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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Local Jottings. Wheat Field Competition

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 2

Farmers should make a special note of the fact that there is just this last chance of nominating for the field wheat competition which…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 5

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report:—Chief interest was centered during last week on the position of the industrial…

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Orientals and Wool Becoming Greater Buyers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 4

Schute Bell and Co. Ltd., in their last report, intimate that: Mr. Frank Murdoch, of Messrs. Gibbs Bright and Co., on returning from the East, said it was…

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The Wool Market Normal Stocks of the Trade

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 5

Winchco[?]be, Carson Ltd., report:-- If those interested in the sale of wool fully accepted the opinions and statements of many concerned with…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association Wellington Branch to Be Re-formed

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 1

SOME years ago, Wellington boasted of having a strong branch of the F.S.A., with a large membership, but, for some unaccountable reason…

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Disappointed Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 2

When the sky became overcast last night, and lo[?]d thunder reverberated in the Heavens, it looked as if the long-looked-for rain was about to…

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Parkes Harvest Outlook Where the Crops Are Good

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 3

About the only places where the wheat crops are withstanding the dry spell are in the Parkes, Trundle and Bogan Gate districts, but in the…

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Classing of Lamps' Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 7

Before treating lambs' wool the woolclassing table should be covered with a cloth of some sort, or the wool will fall through the rungs. The usual…

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Condition of Crops. MB. B. M. Arthur's Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 1

The following report on the condition of the crops in the Dubbo centre for the month of September has been made available by Mr. B. M. Arthur…

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Pleuro Affected Cattle

The Western Herald · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Directors of the Forbes Pasturest Protection, the Stock Inspector, Mr. Little, reported that he had been forced to…

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Wheat Elevators Bulk Handling of What. Facts for Farmers

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 7

The following information has been issued by the Department of Agriculture:— The wheat silos, or grain…

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Trangie Topics Facts From the Fat Stock Centre. Champion Cattle

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 4

Once again the district of Trangie, as a stock raising centre, has received a big advertisement by the success of the cattle exhibits…

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Field Wheat Competition

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 6

In our advertising columns will be found particulars of a particularly attractive offer by the Dubbo P. A. and H. Association, which is giving some…

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Wheat Field Competition

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 8

Mr. N. Cook, secretary of the P. A. and H. Society, desires to state that any entry received up to Saturday next for the field wheat…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 8

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd., report having offered on Tuesday 7563 bales, principally medium to good topmaking wool. Where Japan…

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Orientals and Wool Becoming Greater Buyers

Western Age · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 1

Schute Bell and Co. Ltd., in their last report, intimate that: Mr. Frank Murdoch, of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Co., on returning from the East, said it was…

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AGRICULTURAL For Next Year's Wheat the Working of Fallow

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 9

Two things have to be kept in view in the working of the fallow through the summer first, the preservation of an effective surface mulch, and, second,…

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Wool Sales Re-open Fairly General Demand Japan Big Competitor

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Considering the reports of indifferent business at London wool sales, the results of the re-opening auctions in…

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Welcome Rain Crops Saved at Eleventh Hour

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 1

At last the blazon sky has changed her face, and throughout the wheat belts of the State rain has fallen to revive the crops that…

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To the Editor) the Farmers' Policy

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 6

"It has off-times been said and writen that the farmer is the back-bone of the nation. "This fundamental truth stands…

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