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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 2

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

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Science and the Land. Are Values Too High? Has the Farmer Anything to Learn?

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 2

There are still some who think the practical farmer has nothing to learn from the scientist, notwithstanding the telling evidence to he found on all…

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Little River Bureau. Local Farmer, Link Up

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 2

A meeting of the Little River branch of the Agricultural Bureau was held at "Redlands" (Mr. H. L. Lane's), on Monday, when there was a good…

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Farm Forestry. The Operation of Piloting

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

Continuing the discussion in a series of articles now running through the "Agricultural Gazette" of forestry as applied to the needs of the farm, an…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Saturday 23 June 1928 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson writes us as follows:— Japanese, French, Yorkshire, German, Italian an Australian manufacturers all competed keenly at…

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Wool Auctions

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 June 1928 · page 4

Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd report: The final sales of the season have now been completed, and from both growers' and brokers' point of view…

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Walmer Wheat Dump. Farmers Interview Railway Commissioners

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 June 1928 · page 3

On Thursday afternoon last 30 members of the Walmer branch of the F.S.A. assembled at the Walmer railway platform to interview the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 June 1928 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited, report:—The final series of sales for the statistical wool year were held…

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June Wool Sale Results

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 June 1928 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: Experiences at recent Sydney wool sales confirm the opinions expressed in most quarters that the staple is…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 June 1928 · page 4

Schute Bell and Co. Ltd. report under date 20th June:—At our sale last week we offered a catalogue of about 800 bales to a good…

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Wheat Quotations. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 3

Wheat, ex trucks Sydney, is quoted at 3[?]…

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Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 2

The price of wheat ex[?]trucks in Sydney to-day is 5/4 1/2 per bushel…

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Fiendish Crimes. Farmer Killed; Three Outraged

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 4

Probably the most diabolical series of crimes ever perpetrated in Australia, is reported in Western Australia, where, it is alleged, that at a farmhouse 26…

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Branch at Ballimore. Farmers Realise Obligations

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 2

The residents of Ballimore are determined to keep the organisation alive, and at a well-attended [?] on Friday, the local branch was formed. The…

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Farmers and Settlers. Annual Meeting of Dubbo Branch. Questions for Conference

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 2

Judging by the evidence of attendance and enthusiasm at the annual meeting of the Dubbo branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association on…

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Sydney Wool Auctions. Clearing Up Sales

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 27 June 1928 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op Co. report:— We offered 1,570 bales on 186th June—a typical end of the season…

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Sheep v. Wheat. Some Dont's

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 June 1928 · page 2

I hope few farmers will follow the advice to replace wheat entirely with sheep (writes a farmer-grazier in the "Bulletin" The gross profit…

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Ages of Sheep

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 June 1928 · page 4

A hogget is a sheep between 10 and 16 months, irrespective of whetter it has been shorn or not. From birth to five months, it is a…

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The Wheat Crop. Causes of a Poor Shoot

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 June 1928 · page 4

Although the grain may have been harvested from the previous season's crop, and may apparently be normal, seed-wheat may…

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PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. The Contagiosa of Cattle

Western Age · Thursday 28 June 1928 · page 3

P[?]-pncumonia, or "P[?] as it is commonly called, is a highly contaglous disease aff[?]ring cattle only, and one which, were it not for strict…

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