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Farming & the land, 1928

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P.d.s Column "Kangaroo" Butter in London

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 3

The press has recently published several cables from London, indicating that the butter from one or two Victorian factories, bearing the…

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Sydney Wool Sales Market Firmer SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 4

A good selection, totalling 11,592 bales, was offered at the Sydney wool Rales yesterday. Of this number 11,348 bales were sold at auction and…

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Fur Farms

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 4

Are we going to see fur farms established in New South Wales? The question arises out of the fact that the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. H…

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Correspondence Does the Farmer Pay? (To the Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 1

Sir,—Mr. Cheyne wants your readers to believe that by putting a duty on imported goods the selling price is thereby lessened. In other words…

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Sydney Wool Sales Record Prices Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Under continued animated competition, in which all sections shared, the wool market to-day ruled very firm at advances recently quoted. An…

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Radio Conference Agreement Condemned "Men Voted Like Dumb Cattle" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 2

At the Australasian Radio Conference to-day the opinion was expressed that no peace or progress could be made in the radio industry until the…

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Sheep and Wool Returns the New Form

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 2

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

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Year’s Sheep and Wool Return Now Due

Ariah Park News · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 5

Sheepowners throughout the State should note the the special sheep and wool. returns issued by the Government Statistician is…

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Wool

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 10

The Secretary. Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. writes 23/12/27:— Apart from private selling of…

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Seed Wheat

Ariah Park News · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners announce that wheat declared on the consignment note to be for seed purposes, and accompanied…

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Splendid Wheat Yields

Ariah Park News · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 4

Interesting details were made available of the harvesting on Erin Vale Estate, which is one of the largest areas under wheat…

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Items of News Wheat at Marinna

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 2

The silos at Marinna closed on Monday after dealing with a record wheat harvest for that station. Over 52,000 bags were placed in the silos and about…

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Farming by Correspondence Is It Practicable?

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 10

Yea ! or at least that is the contention of the New South Wales Chamber of Agriculture, and some of the reasons advanced are worth…

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Fallow and Crop

Ariah Park News · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 2

The Ariah Park P.A.H. and I. Association are again conducting follow and crop competitions this year, and entries (5/– for…

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Local Crop Judging A Correction

Ariah Park News · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 3

Mr. G. H. Nicholson, who judged the local crops in the recent competition by the Ariah Park P. A. H. and I Association,…

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Experiment Farms

Ariah Park News · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 8

Speaking at Dublin, recently Mr Thorby foreshadowed dealing drastically with the Government experiment farms, and said…

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Butter Production

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 5

As usual after a long dry spell followed by plentiful and frequent rainfall, the inrush of butter is phenomenal At the moment factories in the most…

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Wool Auctions

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 1

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd., report:—Much interest centred in the resumption of wool sales last week. Monday's auctions opened the…

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New Zealand Butter Shipments

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 5

There has been heavy butter production in New Zealand. Recent shipments made and others in prospect are as follows:…

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