral. A.W.U. CLAIMS

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 6

Graziers will be interested in a number of resolutions carried by the A.W.U. Convention because these resolutions ultimately will be brought…

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N.s.w. Imports of Butter

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 5

Statistics of imports reveal that 7,590 boes of butler entered N.S.W. from overseas for period January to April inclusive of this yaer. No…

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World’s Wheat and Needs

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 6

The International Institute of Agriculture at Rome, in a report issued in March on the world’s wheat supplies and requirements during the northern…

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Sheep Dog Trials. Champion Dogs— Beautiful Weather

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 2

The Sheep Dog Trials struck lovely weather this year (quite a contrast to last year) for the running off of a big programme on the…

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