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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

547 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 21 of 28

A Farmer's Policy

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 6

It has off-times been said and written that the farmer is the backbone of the nation. This fundamental truth stands…

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The Better Farming Train

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 1

With the advent of the Better Farming Train, the Department of Agriculture has made another important advance in regard to agricultural…

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Pastoral Interests

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 2

The Report of the Federal Pastoral al Advisory Committee, dated the 18th May, 1928, has been brought to the notice of the premier and has…

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Banks and the Butter Board Mr. Thobby’s Inquiries

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 2

It has been freely suggested that the unsigned “advertisements which have been appearing in the country papers, advising dairymen to vote…

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The Better Farming Train

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 1

The Better Farming Train was open for inspection this morning but through the absence of the Mayor and other aldermen there was no civic…

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P.D.S. Column Victorian Dairymen Want Marketing Act

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 2

Much argument has centred around the value of the Marketing Act as an aid to the regulation of Interstate trade in butter. The opposition…

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Heavy Cirtus Crop

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 2

Citrus growers in N.S. Wales are favoured this year with bountiful crops of oranges. This brings with its marketing problems and the usual…

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Radio for Farmers Likes and Dislikes

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 3

In an article published a few days ago reference was made to the tastes of American farmers as regards the broadcasting programmes…

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Special Sheep Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 2

At Goulburn next Tuesday, 9th Oct., commencing at 2 o'clock sharp, W. H. Wheatley will hold a special sheep sale when 10,000 high-class stores will…

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Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd. report: At our sale on Wednesday last we offered a catalogue of 2266 bales, some good lots being included, but…

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Wool Sales Resumed Market Lower

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Co-op. Co. Ltd. writes : — Wool auctions were resumed in Sydney on 2nd October,, the industrial…

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Prices of Wool Broadcasting After Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 3

One of the most appreciated services of the broadcasting 'stations, so far as farmers and graziers are concerned, is the practice of…

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Wool Sales Re-open Fairly General Demand

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd report; Considering the reports of indifferent business at London Wool sales in Sydney must be considered fairly…

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The Better Farming Train the Rural Bank (Lecture by L. J. CONNOR)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 3

The Rural Bank which is a department of the Government Savings Bank of N.S.W. and controlled by the Commissioners of that Bank came…

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Better Farming Train at Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 1

Owing to the unsettled weather, there were no special lectures in the waiting room at the Queanbeyan railway station, as intended, by…

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Big Sheep Runs

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1928 · page 5

The largest single holding in Australia is Portland Downs, in Ilfracombe, Queensland, where ll0,000 sheep are shorn annually. Next to…

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Wool Sales Resumed Market Lower

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1928 · page 5

The Secretary, Farmers & Graders' Co-op. Co., Ltd., writes:— Wool auctions were resumed in Sydney on 2nd October, the…

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Wool Sales Re-open Fairly General Demand

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1928 · page 1

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

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The Butter Poll

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 11 October 1928 · page 3

Voting on the Butter Poll under the Marketing Act shows— “Yes” 9314, “No” 6311. The affirmative vote was thus 59.6 per cent, which while not…

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Irish Butter Development

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 11 October 1928 · page 3

The modern demand, say ‘Grocery,” the London trade paper, is for butter in a convenient form, untouched by the human hand and…

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