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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Wool Report

Manilla Express · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 6

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company, Ltd., report:-- The Annual Sheep Show and Ram Sales have proved…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes When Laying Out an Orchard

Manilla Express · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 4

On orchard slopes that will wash easily it is often the practice only to plough or cultivate across the hill, and not up and…

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Manilla Sheep Sale

The North Western Courier · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 2

V. J. Byrnes, Auctioneer, Manilla, reports having effected the sale of 22,000 sheep at Manilla on Tuesday last, 10th July, to a very large…

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The Wool Market Unusual Position of Wool Tops. Comebacks and Merinos

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report under date 11/7/28:—Those responsible for the quotations for Bradford lops commenced the new…

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A New Wool Selling Company

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 4

A new firm of wool brokers advertise in today's issue. In introducing his organisation the Secretary of the Company writes:—…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Stock Insurance The Secretary Afforded by Fodder Conservation

Manilla Express · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 4

Adequate fodder conservation is merely another term for insurance, observes the Departmental Instructor who acted as…

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Cancerous Cattle

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 2

The Government has decided to take action against "Smith's Weekly" Newspaper, which recently published ah article suggesting that cancerous…

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Cattle From Rowena

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 1

Cattle values were on the average about 20/- cheaper at Homebush last Monday. Supplies totalled 35000 Good to prime beef made…

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Is Compulsory Pooling A "Dry Gully"? the Experience of Canadian Wheat Farmers

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 2

In response to an invitation to readers to discuss in the columns or the "Farmer and Settler" the proposal for a compulsory wheat pool,…

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WHEAT. The Ballot on the Proposed Compulsory Pool. A North-West Farmer's Views

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 2

In a recent issue on invitation was extended to wheat growers to express their views in columns of the "Farmers and Settler," on the…

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Pastoral Recommendations. Report That Should Be Studied a Guide to Governments

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 3

In the opinion of our representative graziers the report of the Federal Advisory Committee has not reserved the publicity it deserves. This…

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Wool Market Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report:—

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 8

Locally business In wool is very quiet, and there will be little doing until tho opening auction sales of the season next mouth. In London the…

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Unusual Position of Wool Tops. Comebacks and Merinos

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Those responsible for the quotations from Bradford tops commenced the new nulling year in rather depressing…

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Wool Auctions. Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report under date 13th July:—

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 8

The Sydney market remains about on the same level as for the past month. Transactions are confined to skin wool and Botany scoured parcels,…

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Pastoral

Manilla Express · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 1

A series of articles under the above heading, specially written for the "Manilla Express" on current topics of interest to the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Humus

Manilla Express · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 4

The presence of humus in the soil increases fertility in a number of ways. In the first place, it absorbs…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Another Straying Reminder

Manilla Express · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 6

Aphis and aphis eggs are in noticeable evidence on fruit trees at present, and the Government Entomologist considers that…

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The Wool Market Wool and Substitutes. The Sheep's Staple Dominant

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— For some time local fellmongered merino wools have been difficult to sell. Over the past week, however,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes The Preparation of a Fallow

Manilla Express · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 3

Farming, after all, is among the crafts. Discussing in a recent report a practice of vital importance to the wheatgrower, an…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Fodder Conservation An Analysis of the Requirements

Manilla Express · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 1

The importance of "stock insurance" by means of fodder conservation was emphasised in these notes last week, when the…

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