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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Pastoral Graziers' Annual Conference. Comprehensive Agenda Paper

Western Age · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 1

Ninety or more delegates will discuss over 130 resolutions at the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Graziers' Association which is to be held in Sydney…

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On the Land. Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 10

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd., report:- Chief interest to those connected with the wool trade during the past…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool Urged Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 8

The National Conference has urged that a compulsory wheat pool be formed, under direct control of the growers…

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Sowing of Lucerne. Use of the Wheat Drill

Western Age · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 3

Farmers generally prefer to broadcast lucerne seed where the area is small, but sowing through the grass seed attachment of the wheat drill is a…

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Sheep Classing. An Important Operation With Even the Smallest Flocks

Western Age · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 2

Sheep classing—the operation of Grading the breeding flock and selecting the sires for use in mating, with the object of gradually raising the…

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Tremendous Change Crop

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 8

Authorities estimate that the range crop on the Murrumbidgee irrigation area will be three times that of last year, and should be in…

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Rabbits Bred for "Wool."

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 10

Evidence before the Fur Funning Committee sitting in Sydney disclosed the fact that the fur funning of rabbits has already started in this State. Mr…

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Wheat Quotations. London, March 9

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 6

Wheat ex-rucks Sydney is quoted at 55½…

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Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 6

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

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Sheep Classing. Further Hints for the Small Flock Owner

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 8

Reference was made in these notes recently to the operation of sheep classing and its importance to the owner of even the smallest flock. It was…

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Secure Wool Outlook. Mill Share Values a Guide

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:-- No wool market in history has ever been without some defects. But the selling conditions existing over the…

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Located at West Dubbo. Four Bales of Wool. Wide-awake Police

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 5

That the Dubbo police are very wide-awake, was demonstrated in a case that came before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P.M., at the Police Court on…

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The Farmer and the Tariff

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 3

Sir,—In response to my request. Mr. Paul Cheyne has forwarded me copies of his letters published in different papers in reply to mine which I had not…

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Bankrupt Farmer. Puts Blame on the Motor

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 5

"All my troubles have arisen over a motor car," said Donald McLaughlin, a fanner, of Greengrove, via Manildra, in the Orange Bankruptcy Court last…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. received the following wire from their Brisbane Office :—"Wool sales opened with average selection forward…

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Merino and Crossbred Wool

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:— The purchase of a season's wool clip has not slackened the demand for wool in Australia, New…

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On the Land. the Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 4

Schute, 'Bell and Co., Ltd., report: Quality considered, Brisbane prices have been virtually on a par with closing levels in Sydney, thus appar…

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Noxious Weed Farm

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 2

Of late, the Municipal Council has been making an effort to clean up the streets in the residential portion of the town, and the result is one…

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Merino and Crossbred Wool Sheep Values

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:-- The purchase of a season's wool clip has not slackened the demand for woo! in Australia, New Zealand or…

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Price of Wheat. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 2

Wheal ex trucks Sydney is quoted at 55½ per bushel…

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