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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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On the Land. Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 4

Schute Bell and Co. Ltd. report:— Although there is little passing in the trade at the moment, prospects for the opening sales next month…

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Bradford Wool Values. Seasonable "Beak." Remarks. Growers Will Not Unduly Worry

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 6

Bradford is having its seasonal wave of pessimism again. Cabled reports tell us that the President of the British Wool Federation remarks that the…

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Big City Blaze. Dairy Produce Burnt. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 2

Damages estimated at £20,000 was caused by a fire which gutted the premises occupied by Naren Sussen street Sydney,last night. The blaze was most…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Dubbo Branch Meeting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 4

A meeting of the Dubbo branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association was held in the Protestant Hall on Saturday afternoon last. Mr. A. Fox…

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Same Variety Wheat for 55 Years

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 7

One variety of wheat of the same strain has been, grown continuously on a Eugowra farm for 53 years. The Hoswell family record shows that 54…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool. How Farmers Will Benefit. Meeting of Narromine Wheatgrowers Unanimously Favor the Pool Interesting Address by Me. H. R. NOCK

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 6

Wheat growers of New South Wales will, on September 14, be asking to vote on the question of a compulsory pool under the Amended Marketing Act, and a vote taken at a very large meeting of farmers in Narromine on Saturday last, unanimously favoured the pool…

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Canada's New Varieties of Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 6

The most recently developed variety of wheat announced by the Canadian Government Central Experimental Farm is known as…

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Why Wheat-Growing Does Not Pay

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 2

Most wheat-growers are keenly interested in the estimates being made by farmers and published in the country press, of the cost of…

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On the Land. the Australian Wool Clip

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 10

IN 1908 Australia pastured 86,896, 000 sheep, while at present her flocks run into 99,000,000. In number of sheep, therefore, she shows…

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Farm Book-keeping. Importance of a System of Accounts

Western Age · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 4

Book-keeping is a task not very much to the relish of the average farmer, but some system of accounts is necessary if farming is to be carried on with the…

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Railway Matters. Wheat and Wool Estimates

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 1

The railway authorities present estimate of the area under wheat in the Dubbo Railway District is 563,236 acres as against 486,135, an increase of…

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Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 1

The price of wheat t.a.q. in Sydney is 5/4 to 5/6…

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Maize in Wheat Silos. Details of Terms Upon Which Maize Will Be Received

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 11

Further information regarding the terms on which maize will be received at the Wellington and Temora silos has been made available in reply to…

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Latest Telegrams. Hawkesbury River Rising. Many Farms Inundated. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 1

The Hawkesbury River rose last night with alarming rapidity, at Windsor the rise within two hours being approximately 21 feet. Many farms were…

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The Weather and Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 5

Again our district has been blessed with it good soaking rainfall, about 77 points being registered. This, on top of the previous rainfall, has…

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Trangie. Farmers and Settlers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 5

On Saturday, 21st inst. a meeting of the Trangie branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Memorial Hall. The President…

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Wheat

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 July 1928 · page 2

Mr. George Wilkins has handed us the following, which is an extract from the Corn Trade News. Wheat is a grain that is planted…

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The Demands of Successful Wheat Growing

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 July 1928 · page 4

Farming to-day is a science, and it is only those who are prepared to make a Study of the soil and its requirements who will make a…

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Wheat Pool Ballot. Enrolment of Voters 50 Acres Qualification

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 July 1928 · page 6

FOLLOWING a petition by 175 growers, wheat has been proclaimed a commodity under the Marketing of Primary Products Act, and…

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Maryvale Farmer's, Note

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 July 1928 · page 2

A. Wilkins and Co. are now moving their Mary vale wheat stacks and would be pleased if any grower desirous of sending in any odd lots…

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