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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 1

The price of wheat ex trucks in Sydney to-day is 4/8 1/2…

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Wool Demand Widening. Record Price

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 5

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. writes:— On the 18th October we offered an average catalogue totalling 4137 bales…

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For Next Year's Wheat the Working of the Fallow

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 6

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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Dirty Dairyman. Magistrate Advises No Appeal. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 1

Charles Baker, trading as the Suburban Cream Company, was charged at the North Sydney Police Court with selling adulterated cream; also with…

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Wool Demand Widening. Record Price

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 24 October 1928 · page 9

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. writes:— On the 18th October we offered an average catalogue totalling 4,13…

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Records Expected Canada's Wheat Crop

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 1

The hurried importation of nearly 10,000 British miners and other British workers to assist in gathering the wheat crop emphasises the prediction that the…

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In Sheep's Stomach

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 9

MEASURING some eight inches in length and half an inch in width an uneven piece of white cedar wood was found in the stomach of a sheep…

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First Delivery of Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 8

The honour of delivering the first load of this season's wheat in the Wellington district goes to Mr. Thos Warren, of Drill…

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AGRICULTURAL Security in Wheat-Growing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 6

The system known as fallowing is a method of dry farming peculiarly suited to Australian conditions, in brief, it is a method of soil management by…

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The Song of the Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 10

We have sung the songs of the droving days, Of the march of the travelling shepp;…

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Local Jottings. Government Wheat Elevators

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 8

The Manager, Government Grain Elevators, wishes to bring under notice of wheat growers that the Wellington and Geurie elevators will…

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On the Land. Wool Auctions

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Baligery report:— The progress of sales of late has been marked by the steady but certain widening of competition. At…

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Notes From the City Infected Cattle PLEURO-PNEUMONIA

Western Age · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 1

Mr. Carter, M.L.A., recently drew the attention of the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) to the fact that cattle infected with contagious ple[?]res…

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Breeding Copper Carbonate Treated Wheat to Poultry

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 6

To test whether the feeding of wheat that has been treated with copper carbonate is likely to be injurious to poultry, experiments were, recently carried…

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On the Land. Yesterday's Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 7

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., report, by telegram, as follows: We sold five thousand eight hundred bales of wool at our Sydney auction…

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Wool in Wider Demand. Effects of Artificial Silk

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 7

CONFIDENCE has replaced nervousness on the wool market and latterly competition has embraced buyers from all quarters, report…

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For the Man on the Land Pastoral Liver Fluke Treatment of Pastures for Control

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 6

The introduction of carbon tetrachloride for the treatment of infested sheep has helped considerably in the control of liver fluke, but a two-fold…

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Those Bradford Wools Our Wool Estimates Decried Wild Charges Are About

Western Age · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 1

Graziers will be amazed to read that Colonel F. V. Willey, who has been prominently associated with British woollen interests, makes the charge of…

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The High Cost of Wheat Growing. 8/6½ a Bushel Last Season

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 11

Wheat grown in New South Wales last season cost 8/6½ a bushel, according to evidence given before the Industrial…

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Wheat Experimenting In Pillaga Forest' Lands Scheme Advocated by Mr. H. RICHARDSON

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 1

At the Field Day at Baradine last week, Mr. H. Richardson explained a scheme he had in view for the purpose of proving to the outside world that…

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