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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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PASTORAL. Prices for Primary Products. Local and Overseas Consumers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 3

In the amendment of the Primary Products Act it in provided that the primary producers shall be able to fix the price for their products for local…

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Diseases of Sheep. A Lecture of Wide Interest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 2

The following is a lecture delivered to the Buninyong branch of the Agritural Bureau on the night of May 24th by Mr. H. G. Belschner, B.V.Sc…

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Houbridge Hall. Rabbit Wool a Paying Proposition

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 7

At many of our old English homesteads where carriage horses have given way to motor cars, the stables have been turned into up-to-date rabbitries, and a…

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Soil Fertility. the Problem of Its Maintenance in Wheat-growing Districts

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 7

For obvious reasons, the history of farming in a new country shows in the beginning a tendency to extravagance of method, which per[?] becomes…

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Fires in Crops. Over Insurance the Cause. Companies Are Blamed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 7

Mr. H. G. Griffith, President of the Forbes branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association, considers that 50 per cent. of the fires in standing crops…

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Angora Rabbit Farm. in Essex, England

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 7

A young Englishman named James Parker came to the Dubbo district in May, 1923. He was a great friend of Mr. [?] of Talbraga[?]street, and worked…

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Wheat Silos at Cumnock and Yeoval

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 8

The engineer in charge of grain elevator construction intimates that the erection of the silos at Cumnock and Yeoval will be proceeded with…

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Wool and Woollen Goods Where Interests Clash

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 10

WINCHCOMBE, Carson Ltd., write: As far as can be seen the variation in prices for wool over the past month largely resulted from a clash…

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Diseases of Sheep. Rationing and Preventive Measures. Lecture by Veterinary Officer

Western Age · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 4

The following is a lecture delivered to the Buninyong branch of the Agricultural Bureau on the night of May 21 by Mr. H. G. Belschner. B.V.Sc…

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The Limiting Factor. Why Fallowing Is Vital to Successful Wheat Growing

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 7

A question of great importance to wheat growers is that of the maintenance of the fortuity of his soil. A problem of even greater…

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Poultry Farming. Breeding From Pullets and Cockerels

Western Age · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 1

Poultry runners who appreciate the important of early hutching will find it necessary to use well-developed early pullets to get sufficient eggs to make…

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Farmers Are Heavily Overtaxed. (To the Editor)

Western Age · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 3

Sir In the course of a few months the Farmers and Settlers annual conference will be held. May I suggest to year farmer readers that for once they…

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Wheat Quotations. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 6

Wheat, ex-trucks, Sydney, is quoted at 56 a bushel…

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Beef Cattle Industry. Commission's Recommendations. BRISBANE

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 6

The beef cattle Industry Commission in Queensland recommended the discontinuance of meat prie-flying and the extension of cattle holding…

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N.Z. Wheat Men. Forming Co-operative Pool. AUCKLAND

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 6

New Zealand wheat growers have decided to form a co-operative wheal pool, with a capital of £50,000…

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Farmers Are Heavily Overtaxed. (To the Editor.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 8

Sir,--In the course of a few months the Farmers and Settlers' annual conference will be held. May I suggest to your farmer readers that for once they…

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£100 Pigeon Sheep. Bourke Gun Club. Clay Bird Shooting

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 June 1928 · page 2

The flourishing Bourke Gun Club is holding the biggest shoot ever held in the Far West at the Diggers' Races, when a £100 Pigeon Shoot will be…

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Crops at Coboco

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 5 June 1928 · page 2

Cropping operations are nearing completion throughout the Coboco district, and god strikes have been obtained in most places. The hoppers have…

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Cattle From Bourke

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 2

Cattle were heavy supply at Homebush last Thursday and rates for all classes except prime drafts declined 10s to 15s per head. Mr. A. Holmes,…

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Narromine Wheat Silos

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 1

The wheat growers of Narromine have reason to congratulate themselves on the great interest displayed by the Government in their…

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