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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

1,296 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 27 of 65

Contagious Pleuro-Pneumonia. Restrictions Placed on Infected Cattle

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 2

In order to make known throughout the country districts the restrictions that are placed on cattle which become affected with contagions pleuro…

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Winter Schools for Farmers, 1927

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 5

Arrangements have been made for the annual Winter School for Farmers to be held at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 28th June to 22nd…

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Western District Crops. Report by Ms. B. M. ARTHUR

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 4

The 1927 wheat season was commenced in earnest now, and the greater percentage of the area to be put under croy this year has been sown ere this…

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On the Land. Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 7

The Australian, Mercantile Land and Finance Company, Ltd., report:— A little business is now passing in locally scoured and skin…

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The Wheat Crop After Treatment

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 4
Also in Western Age

The harrowing of the growing crop when it is about 6 inches high is coming more into favour. Harrows certainly drag a few plants out, but when…

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Farmers' Experiment Central Western Tests. Guide for Wheat and Oat Growers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 8

The system of field experiments in co-operation with farmers on their own and, which has been a special activity of the Department of Agriculture for…

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Grow More Wheat Australia's Opportunity

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 5
Also in Western Age

Australian wheat growers get many blasts of pessimism concerning the future of their industry and too often a temporary wave of depression is…

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Flag Smut the Wheat Grower's Worst Enemy

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 2

Flag smut is still considered to be the most serious disease throughout the wheat belt. It wag responsible for a loss of approximately 2,000,000 bushels…

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Schools for Farmers. the 1927 Programme

Western Age · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

Arrangements have been made for the annual Winter School for Farmers to be held at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 28th June to 22nd…

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Wool Auctions

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 5

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd., report:—A considerable amount of business has been passing during the last week in this market in all lines…

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Sheep Stealing. Arrests in Riverina District

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 1

Stories of the "bad old days" are recalled by the sensational discovery of sheep stealing on a huge scale throughout the Riverina districts…

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On the Land. Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 5

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: Notwithstanding a fairly general impression that activity will prevail at the ensuing auction sales, and that…

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Farmers and Settlers Dubbo Men Alive. Resolutions for Conference

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 1

If one is to judge from the attendance and enthusiasm at the quarterly meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Council in Dubbo on Friday night,…

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Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 5

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, . Ltd., report:— The local market has presented no new feature during the past week,…

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Steady Wool Consumption

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: —If the outlook for the growing of wool could be viewed with the same confidence as the future for the…

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On the Land. Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 5

Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Company, Ltd., report:— Sales in Sydney have been arranged to take place from the 20th to the…

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Next Season's Wheat Harvest. Pool Suggested

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 11

On June 1 the Marketing of Primary Products Act became operative. Already there is a move to make…

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