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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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PASTORAL To Treat Blown Sheep Some Hints for the Stockman

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 7

Individual sheep can often be caught and treated in the paddock, but with a serious infestation it may be necessary to yard the flock or run them into…

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Wheat Pool Conference

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 9

AT a meeting of the All-Australian Wheat Conference, held in Melbourne, under the auspices of the Australian Farmers' Federal…

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Pastoral Problems Country Killing a Special Inquiry

Western Age · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 1

Country killing has been discussed more or less regularly for the past 20 [?] 30 years. Occasionally, too, it has been tried in various centres, and…

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The Future of Wool

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 5

Wiocheombe, Carson Ltd. report as follows: The most serious menance to the wood market some months ago was the heavy stocks of tops on hand,…

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PASTORAL Retrospect and Prospect Counting Up Our Blessings

Western Age · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 4

How did the Old Year and how will the New Year treat the pastoral industry: It is a timely question and one in which many others besides…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: Holiday spirit is dominant and very few transactions in wool are possible. In such sales, however, as…

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1,500,000 CATTLE Will Be Required for Two Airships

Western Age · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 4

More than 1,500,00 cattle will contribute to the making of each of the two, [?]300,000 cubic feet airships which will be built for the United States Navy…

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For the Man on the Land Agricultural a Useful Catch Crop

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 7

The farmer who desires a quick maturing crop that will be useful as forage or bay or for conversion into silage, should consider growing some…

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Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 1

The price of wheat ex trucks in Sydney to-day is 4/7…

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Railway Matters. the Wheat Season

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

Mr. J. Usher, District Superintendent to Railways reports that the removing of the wheat to the seaboard from the Dubbo district has been completed. The…

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The Black Sheep Help the Hospital

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

They say there is a black sheep in every family, just as there is one in every flock, and as it is also said that there is good in the worst of us,…

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Cattle Mortality a Boggabri Discovery Value of Licks and Concentrated Foods

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 3

Mr. H. C. Carter, M.L.A. for Liverpool Plains, has received an informative communication from the Minister for Agriculture regarding the cause of…

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Wheat Trials Near Geurie Canberra Heads List with 34 Bushels

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 4

Good results were obtained in a wheat variety trial conducted by the Department of Agriculture on the farm of Mr. A. D. Dunkley, of Allowah,…

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Australia's Wool Exports

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 5

Ships from many nationalities have carried this first million bales of the Australian wool clip to many destinations in Britain, Europe and Asia…

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Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 1

The price of wheat ex trucks in Sydney to-day is 4/7…

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To Treat Blown Sheep. Some Hints for the Stockman

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 5

Individual sheep can often be caught and treated in the paddock, but with a serious infestation it may be necessary to yard the flock or run them into a…

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Latest Telegrams. Terrific Hailstorm. Serious Crop Damage. Auckland, N.Z.

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 1

A terrific hailstorm swept Oamara, New Zealand, yesterday afternoon The countryside was almost enveloped in darkness, and hailstones covered the…

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The Wool Outlook

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 10

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: Before the war the world grew the equivalent of 10,151,491 bales of wool annually. The latest available…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 7

Winchcambe, Carson Ltd., received the following wire from their Brisbane office: "First Brisbane wool sales of New Year opened to-day. Good…

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