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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Sheep and Wool Returns the New Form

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 1

The 26,000 sheep owners throughout the state will be required to fill in a special return (A and P Town No. 18) 38 to sheep, wool and lambing for the…

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Dairy Produce Export Figures Victoria Leads in Butter Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 2

The Minister for Markets and Migration, Mr. Patterson, advises that the expose of butter and cheese from the Commonwealth from July 4 to…

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Commercial London Wheat London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 4

London wheat cargoes are nominally unchanged, and are still quiet. Parcels are slow, and the demand is at late, rates Quotations: Liverpool…

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Disastrous Fire Near Wodonga Thousands of Acres Swept Many Sheep Perish

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 2

Beginning on a property owned by Mr. Richardson, near Barnatwartha (V.) at. 9.30 o'clock on Saturday night a terrific hush fire swept…

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London Trade Summary N.S.W. Loans Wool Prospects Good London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 2

The London trade summary states that the Stock Exchange wound up the year in great state yesterday with quite a boom in British funds,…

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Experiment Farm Fire Heavy Wind Fans Flames Buildings Threatened Wagga Fire Brigade Called

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 2

A fire, which threatened to cause thousands of pounds worth of damage, broke out about 1 o'clock on Saturday afternoon on the eastern hill of what are known as the "Two Sisters," at the Wagga Experiment Farm…

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Wool

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. writes 23/12/27 :—Apart from private selling of passed in tote, business in…

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Boy Scout Week Visit to Butter, Factory Motor Cycle and Swimming Races

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 2

Being a public holiday, yesterday was largely face for the [?] scouts visiting Wagga for the Wagga Scout week and Rally. A party, under the…

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Industrial Research Soils and Wool Mr. Julius's Investigation's London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 2

Before he left London for American the chairman of the Commonwealth Council for Scientific and [?] research (Mr. G. A. Julius) said that…

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Sydney Wool Sales Strong Competition Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 2

The seventh series of the 1927-28 Sydney wool sales opened to-day when a good selection, totalling 10,954 bales was offered. Of this number 9827…

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Sheep Breeding Buy Right

Ariah Park News · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 4

The secret of successful breeding of sheep is a gradual fixing OF characteristics that improve utility, and for this purpose high…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 8

A superior selection, totalling 10.978 bales, was offered at the wool sales to-day. Of this number 9930 bales were sold by auction, while private sales…

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Wheat Sales Bank Officials Sentenced to Death

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 4

It is officially announced that Poliakov, commercial director of the grain department of the State Bank, and his assistant. Telestin, have been sentenced…

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Wooden Silos For Wheat No Cheaper Than Concrete

Ariah Park News · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 3

At the last annual Conference of the Farmers’ and Settler-Association a resolution was passed urging the necessity for…

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Abrolute Control of Bunt More Wheat and More Money

Ariah Park News · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 3

The season’s harvest confirms previous hopes that bunt, the most destructive of all wheat diseases, can be controlled…

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Aged Farmer Assaulted Orange

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 4

James Kirk and Herbert Dunn were committed for trial at the Police Court to-day on a charge of having attempted to choke and rob Edward…

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Sheep and Wool Returns

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2

The twenty six thousand sheep owners throughout the State will be required to fill in a special return (A. and P. Form No. 18) as…

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Wool

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 3

The (Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes 231227:-- Apart from private selling of pas- sed-in lots, business in the wool…

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Wheat on Urangquinty Kywong Line

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2

To enable farmers to get their wheat and other farm products to central markets from Kywong and the intervening stations and sidings…

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Wool Research Laboratory at Leeds. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2

It is understood that the Empire Marketing Board proposes to grant a capital sum of £7000 an an annual maintenance grant of £3000 for wool…

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