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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

1,544 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 78

Federal Land Tax. Is Hitting the Farmer. MELBOURNE, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 1

Criticism of Federal land tax, to which the Federal Treasurer, Dr. Page, has replied, is not confined to one centre, but is being heard in increasing…

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Wind Damages Fruit Crop

Leader · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 8

This week’s cyclonic conditions Played havoc with the plum, apple and pear crop and the ground in the exposed orchards is littered with wind…

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Sheep and Oats

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 20

Progressive wheat farmers long ago learned the value of a flock of sheep, which not only turn the stubble and weed growth on fallows to account, but…

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Wool Market

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report, February 9:— Both in Melbourne and Brisbane sales have progressed with…

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Pastoral Notes Guardian's Special Review Sheep and Wool Prices Grounds for Optimism

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 17

A representative stockowner who handles large numbers of sheep every year, and who is in close louch with markets, expresses the…

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Rylstone Shire the Building Regulations. Proposed Sheep Yards. Bees Declared Noxious

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 14

The last meeting of the Rylstone Shire Council was attended by Councillors Jamieson, Crewdson, Simpkins, Taylor, and Macfarlane…

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Wool Report Choice and Average Dots Prices and Trade

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 16

Winchcombe, Carson. Ltd., report: — Australia started February with 395, 325 bales of wool to sell, a little more than one. fourth of her clip. The…

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Commercial News. Wool Report. Choice and Average Wools. Prices and Trade

Leader · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— Australia started February with [?]95, [?] of wool to [?] a little [?] than one fourth of her clip. The…

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Latest Telegrams Floods Still Continue Litghgow Farmer Drowned. Sydney "Monday

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 3

Floods still continue In many parts of the State. The' river at Copmanhurst hurst was 38 feet 6 inches deep late last night and rising fast. At Grafton…

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Victorian Apple Crop

Leader · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 5

The last rain came at on opportune time in the Harcourt district of Victoria, as apple-growers were preparing to Irrigate from the races. It…

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Rain and Fruit Crops

Leader · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 7

The wet season is not conducive to the well-being of the orchardiate, many of whom are is meeting the fact that the grapes which an coming in are…

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Homebush Sales Sheep and Cattle Dearer SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 3

There was a sharp rise in sheep values at Homebush to-day. Only 8,800 were penned on account of the floods and prices advanced 5/ to 8…

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Faked Butter Big Firm to be Prosecuted PARIS

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

The pure food officials are prosecuting one of the largest butter exporters at Lille with respect to a load of so called pure butter. The…

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Sydney Wool Sales a Firm Market SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 3

At the sydney wool sales to-day a good selection totaling 10,112 sales was submitted at auction. Of that number 9,910 were sold:…

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Buoyant Wool

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 4

There was an animated market at Monday's Sydney wool sales, competition being most active and fairly general, with the Continental, Japanese and…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Values Firm. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 3

Under spirited competition, in which all sections shared, values al the wool sales, to-day, generally ruled exceedingly firm, and all the beat…

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Sydney Wool Sales Exceedingly Firm Market SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 5

Under spirited competition, in which all sections of the trade shared values at the wool sales to-day ruled exceedingly firm and all the best…

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Relief in Lithgow. Sifting the Wheat From the Chaff. Many Applications are Refused

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 3

The Lithgow police are finding the task of sifting the wheat from the chaff, or in other words, the ready necessitous cases from those which are…

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Lost "Sheep." Parson Advertises. Methodist Flock

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

Rev. J. B. Ennis, a Methodist minister, surveying the empty pews in his church came to the conclusion that his congregation hail been "lost, stolon or…

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Sydney Wool Sales Best Prices of Season SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 3

At the wool sales to-day a good selection comprising 10.136 bales was offered at auction. Sales totalling 9.646, while privately 499 bales were…

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