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Farming & the land, 1928

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P.d.s. Column All Australian Butter Price

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 5

The meeting of the Australian Stabilisation Committee in Melbourne last week received the report of the subcommittee, which had been…

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Wheat Harvest Poorest Yields for Eight Years Dry Conditions Responsible

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 1

The estimates of the wheat harvest for the season 1927-28, as announced by the State statistician, Mr. T. Waites on Tuesday show the…

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Wheat Harvest Is Lowest Since 1919 37 Per Cent. Below the Average Still We Have 14 Million Bushels for Export

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

The wheat harvest of 27,111,000 bushels which was the subject of a preliminary estimate by the Government Statistican issued this week is…

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Rabbit Farms Froducers Against Them Goulburn

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 1

PRIMARY PRODUCERS on the Southern Tablelands are evident ly against "fur farms," which were recently suggested. The…

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Rice Growing on These Areas Interests South Australian Farmers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

The Rev. Traegar of the Lutheran Church, Leeton, has just returned from a holiday spent in the Tanunda district South Australia. While…

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Goulburn Sheep Sale

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 2

W. H. Wheatley, of Goulburn, report that 29,919 sheep were sold an auction on Tuesday. Over 3000 were bought by western graziers; about…

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Wool Auctions Very Favorable Selling Conditions

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 8

The secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. writes:— At our sale on January 31 we offered a catalogue comprising 3879 bales,…

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Wheat Silos Not Availed of Fully Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 4

During a recent tour of the south western districts the Minister for Agriculture. Mr. Thorby, was surprised to find that, despite the fact…

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Aid for Dairymen Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 4

In a statement to-day the Minister for Markets. Mr. Paterson, endorsed the scheme of the Australian Dairy Council to provide money to enable…

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The Wool Market Larger Use of Wool

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report,:—An expression current some four years ago that the grower who sells wool late sells best, has again proved…

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Chicago Wheat New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 4

Chicago wheat options are quoted.—March, 129 cents a bushel; May. 129 3-8 cents July, 127¼ cents…

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F. and S. Association Wheat Pooling Difficulties Pasty Pact Discussed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 2

A meeting of the district council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the School of Arts on Saturday afternoon. The president, Mr…

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With the Man on the Land. Pastoral. Fat Lamb Production. Results of South Australian Experiments

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 1

A series of experiments is in progress at Roseworthy Agricultural College, in South Australia, to determine the relative merits of the…

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Farmer's Death Trundle

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 1

Wilfred Eldridge Fletcher, aged 20, met a frightful death while working a combined scarifier and seed drill, drawn by a tractor on his father's…

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Farmer's Death Entangled in Combine Trundle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 2

Wilfred Eidridge Fletcher, aged 20 years, met a frightful death while working a combined scarifier and seed drill, drawn by a tractor, on his…

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P.d.s. Column All-australian Butter Price

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 4
Also in The Murrumbidgee Irrigator

The meeting of the Australian Stabilisation Committee in Melbourne last week received the report of the subcommittee, which had been…

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Wool Auctions. Very Favourable Selling Conditions

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. writes:— At our sale of the 31st January we offered a catalogue comprising…

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Tunnella Farm Sold

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 2

"Tunnella Farm," part of the old Permanent Common, has again changed hands. Mr. Jack Miller selling to Glasscock Bros. This is…

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Electricity Burrinjuck Power for farms and Station Use

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A,. writes the Mayor of Wagga, that he had received the following re-ply :—…

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