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Farming & the land, 1928

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Rabbit Pest Limiting Wool Production Stock Inspectors' Duties

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 5

At the annual conference of the stock inspectors of New South Wales, which opened in Sydney on Monday, Mr. W. P. Bluett, of Queanbeyan, who…

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Sporting. the Turf Warwick Farm Races

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 2

Warwick Farm meeting on Saturday will be a full-dress rehearsal for Doncaster and Cup candidates. The Chipping Norton Stakes (w.f.a.),…

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Crops and Fallow Murrumburrah Competitions MURRUMBURRAH

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 1

The following are the results of the competitions conducted by the Murrumburrah P. A. and I Association:— Best Farm of Growing Crops: Stocks…

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P.D.S. Column Farmers' Tour

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 3
Also in The Murrumbidgee Irrigator

A party of farmers left Melbourne this month with the object of studying agricultural conditions and problems, and will visit Great Britain,…

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Practical Humanitarianism Pinjarra Farm School Wonderful Achievements Eulogy by Duke and Duchess of York London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 5

"Kingsley Fairbridge builded better than he knew when he founded a farm school in West Australia for giving slum children a place in the sun and a…

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Show Smoke Social. Presentation of Crop Fallow Prizes Speeches by Mr. Killen M.P., and Mr. Kilpatrick, M.L.A.

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 3

The heavy rain on Tuesday night last seriously Interfered with the function arranged to celebrate the presentation of prizes to the winners of…

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Sheep and Wool Class

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 4

The superintendent of the Sydney Technical College advises those interested in the establishment of a technical school at Wagga that the…

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Pastoral Pars

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 3

Mr. J. A. L. Thompson, of South Gundagai, secured 26/7 per head for 109 crossbred suckers he sold at Homebush on Thursday…

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Cost of Wheat Production Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 1

At a meeting of the Primary Producers' Union it was decided, on the motion of Mr. M'Ritchie, that the Department of Agriculture be requested…

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Story of Marion Hill. a Farm Managed by Sisters of Mercy

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 4

When many of the country girls in Gundagai and surrounding districts renounced all the world's pleasures and joined the Order of the…

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Farmers and Settlers Association. Gundagai Branch

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 3

A general meeting of the above branch was held on Wednesday last, Mr. F. Henery (Vice-President) was in the chair…

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Fallow and Crop Competition

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 2

Mr. B. J. Stocks, accompanied by new and old secretaries of the Cootamundra Show Association, have been judging the fallow in connection will…

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Wheat

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 3

Figures available for this season give the estimated wheat production of Australia as 108,350,000 bushels, and for N.S. Wales 27,111,000…

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London Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 3

Younghusband Ltd., Albury, received a cablegram from their London office on March 30 reading as follows: "Wool sales closed to-day", large…

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Markets Abroad Liverpool Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 3

A private wheat agent in Sydney yesterday received the following cable message from Liverpool: "April consignments valued at 53/; the advance…

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Commercial the Wheat Market

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 1

Local wheat prices are unchanged at 4/10 per bushel country stations, and 5/5½ truckside Sydney. By special arrangement Reuter's…

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Improving Wheat Culture Deep Ploughing Profitable

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 6

Farmers from all parts of the Goulburn Valley district, and also students of senior forms of the Shepparton High School last week attended…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing to Be Heard at Leeton

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 3

Thomas J. Clark, aged 37 years, was charged at the Central Police Court Sydney, March 21, 1928 that he did at Leeton, on or about 26th…

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Treatment of Smut or Bunt in Wheat

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 4

The treatment of smut or bunt in wheat ill Australia has been considerably modified during the past two years. This evolution was brought…

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