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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 60 of 65

Wheat in Country Silos. Minister and Millers. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. H. V. Thorby), replying to a request by the recent conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association that wheat be…

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Life on the Farm. Maryvale Woman's Experience

Western Age · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

Life on the farm is not always the drab, unexciting thing for womenfolk that some people imagine. Here is a case from Maryvale where…

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Hawkesbury College Students. Seek Positions on Farms

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 3

Several students of Hawkesbury Agricultural College, having completed the College Diploma Course, are desirous of gaining further practical…

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Growing Crop Competition

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 7

Mr. E. S. Clayton, who is judging the wheat crops throughout the State for the R.A.S. prize, reached Dubbo this morning after having inspected the…

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Parkes Prize Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 6

The growing crop competition promoted by the Parkes P. and A. Association was won by E. J. Johnson, lona, Wongalea, with a block of Federation,…

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College Students. Seeking Positions on Farms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 2

Several students of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, having completed the College Diploma Course, are desirous Of gaining further practical…

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Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 November 1927 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—We submitted a catalogue of 6010 bales on Wednesday last. We found…

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District Wool

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 November 1927 · page 4

Good sales of district wool were effected at last Thursday's Sydney auctions. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that they obtained…

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Sheep 2/- to 3/- Dearer at Homebush

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 November 1927 · page 2

At the Homebush sales to-day, 28,800 sheep were penned, the quality being fair to medium. There was a good attendance of buyers, and…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 November 1927 · page 4

Schute, Bell,, and Co., Ltd., report:—Absence of market fluctuation in prices has been a particularly satisfactory feature since the opening…

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Yeoval Wheat Silo

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 29 November 1927 · page 4

Representation have been made by the Yeoval Farmers and Settlers Association to the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. H.V.C. Thorby, urging that a…

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The Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1927 · page 4

The price of wheat ex trucks in Sydney to-day is 5/5½…

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Nabawa Wheat. Highly Resistant to Flag Smut

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1927 · page 3

Flag smut is perhaps the worst disease the wheat grower has to contend against, and as it takes a toll of something like two million bushels per year…

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Skeleton Weed. Eradication a Problem in Wheat Districts

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1927 · page 8

Skeleton weed, also known as Naked weed and Gum Sueeory, is now causing the wheat farmer much concern, for not only does it withstand the frequent…

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Five Inches of Rain Pasture, Benefit--Wheat Suffer, Bat District Will Gain

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 29 November 1927 · page 2

Five inches of rain--523 points to lie exact--fell in Dubbo during the weekend storm. Slightly less fell in most other parts of the outlying district, but…

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And Some Cheerful Topics. The District Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1927 · page 2

A lot of the young bush Australians are too soft for this country! You hear them growling at the heat directly the glass tops the century. In the…

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Coolabah Wool

The Western Herald · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 2

The Duns Down Clip from V. B. Burdekin, Goolabah was among the offerings at Winchcombe Carson's Sydney auction last Thursday. The…

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Record Quality Wheat

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 2

As the result of official sampling and classification of tho new season's harvests at Toowoomba (Queensland), remarkable figures have been disclosed…

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The Pastoral Industry. Committee of Enquiry

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 4

We extract the following from the "Sydney Morning Herald" of Saturday last, which will be of interest to pastoralists in the West…

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