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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Advice to Farmers. Moisture Conservation. Importance of Working the Fallow

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 7

Getting the moisture into the soil is only the first step towards making the rains of the previous year available for crop growth, pointed…

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Farmers Retain Liberty Impetus to Business Freedom From Political Influence

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 2

Commenting on the result of the fanners' ballot on the question of the compulsory pooling of wheat, Mr H. G. Darling, of John Darling and…

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Sheep and Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 June 1928 · page 11

AN incentive to sheep raising may be found in the precarious position of the wheat market. Last season, though very few crops gave good…

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Wool Auctions

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 June 1928 · page 10

During last week there was a more general continental demand for scoured wools, and the quantities disposed of, at rates equal to May…

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On the Land. Less Sheep for Shearing

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 June 1928 · page 10

WINCHCOMBE, Carson Ltd, report: Cable reports regarding trading conditions for wool tops in Great Britain and on the Continent have…

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Scabby Mouth in Sheep. Results of Departmental Investigations

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 June 1928 · page 2

THIS disease is one that attacks principally lambs and young sheep, but sheep of all a[?]s are [?]sceptable. it is manifested by a scabby…

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Heavy Wool Loss. Havoc of Blow-fly Pest

Western Age · Thursday 7 June 1928 · page 2

The blowfly pest is assuming such dimensions in the Forbes district that graziers are much alarmed. One big pastoralist declares that he…

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Travelling Sheep Cases

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 2

At Trangie police Court, on Friday last, before Mr. Blackmore, P.M., W. Elackett was summoned by the Dubbo P.P. Board for not travelling for sis…

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Wool Report

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 2

Goldsborough, Mart and Company, Limited, Sydney, report : Preparations for the concluding sales of the year to be held on June 18 to 20 are now in…

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Pastoral. P.p. Boards. New Heart in the Work

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 4

Delegates to the Pastures Protection Boards' annual convention met in Sydney under much happier conditions than the previous year. Last year the…

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Late Telegrams the Wheat Market. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 6

Wheat ex-trucks Sydney, is quoted at 55½d. per bushel…

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Heavy Wool Loss. Havoc of Blow-fly Pest

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 3

The blow-fly pest is assuming swell dimensions in the Forbes district that grazier are much alarmed. One big pastoralist declares that he…

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Wool Auctions

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 June 1928 · page 4

Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd. report:—Transactions in scoured skin wool and repacked greasy wools have been limited during the past week,…

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Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 June 1928 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company, Limited report:—The season 1927-28 is now drawing to a close, and on Monday, 18th inst., we submit our…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 June 1928 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report:—Pending the auction sales of wool arranged to commence in Sydney on the 19th instant, the trade is…

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Humus Content and Soil Fertility. in Relation to Wheat Production

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 June 1928 · page 4

By what means can the wheat grower guard against a dangerous depletion of the humus content of his soil?…

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Wheat Quotations. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 2

Wheat is quoted ex trucks Sydney at 55½…

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Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 2

The price of wheat ex tracks in Sydney is 3/5 1/2 per bushel…

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No Jurisdiction. Sheep Prosecution Falls Through. Dubbo P.P. BOARD v. W. M. COUSINS

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P.M., the above case came to a sudden conclusion. It was a case where the defendant was…

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The Crop Outlook. Dubbo Centre. Mr. Arthur's Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 2

The following report upon the crop outlook by Mr. B. M. Arthur, Senior Agricultural Instructor, will be of interest to all farmers and all…

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