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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Sheep and Wool. What Statistics Show. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 1

The final sheep and wool statistics place the number of sheep in N.S.W. at the ond of December last at 48,920,000. Wool production in…

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Sheep Dips

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 5

Mr. E. P. Trebeck is having a dip put down on his property. Mr. A. H. MacDonald, of "Maroonah," is having similar work carried out…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 6

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Cooperative Company writes:— For our sale on the. 27th August we offered a catalogue of 3805 bales, the…

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Loss of Cattle Through Trefoil

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 5

A number of cattle, particularly milking cows, have died as the result of eating trefoil, Messrs. Dennis, Smith and Cronyn being losers…

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Cattle Drowned in the Barwon

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 14

Finding it impossible to induce a mob of cattle to cross the Barwon River bridge, a drover decided to ford the stream. Half-way across the…

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Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 1

The price of wheat ex trucks in Sydney is 4/8 per bushel…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool. CHAPTER 4

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 12

In selling his produce to-day what course of action does the primary producer take? My method is to first use my judgement as to whether it is…

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Sheep on Irrigated Lucerne. How to Obtain the Best Results

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 11

An account in a recent "Agricultural Gazette" of experiences at Yance Experiment Farm in the grazing of sheep in irrigated lucerne contains…

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Our Wool-selling System. Control and Requirements. Constructive Criticism Is Welcomed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 10

Local meetings of graziers in many, districts are discussing the zone system of selling wool, which is being tried out in the Sidney market this year for…

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Geurie. Farmers and Settlers' Effort

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 5

The local brunch of the Farmers and SEttlers' Association held their annual effort there on Friday and Saturday evenings, which took the form of a…

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Magnificent Oat Crop

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 5

The pride of the district is a crop of Sunrise oats on "Sylverton," the property of Mr. E. D. Gainsford. Old farmers give this crop the palm of…

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The Weather and Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 5

Tuesday and Wednesday were two of Narromine's worst days. On both days a cold bleak wind raged throughout the district. On Wednesday…

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Rabbit Farming

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 10

Graziers will not be surprised that their representatives on the Fur Fanning Committee, appointed by the State Government, emphatically protested…

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Bourke Police Court. WEDNESDAY, 5th Sept. Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Western Herald · Saturday 8 September 1928 · page 2

Before the Police Magistrate (Mr. H. M. Blackmore) Will tarn David Gregeon was charged with the alleged Stealing of 154 sheep, on or about 3rd…

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Wheat Pool Ballot

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 10 September 1928 · page 2

OUT of the welter of argument that has arisen over the question of a ballot to decide whether wheat shall be pooled, there emerges this fact: That those who are at present in control of the selling end of the business are bitterly opposed to the pool. Certainty, there is nothing extraordinary…

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Comulsory Wheat Pool (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 September 1928 · page 3

Sir.—I ask space in your paper to reply to some statements made in your issue of Monday last by Mr. Townsend in his criticism of me…

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PASTORAL Conserve That Herbage Good Feed That Goes to Waste

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 10 September 1928 · page 1

Quite apart from the wisdom of growing crops, especially for ensilage, sheep owners may he reminded til this juncture of the advantage of making…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 September 1928 · page 5

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: At our sale on Tuesday last we offered a representative catalogue of 2437 bales to a full attendance of…

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The Compulsory Wheat Pool (To the Editor)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 10 September 1928 · page 2

Sir. --The opponents to the Compulsory Wheat Pool are basing their objections principally on the under mentioned points:--…

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Strange Features of Compulsory Wheat Pool Roll

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 September 1928 · page 2

Many farmers in this district, who have been wheat growing here for years, and whose names are on the State electoral roll, and there…

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