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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 40 of 65

Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Company's Record Year

Western Age · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 1

The Hun. A K. Trethowan, M.L.C., presided at the tenth annual meeting of the Farmers and Grariers' Co-operative Company, held in the…

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Science and the Land What the Better Farming Train Teaches Huge Crowds Visit It at Dubbo. They See Much and Learn Freely

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 3

Travel-stained but unweary, if such a term can be applied to an inanimate thing, the Better Farming Train drew into the Dubbo Railway yard on Wednesday morning on its educational mission to our community. "A University on Wheels" it has been called…

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Junior Farmers' Clubs

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 3

Miss Lorna Byrne, B.Sc., Agr., who is on the women's section of the train, has a scheme for the formation of junior farmers' clubs in the districts…

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The Lone Farmhouse

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 11

It was in the distant south-west, 400 and more miles from Sydney, that pulled up at the lone farmhouse, a small property neighboured by large station…

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Better Farming Train. University on Wheels. Splended Attendance.—many Useful Lectures. Mayoral Welcome Extended. School Children's Visit

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 2

In pursuan[?]e of its Western tour the Better Farmming Train drew into Dubbo in the[?] early hours of Wednesday morning. The weather was perfect, and…

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Sheep Branding

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 August 1927 · page 2

As mentioned recently in this column many stockowners are being prosecuted for sending illegibly branded sheep to Homebush. The…

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Wool for Russia

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 August 1927 · page 2

Quite a lot of newspaper prominence was given to the arrival in Australia of a Russian wool buyer, who, it was explained,had come here as a result…

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Wheat-growing

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 August 1927 · page 1

Lecture by Mr. B. M. Arthur, Senior Agricultural Instructor. In attempting to discuss the question of wheatgrowing in all its…

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Wool Auctions

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 August 1927 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Bargery, Ltd. report:—As the result of dry weather and greatly improved road transport from the shearing shed to…

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Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 August 1927 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company Limited report: The new clip is coining forward in large quantities each week, and the arrivals show…

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On the Land. Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 August 1927 · page 4

Schute. Bell, and Co., Ltd., report:—Transactions in greasy wool have recently been on so limited a scale that non reliable gauge as to the…

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The Lone Farmhouse

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 August 1927 · page 4

It was in the distant south west, 400 and more miles from Sydney, that I pulled up at the lone farmhouse, a small property, neighbored…

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The Farming Train Lectures Pasture Improvement

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 August 1927 · page 1

An address on this subject was delivered by Mr. A. W. Snoodie, Assistant Agrostologist, of the Department of Agriculture, on the…

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Price of Wheat. Sydney,.Tuesday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1927 · page 4

The price of wheat ex trucks in Sydney to-day is 5/7[?] per bushel…

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Better Farming Train lecture the Rural Bank

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1927 · page 2

The Rural Bank has been created with the sole and definite object of assisting the man on the land. Advances are made to primary producers…

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Local Sheep

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1927 · page 2

Winchcombe, Caroa's sales at Home bush last week [?] wothors [?] the Gordon Estate, Trangie, which made [?] 34/1 and ewes from Mr. L.H…

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Pastoral Meat Export. Sheepowners Concerned

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1927 · page 6

In the interests of sheep owners a [?] laxation in the export regulations is argently needed. Because of the dry spell and the high sheep numbers. New…

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The New Season's Wool. Buoyant Prices Expected

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1927 · page 5

Wanchombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— Prices for average 64's merine tops in Bradford have latterly raceded from 49d to 48½d. But [?] far as…

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Better Farming Train Lecture the Rural Bank

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1927 · page 3

The Rural Bank has been created with the sale and de[?] object of [?]ing the man on the land. Ad [?] are made to primary producers…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1927 · page 5

The executive annual report for 1927. presented to the annual F.S.A. Conference, recently, contains reference to a couple of matters of particular import…

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