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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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FINED £20 for Unbranded Sheep. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 June 1928 · page 8

At the Burwood police court P. O. Bell was fined £20 on a charge of being the owner of 278 unbranded crossbred sheep at the Flemington…

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Sheep Sales. an Important Judgment Pastoralists' Appeal Upheld

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 June 1928 · page 4

AN important judgment defining when a sale of sheep is to be treated as a realisation of capital, and when it becomes merely a sale…

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A Few Words of Advice on Sheep Licks

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 June 1928 · page 6

MANY and varied are the formulae of licks recommended from time to time, and some extraordinary mixtures are given to unfortunate flocks…

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Control of Foot-rot in Sheep Common at Wet Periods

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 June 1928 · page 4

FOOT-rot in sheep is a disease to the development and spread of which rain and moisture are most conducive, and there is always, a…

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Wheat and Fat Lambs. "Change Over" Begins in the West

Western Age · Thursday 21 June 1928 · page 4

Mr. Harold Bartlett, agricultural instructor with headquarters at Parkes, interviewed, says that "the change over" from wheat and wool to wheat…

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Farmers' Credit. Assisting the Men. on the Land. South Africa's Way. Details of Agricultural Credit Act

Western Age · Thursday 21 June 1928 · page 2

Credit for farmers in Australia has lately been a much-talked-of subject, and the problem of establishing short-term credit to…

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Influx of Cattle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 5

A herd of 700 bullocks from "Foxborough," Queensland, owned by Mr. E. Jowett, are heading for Ellengerah Station, where they are to depasture and…

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Sheep for Agistment

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 5

Two thousand wethers arrived here this week, the property of the River stone Meat Co., and are on agistment on "Montieview" and "Hillside."…

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Western Wool

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:--At our Sydney wool auction sales on Monday, we secured: Hordern and Hardy, Nyngan, AAA ewes, 25., broken…

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Australian Pastoral Interests. Annual Convention Decisions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 10

Twenty-five delegates representing all of the States and the Northern Territory made up the 41st annual convention of the Graziers' Federal Council…

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Sheep for Forthcoming Sydney Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 5

Encouraged by his recent successes at the Trangie and Warren Shows Mr. W. M. Walker, of "Yarraman," has decided to send several exhibits to the…

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PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. The Contagiosa of Cattle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 4

Pleuro-pncumonia, or "Plcuro," as it is commonly called, is a highly contagious disease affecting cattle only, and one which, were it not for strict…

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Lady Accused. Motor Lorry and Sheep Involved

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 6

Violet Ellen Ruth Smith, was before Mr. Griffen, P.M., at the Dubbo Police Court this morning on a charge of having stolen a Dodge motor lorry, from…

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Root Eating Grub. Tamworth Wheat Areas Affected

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 4

At a meeting af the Tamworth District Council of the P.P.U., a letter was read from the Department of Agriculture in regard to Investigations for the…

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Late Telegrams. Price of Wheat. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 7

Wheat, ex trucks Sydney, is quoted at 34½ per bushel…

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Wheat Belt Benefit. Splendid Fall at Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 7

A splendid rain, falling through sit of Wednesday night, part of it a [?]ping storm, gave Dubbo 149 [?]ts, and we trust that something…

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Help for Wool Industry. Federal Action Taken

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 4

Prosperity of the primary industries means prosperity for Australia," declares Hie weekly bulletin of the Federal Country Party Parliamentary…

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The Big Wheat Prizes. N.S.W. First and Second. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 6

The New South Wales farmers won both the Commonwealth champion wheat prices competed for at the recent Royal Agricultural Show. The judges…

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Farmers and Settlers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 5

On Saturday afternoon last a meeting of the newly-formed branch of the Trangie Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Imperial Hotel. There…

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Mice Plague in Queensland. Great Damage to Crops. Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 6

A message from Warwick, Queensland, says that great damage has been done to the maize crops as the result of the ravages of a plague of mice. It…

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