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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:— This company held its first sale of the present series on Monday last…

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3000 Sheep for Sale

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 3

A. Wilkins and Co. advertise they will offer 3000 sheep at the Commercial saleyards at their next sale, on March 17th…

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Russian Wool Buying

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: Buoyancy in values continues to characterise Sydney wool sales and no cause likely to upset the ready…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 4

Sehute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: Clearly the manufacturing trade is closer to the sheep's back than even the most sanguine amongst us…

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"A Crop of "Drunks"

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 3

Saturday must have been a very thirsty day, judging by the number of drunks hauled off to the lock-up where they were lodged to cool their…

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Wool and Wheat the Standbys. Hobart

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 4

Speaking at the Associated Chambers of Commerce meeting, Sir Walter Bruce said that the Burden of Commonwealth imposts was heavier now than at any…

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Mortality Among Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 5

Mr. E. B. Cornish, a well-known farmer at Rawsonville, near Dubbo, suffered a severe loss of sheep last week. It appears he was droving a [?]…

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Wool Auctions. Record Prices

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 6

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes (24/2/28):— At latest sales the general condition of the wool marked remains unchanged…

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Serious Sheep L[?] Attributed to Blue [?]

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 4

Cornish Bros., of Whyla[?] suffered a severe loss in s[?] last week, the cause being [?] feeding on blue couch grass. [?]…

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Price of Wheat. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 2

Wheat ex-trucks Sydney is quoted to-day at 32½ per bushel…

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The Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 4

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

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Charleville Cattle Sale

The Western Herald · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 2

Messrs McPhie & Co. and Carters Ltd., auctioneers in conjunction, will hold a cattle sale at Charleville on Wednesday, March 7th, when…

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6000 Store Sheep

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 7

Messrs F. W. and H. Dennis advertise they will yard 6OOO store sheep at their sales at the Dubbo stock saleyards on Tuesday next…

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3000 Sheep for Sale

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 7

A. Wilkins and Co. advertise they will offer 3000 sheep at the Commercial saleyards at their next sale, on March 17th…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 10

Pitt, Son an Badgery, Ltd., report :- Our catalogue submitted for sale on 27th ultimo comprised 5,625 bales, representative of…

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Country Wool Selling

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 12

Sir Graham Waddell, president of the Graziers' Association, draws attention again to the fallacy and menace of selling wool in the country…

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Telegraphic News. Price of Wheat

Western Age · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 2

Wheat ex-trucks Sydney is quoted to-day at 5/2 1/2 per bushel…

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Correspondence. Beware of Bleached Seed Wheat. (To the Editor.)

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 5

Mr. Stanley O. Gillespie, manager of the Narromine flour mills, writes to the "News" the following valuable information:—…

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Vegetable Growing. Prolific Crops in the West

Western Age · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 3

Mr. J. Douglas, special instructor it agriculture, reports one of the must prolific seasons on record in the vegetable-growing areas of the Dubbo and…

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Fur Farming

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 11

There are indications that some of Australia's costly importations in the form of animal pests may yet be turned to profitable account…

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