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Farming & the land, 1928

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Pastoral SHEEP V. Rabbits Fur Farms?

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 4

Are we going to see fur farms established in New South Wales? The question arises out of a fact that the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. H.V…

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Pastoral Award Holiday Pay

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 2

Ender the Federal Pastoral Award station hands are entitled to a fork night's holiday on full pay for every completed year of service with an…

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Pastoral Subterranean Clover Proves Itself Under Adverse Conditions

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 3

Subterranean clover has proved itself adaptable to the vagaries of the sea sons on portions of the South-western Slopes during the past twelve months…

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Brocklesby 120,228 Bags of Wheat

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 3

Wheat Is still coming into the rail-way station, but deliveries are slackening off and the bulk of the harvest has been delivered. During the week…

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English Wool Trade N.S.W. Clips Sell Well

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 1

There is a growing impression in home consuming circles that for the proem wool values have gone far enough in an upward direction. It is…

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Relief for Drought Victims. Distribution of Seed Wheat Ministry's Plans

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 1

The State Ministry has taken steps to provide relief for those settlers in the mails and elsewhere who have suffered through the recent drought by…

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Experiment Farms May Be Closed Down

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 2

Speaking at Dubbo Mr. Thorby (Minister for Agriculture) foreshadaw ed dealing drastically with Government experiment farms, saying that…

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Optimistic Farmers Appeal For Railway Concessions Commissioners Consider Times Too Hard for More Liberality

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners make it plain that in the present financial position of the Railways the requests of primary producers for further…

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Irrigation. Fine Crops of Sudan and Millet

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 3

Some three months ago Mr. L.O. Coates, of Mungery station, situated on the south side of the river, about 10 miles upstream from Balranald…

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Farmers and Settlers' Assn

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 3

Meeting of the Balranald branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales, held in the P.P. Board room on Saturday, 7th January…

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Wheat Harvest Riverina Conditions

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 2

According to a report [?]rom Mr, C. Bartlett, Department of Agriculture inspector most of the harvest in Riverina has been completed and…

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Riverina Wheat Huge Quantity Stacked

The Independent · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 3

The wheat caring is nearing completion (says a Wagga message). Huge quantities of wheat are stacked on every station in the Riverina. Large…

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Riverina Crops Comments by Inspector

The Independent · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 3

Mr. G. C. Bartlett, border agricultural-instructor, who acted as judge of [?] of the Riverina growing crop [?] has prepard a…

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[?] CROPS Wheat and Oats at Trangie

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 1

While wheaton hay has been grown for many years in the Trangie district mainly as a food for farm horses and as a reserve against recurring…

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An Australian Wool Pack

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 2

The new lined wool pack, the invention of Mrs. Mary C. Baird, of New South Wales, evidently attracted more attention at the London wool sales…

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Australian Wool Bredford Importers' "Advice" Class of Wool Needed A Reply to Criticism

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 3

At the annual meeting of the British Wool Federation at Bradford, Mr. William Hunter, the president, said that recent criticism by Australian…

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The Wool Trade Values Slightly Higher General Competition

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 4

Demand gathered full strength at last week's Sydney wool sales. Competition could not show better distribution than it did at the preceding…

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Corowa Fallow & Crop Competition. Report of Judge G. C. Burthatt

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 3

Mr. R. C. Norton, Secretary to the Corowa P. A. and h. Society, has applied [?] with the following report submitted by Judge G. C. Bartlett…

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Season's Wheat Crops

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 4

What is described as "the outstanding feature" revealed by inspection of the season's wheat crops in all districts is the almost complete…

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Wheat Farmers' Trip

The Independent · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 2

On Friday, January 27, five oars containing wheat farmers from Doniliquin district are to start on a week-end trip through the Malice and the Wimmera…

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