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

Farming & the land, 1929

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On the Land Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Sheep in Dry Times Mortality Associated with Drought

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 2

Apart from losses due to starvation observes a departmental publication sheep frequently die from other reasons in time of drought. It is obvious,…

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Wool Sales

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 4

The Commonwealth Wool S and Produce Company Limited, report having submitted a catalogue of 5082 bales on the 23rd instant…

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Wool Report

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 4

Winchcombe, Canon Ltd., report:—A world-wide conviction appears to exist that wool values are likely, to be maintained in the vicinity on…

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Encourage Wheat Growing. Insure Against Crop Mr. Thorby's Plans

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 4

Wheat-growers will welcome the working out of the plans of the Minister for Agriculture Mr. Thorby) in regard to a form of insurance…

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Wool Store Destroyed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 2

Thousands of bales of wool were destroyed when a fire raced through a large portion of the Australian Wool and Produce Co.'s mills at Botany on…

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Wool Sales SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 1

Winchombe, Carson, Ltd. reported the following by wire:—Keen, well distributed competition was experienced at our Sydney wool auctions…

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War on Dingoes. Heavy Losses tn Sheep

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 5

In Queensland, last year, dingoes killed at least 120,00 sheep, and cost the State Government nearly £36,000 in the shape of premiums…

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Sydney Wool Sales SYDNEY

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— Keen and well distributed competition was experienced at our wool sales to-day. Japan, Yorkshire, France,…

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Farmer Takes Strychnine

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 4

William Seaward Charters, aged 51, a farmer residing at Rob Roy, died at the District Hospital, Inverell last Thursday morning, as a result of…

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Luck of the Game Cooyal Man's Experience Does Farming Pay?

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 4

A run of bad luck will beat the met painstaking efforts and leave a man. not where be was when he started the year, but a long way behind…

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Useful on the Farm

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 7

The question of the area of a certain paddock, or the volume of a haystack or dam often arises on the farm, and a knowledge of how to deal…

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Pastoral

Manilla Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 4

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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Wool Sales

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 1

This week's roster did not provide for an auction to be held by us, but on Monday, (to-day) we shall offer a catalogue of about 5,800 bales…

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Wool Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 4
Also in The North Western Courier

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd., Sydney, report under date 31st January:— Wool sales in Sydney during the…

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Reminder to Sheep Owners

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 1

Owners of fifty or more sheep who have not yet filled in and returned the special sheep and wool from posted to them in December last by the…

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Wool Sales Market Easier

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., writes:— On the 28th January we offered a catalogue of 8,815 bales, including…

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The Wool Market —: x :— Stable Wool Market. Distribution of Demand

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report, under date 29/1/29:— A world-wide conviction appears to exist that wool values are likely to be…

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Sydney Wool Sales —: o :— Market Easier

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 3

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. writes:— On the 28th January we offered a catalogue of 8,815, bales, including…

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News From All Parts Boggabri Wool

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 2

Though most classes of wool showed some irregularity at last Wednesdays Sydney sales, comebacks and crossbreds were in keen demand. Mr…

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