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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Buoyant Wool Prices

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: The price of merino wool was generally 10 to 12½ per cent. higher at the close of 1927 than at the…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: Excited competition persists in the auction room, every section of buyers having more or less extensive…

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Fertilisation the Primary Consideration of the Australian Agricultural and Pastoral Industries

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 5

At no period of the history of these vital industries of Australia has the man on the land been faced with such a crisis as exists to-day…

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Pastoral. the Sheep Numbers. State Not Overstocked

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 6

Stockewners will note with a great deal of interest that the Government Statistician estimates there were approximately 48,000,000 sheep and lambs…

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Letter to the Editor. Mixed Farmers and Wheat Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 4

Sir,—Mr. Fox, in your recent issue, seems to be under a misapprehension. I said distinctly that the mixed farmers wree perfectly solvent. Since…

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Wheat Quotations. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

Wheat, ex-trucks, Sydney, is quoted at 54½d. per bushel. Mr. and Mrs. J. Veering, of Eumungerie, have gone for a month's holiday…

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Wool. Demand for All Descriptions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op Co., reports:— On the 1st March we offered a catalogue of 6057 bales, largely made up of…

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Pastoral Notes. Store Sheep Market

Western Age · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 1

Pastoral authorities will tell you that they anticipate a good strong store sheep market. They are of this opinion because of the session assuring rains [?]…

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Sheep Numbers

Western Age · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 1

Some pastoral authorities are of the opinion that the sheep losses toward the end of last year were heav[?] was generally believed. Besides the…

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Wheat Varieties Tested

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 7

This year on the Southern Tableland of N.S.W. Waratah, Puple Straw, Canberra and Federation were sown on adjoining areas and…

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Country Wool Selling

Western Age · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 1

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

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Level of Wool Values

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 10

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: Four times this season the price of merino tops in Bradford has moved downward. But on every occasion…

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High Prices of Wheat Land

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 7

Just what is the value of Wimmera (Vic.) wheat land? When it could be bought fur a few shillings an acre it was considered by many…

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Coming Auction Sales Sheep Sale at Orange

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 9

Messrs Leeds Bros., Ltd., will be yarding 15,000 well-bred sheep at Orange on Tuesday next, the 13th inst. The auctioneers advise that…

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On the Land. Wool Reuort

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 10

Goldsbrough Mort and Company Limited report:— For our sale on Monday we submitted a catalogue of 5,074 bales,…

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Wool. Demand for All Descriptions

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 6

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Co-op. Co. reports:—On the 1st March we offered a catalogue of 6,057 bales, largely made up of…

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Wool. Demand for All Description

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 5

The secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. reports:— On the 1st March we offered a catalogue of 6,057 bales, largely…

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On the Land Big Sheep Sale at Change

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 7

On Tuesday the 28th February, Messrs. Leeds Bros. Ltd. conducted their special store sheep sale at Orange yards, when over the advertised…

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Wants a Commonwealth Wheat Pool. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 9

In the House of Representaitves, Mr. Parker Maloney gave notice of his intention to move for the esttablishment of a Commonwealth…

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Farmer and Dealer. a Market Place Bargain

Western Age · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 4

The days of bargaining between farmers and dealers are passing. To-day there is talk of organised marketing, and the hammer of the auctioneer…

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