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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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The Cattle Brand-3j

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 5

'Twas a roaring hot midsummer day We sweltered in the best, From dawn until the acorching sun Had got us fairly beat…

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Wool Demnad Go Vlues Fir

The Western Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmer [?]azieres Co-op. writes:— On the 17 th instant will a catalogue of 8578 bales,…

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PASTORAL Sheep in Dry Timer Mortality Associated with Drought

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 2

Apart from losses due to sta[?]tion, observes a departmental publication, frequently die from other reasons in time of drought. It is obvious for…

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PASTORAL Sheep in Dry Times Mortality Associated with Drought

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 4

Apart from losses due to starvation, observes a departmental publication, sheep frequently die from other reasons in time of drought. it is obvious for…

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Sydney Wool Sales Wool From Wellington District

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 10

MESSRS Winchcombe Carson and Company Ltd., telegraphed yesterday evening as follows:— Best merino fleece wools and…

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A Skin Disease of Sheep

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 10

Any disease which affects the skin of sheep must be considered serious in Australia, a country which is so dependent upon wool for its…

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Wheat Prices Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 1

Wheat ex trucks Sydney was quoted this morning at 47…

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Sydney Wool Sales Market Easier

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 9

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., writes:— On the 28th January we offered a catalogue of 8,815 bales, including…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Market Easier

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 1

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Cooperative writes-- On the 25th January we offered a catalogue of 8,81 bales, meluding…

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Sheep in Dry Times. Mortality Associated with Drought

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 2

APART from losses clue due starvation, observes a departmental publication, sheep frequently die from other reasons in time of drought…

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Graziers' Annual Conference. Four Days Allotted. Most Important Pastoral Fixture

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 10

The annual conference of the Grakiers' Association of N.S.W. will be held at the Wool Room, Royal Exchange, Pi[?] street, Sydney, on April…

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On the Land. Stable Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 2

A world-wide conviction appears to exist that wool values are likely to be maintained in the vicinity of recent figures. Slight variations…

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Stable Wool Market Distribution of Demand

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: A world wide conviction appears to exist that wool values are likely to be maintained in the vicinity of recent figures…

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Will Wheat Pay to Grow? Answering With Still More Acres

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 11

MANY complaints have been made this season regarding the unsatisfactory prices offered for wheat. With the approach of the selling…

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Curban Farmer Fined

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 11

J. H. Lyons, of Curban, was proceeded against by the Cirown at the last Coonabarabran Police Court, for failing to supply the required…

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Fire on a Farm

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 5

On Friday, at Wellington, 20 tons of hay and a shed belonging to Darymian Eden went up in smoke. The whole lot was consumed in a very…

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Snake Farming To Aid Humanity Brazil's Yearly Loss

Western Age · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 1
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

With its death rate from snake poisoning in the vicinity of 5000 persons per year, Brazil has given serious attention to the question…

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Useful on the Farm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 2

The question of the area of a certain paddock, or the volume of a haystock or dam, often arises on the farm, and a knowledge of how to deal…

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Successful Poultry Farming

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 6

Under the above heading the Shell Co. of Australia Ltd. has just published a practical treatise on poultry Farming and Egg Production. The booklet, of…

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