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

Farming & the land, 1929

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1,500,000 CATTLE Will Contribute to Construction of Two Huge Airships

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 3

More than 1,500,000 cattle will contribute to the making of each of the two 6,500,000 cubic feet airships which will be built for the United States…

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A Ray of Hope Maryvale-sandy Hollow Line. Wheat Exports From Newcastle

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 9

More than 1500 tons of bagged wheat will be shipped from Newcastle within the next few days. This will be the first consignment…

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Seed Lucerne Prolific Crops

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 1

On 300 acres of the first class lucerne land fronting Baerami Creek, there is now being harvested, writes our district instructor of agriculture…

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Farmer Falsifies Returns. Hobart, Saturday

Leader · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 5

Robert Henry Calvert, a farmer, of Campania, was fined £226 for furnishing false income tat returns. He stated that during the years 1824 to…

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Homebush Sales Sheep and Cattle Firm Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 3

A feature of the stock sales at Homebush to-day was the keen demand for good quality sheep. Inferior grades met with irregular…

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Sydney Wool Sales Strong Competition Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 3

The fifth series of the Sydney wool sales was commenced to-day when a good selection comprising 11,666 bales was offered at auction…

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Wool Sales Buoyant

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

An exceedingly firm market ruled for wool at the Sydney auctions on Monday. Prices, although not quotably changed as compared with the…

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Wheat Price Increased Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

[?] to-day [?] Sydney and [?] in the [?]…

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Consumers Victimised. Because of Wheat Freight Reductions

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 3

Substantial reductions in wheat and flour freights are announced by the oversea shipping companies. Shippers are unanimously of opinion that the…

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Sydney Wool Sales Strong Competition Maintained Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

The [?] of the Sydney [?] were [?] to-day when a [?] is issues…

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Wheat Yield About 50[?] Millions of Bushels Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

Mr. T. Waiter, Government Stat[?]cian , has [?]farther returns from which it would appear that the wheat harvest for the current,…

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The Australian Wheat Yield. Q[?]nsland’s 3,000,000 Bushels. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 3

The Commonwealth met[?]rolog[?] [?] the Queensland wheat crop [?]000,000 busbels. He added that [?]led exceeded his anticipation to…

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Drunken Farmer a Magistrate's Leniency SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

[?] and [?] after from the [?] Mr. M[?] M…

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Without the Option Farmer Sent to Gaol. Gross Cruelty to a Cow

Leader · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 4

The [?] charge of cruelty [?] animal for [?] considera[?] time was heard at the Police Court, on Monday. when Wa[?] John Newton…

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District Wool

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 9

Values showed a trend in owners favor at Monday's Sydney wool sale. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report that they secured for Frank…

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Wool Sales

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 8

Goldsbrough, Mort offered at auction on Tuesday, 6654 bales of good average selection. Competition was very strong, and values compared…

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Agistment Sheep for Queensland

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 30

Recently a long stock train passed through Mendooran en route from the far west carrying sheep to Q'ld for agistment, following the heavy…

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Weight of Sheep Some Good Guessing

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 30

The sheep guessing competition in connection with the Christmas tree effort was jointly won by Messrs Harold and Reuben…

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Sheep to the Acre Piamera's Carrying Capacity

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 16

Piambra district has passed through ore of the [?] many years and when it is considered that in most cases stock owners…

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Terrific Heat. Makes Cattle Run Amok. Rockhampton, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 1

Exciting scenes were witnessed at a big cattle sale. at the Agricultural Society's, ground yesterday, the heat driving the beasts frantic. The…

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