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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

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Wool. Attractive Catalogues Record Prices Average Over £25 Per Bale

The Western Herald · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Cooperative Co. adder date 18th February writes :— At our sale of 16th instant we…

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Wool Auctions

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:— Good general competition keeps the wool sales well up to late rates and there was no material…

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A Sound Wool Outlook

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 4

Winchcomber, Carson, Ltd., report: It is doubtful if at any period in the history of the wool trade, demand has ever been so consistently keen…

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500 Shorthorn Cattle and Plant for Sale

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 3

On Friday, March 4th, commencing at 1.30 p. m,. there will be a very important sale at Murrumbidgerie Homestead, 13 miles from Dubbo…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: We found an animated market ruling at our sale last week, due in some measure, no doubt, to the attractive…

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Farmer From Mogriguy Death in Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 1 March 1927 · page 2

After an illness of eight months' duration, James Stephen Green, a Mogriguy farmer, died in Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, on Saturday morning…

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Pastoral. Sheep Numbers. Argument Is Settled

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1927 · page 4

Is the argument settled between the Stock Branch and the Government Statistician as to how many sheep there are in New South Wales? Mr. Max…

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Our Huge Wool Clip. Fewer Sheep Than Record. But More Wool

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1927 · page 1

The present wool clip in New South Wales is estimated by the Government Statistician at the record total of nearly 500,000,000lb. Already 451,600,000lb…

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States Sheep

The Western Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1927 · page 2

The Government Statistician estimates that the sheep flocks for the State at the end of year 1926 was 55,000,000 head, and the average…

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The Wheat Pool. Most Important Pronouncement

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1927 · page 1

Mr. W. J. Scully, M.L.A., asked the following question in the Legislative Assembly: I wish to ask the Minister for Agriculture if it is a fact, as stated…

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Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 8

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:—Market conditions at the opening sale of the week, when we submitted a catalogue of 5,098…

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Wool Trend Upward

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: Bidding was most animated at our Sydney wool sale last Tuesday. France, Germany, Japan, Belgium…

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The Wheat Pool Ballot

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 6

As will be seen by an item in to-day's telegrams, the wheat growers have voted against the compulsory wheat pool to be controlled by the…

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The Wheat Pool Ballot. Sydney, This Afternoon

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 7

The final result of the wheat pool voting was:— Against the pool ... 4334 For the pool ... 3437…

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Rural Sanitation. Advice to Farmers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 9

The necessity for as high a standard of sanitation in rural districts as in towns is essential if the health of the community is to be maintained,…

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Sheep on Fallow Its Value to Farmers

Western Age · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 3

Most people nowadays are fully awake to the value of sheep on the fallows at a means of keeping down the weed growth, and reducing the number…

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Western Wool

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:-- Clearances at our Sydney wool auction last Tuesday included Hordern and Hardy, Gongolgan, merino fleece…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 6

Messrs. Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd. offered at auction on Tuesday 508; bales, including some high class clips from the Southern districts and…

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Bunt-free Wheat Crops Efficacy of the Copper Carbonate Treatment

Western Age · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 3

Bunt is a serious pest in wheat, and growers should insure the quality of their product by preventive treatment. Millers find bunt in wheat very…

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Waratah Wheat a Popular Variety

Western Age · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 4

The increasing popularity of Waratah wheat is remarkable. comments the Chief Instructor of Agriculture in a recent crop-growing competition report…

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