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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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"A Little Farm Well Tilled."

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 5

Young George Brown, of Wamboyne, has a little farm—Just 133 acres—which he has tilled for the best part of a year, and off it he has taken…

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Wind Damages Fruit Crop

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 3

This week's cyclonic conditions play-ed hav[?] with the plum, apple and pear erops at Orange, and the ground In the exposed orchards Is littered with wind…

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Pastoral Prospects. Sheep and Wool Prices. Grounds for Optimism

Western Age · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 1

A represent a live stockowner who handles large numbers of sheep every year, and who is in close [?]ouch with markets, expresses the opinion that…

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Wool in General Demand

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:—The Continent, Yorkshire and Russia were all strong bidders at our Sydney wool sale on Tuesday…

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Strong Wool Market Japan and Italy

Western Age · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:— In Sydney approximately 215,000 bales of unoffered wool are available for the February and March auctions, or about…

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Wheat for Export. Only Two Cargoes Shipped

Western Age · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 2

Thought the export wheat season usually commences early in January lack of supplies this year checked oversea shipment…

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Wool Sales. Values at Best Point. Crossbreds Bring Extreme Prices

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 5

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-Op. Co. writes, 20/3/28:— At our latest sale we offered a catalogue of 7,048 bales which…

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Wool Sales. Values at Best Point Crossbreds Bring Extreme Prices

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 11

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Go-op. Co., writes, 20/2/28:- At our latest sale we offered a catalogue of 7,048 bales which…

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Wheat Quotations. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 6

Wheat, ex-trucks, Sydney, is quoter at 512d . per bushel…

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The Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 6

The price of wheat ex trucks in Sydney to-day is 5/2 1/2…

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Wheat for Export. C[?].i.y Two Cargoes Shipped

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 4

Though the export wheal season usually commences early in January lack of supplies this year cheeked over sea shipments…

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Wool Sales. Values at Best Point. Crossbreds Being Extreme Prices

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 9

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes, 20/2/28:— At our latest sale we offered a catalogue of 7048 bales, which Comprised…

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Auto-Header at Work in the Riverina. Reaping, Threshing and Bagging a Bag of Wheat a Minute

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 8

Remarkable has been the advance in grain harvesting machinery during recent years. We Australians of the present generation had become familiar…

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Items of Sporting Interest. Selections for Warwick Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 8

The following are the selections for Warwick Farm races to be run to-morrow (Saturday): Hurdle Race.—Stony 1, Relman 2…

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Vegetable Growing. Prolific Crops in the West

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 1

Mr. J. Douglas, special instructor in agriculture, reports one of the most prolific seasons on record in the vege-table-growing areas of the Dubbo and…

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Dairyman's Ingenuity

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 8

A valuable cow belonging to Mr. Renben Picker, of Bigga, was found to have an apple embedded in its throat. Mr. George Picker placed a I2lh…

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Wool Sales. Values at Best Point. Crossbreds Bring Extreme Prices

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 6

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers Co-op. Co., writes, 20th Feb. 1928. At our latest sale we offered a catalogue of 7,048 bales which comprised…

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Saved 1300 Sheep

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 2

A party of duck shooters in the vicinity of Mickabil Station, below Condobolin, were responsible for saving 1300 sheep from a watery grave…

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Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report:—Our catalogue for Thursday's sale contained 5,064 bales and included a very attractive selection…

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Wool Auctions

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd., report:—The experience of selling brokers during the week in dealing with the various catalogues…

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