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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Prize Sheep Run Down and Killed Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 1

Eight prize sheep valued at £1000, wandering on the railway line [?] Bogan Gate, were overtaken by a goods train and were run down and…

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The Marketing of Wheat Under Primary Producers' Act MR. E. V. G. Townsend Speaks to Farmers of Dubbo

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 1

Speaking at the Protestant Hall last evening at 7.30, Mr. E. V. G, Town[?] of Gilgandra, addressed a meeting of wheat growers. There was a fair…

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The Wool Market Level Values Equal Last September

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson L.td., report: Demand for wool has gathered more strength as the Sydney auctions have progressed and in the vicinity of 90 per…

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The Wool O' Winchcombe Yesterday's Sale SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 1

Winchcombe, Curson Ltd. reported by wire this morning as follows:-- We sold 5,300 bales of wool at our Sydney Auction yesterday. Japan…

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The Wheat Pool the Other Side (To the Editor)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 6

Sir,-- I would regard it as a great privilege if you would permit me lo express my views on the above question in the columns of your valuable…

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Buying Australia's Wool The Quest of Russia Operations to Increase

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 3

Mr. D. L. Leykand, one of the directors of the Textile Import Co. Ltd. of Moscow, has arrived in Sydney for the supervision and general…

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

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 6

Space has been devoted in recent issues of these notes to discussion of a question of considerable importance to the wheat grower, namely, that of the…

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The Proposed Wheat Pool. Against Compulsion. (To the Editor "Dubbo Liberal")

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 8

Sir,—We the wheatgrowers, are shortly to record our compulsory votes on the matter of a "compulsory wheat pool." A matter of such great…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool Address in Favor of It. 100 Per Cent. Pool or Prewar Conditions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 6

Mr. A. Fox presided last night in the Protestant Hall, when Mr. E. Townsend, of Gilgandra, addressed a gathering of fanners, advocating…

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Mary Vale. the Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 5

The crops in this locality show well for a bountiful harest this years. It is al times owing to the slippery nature of the turf. The half-time whistle…

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Wongarbon. Weather and Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 5

The weather, is quite unseasonable for August. Instead of the usual windy, and, to a great extent, cold weather, and as in August last year, accompanied…

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Beyond the "Span" Well-knows Farmer Dies

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 1

William [?]orten, aged 73, died yesterday in the Dubbo District Hospital, after living ill for a period extending over a week…

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AGRICULTURAL The Maize Crop Seed Selection in the Shed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 3

With sowing time at hand, the question at to what are the requisite qualities in seed matte is one of seasonable significance. The following…

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Putting It Over the Farmers (To the Editor)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 5

Sir,--Dr. Earle Page is reported as putting it over the farmers at their annual conference. He said they had j reduced direct taxation by 45 per cent…

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The Wheat Pool

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 August 1928 · page 2

Mr. E. Townsend, of Gilgandra, has been addressing a number of meetings throughout the Wellington district in support of the proposed…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool (To the Editor)

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 August 1928 · page 3

Sir.—It is not my intention to enter into the advantages or disadvantages of Compulsory Wheat pooling, as sufficent has been said…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 August 1928 · page 4

SCHUTE, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: The sales opened in Sydney last week to a full attendance of the trade. The special features…

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Pertinent Wool Matters Latest Bradford "Growl" Branding of Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 5

Woolgrower's should note that the recently issued railway regulation suggesting that wool bales be branded on the ends, as well as the sides has been…

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Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 1

The price of wheat ex trucks in Sydney to-dat is 4/9…

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Farmers New President Nock of Nelungaloo

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 5

The new president of the Farmers and Settlers Association did not of his own accord seek this coveted honor. If as Mr. Pollney, M.L.A., recently…

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