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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Wheat-Gorged Horses

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 8

Some advice on the [?] of horses affected with what is known as wheat colic may not now be out of place…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 2

Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd. offered at their sale on January 16 at catalogue of about 5800 sales. Reports of improvements in the market both…

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World’s Wheat Position

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 5

It was reported early last month that many members of the grain trade in London looked for a revival of the wheat prices in the new year,…

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P.d.s. Column World's Butter Exports

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 5

The "News Bulletin," issued by the Department of Markets and Migration supplies interesting information regarding the International export trade…

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Commercial Wagga Sheep Market Late Rates Maintained

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 2

The Wagga associated agents Dalgety and Co. Ltd., the Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Byrnes Best and Co., Whiticker and Wilks,…

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Wheat Under Irrigation. Experiments at Leeton

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 4

How far the production of wheat under irrigation can be made profitable in an average season is an interesting problem. The rental value of…

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World’s Wheat. Russian Competition. an Official View

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 5

Some Australian wheatgrowers have become obsessed with the idea that Russia may assume her pre-war importance in the world’s markers, and…

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Wheat Growing. Frost Injury Often Confused with Disease

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 3

Cases are continually coming under the [?] of the Government Biologist, while damage done to wheat plants by the incidence of late frosts is being…

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Sydney Wool Sales Market Closes Firm Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 2

The series of Sydney wool sales commenced to-day, when a good section, totalling 11,249 bales was offered. Of this number 10, 425 bales were sold…

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A Giant Hawk Flies off With Whole Sheep Glen Innes

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 1

Although hawks frequently carry off lambs, it is unusual for them to fly off with a full-grown sheep. This, however, has been…

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Voluntary Wheat Pool To be Closed at End of This Month

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 5

The wheat pool for tho 1927-28 harvest is to be closed down at the end of January, stated Mr. E. Field, who is one of the Board of Directors…

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Market Report on Wool Sale Held by the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co., Ltd., January 18, 1928

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 2

The A.M.L. & F. Co., Ltd., offered a catalogue of 6,105 bales to-day consisting of clips mainly from the central west and the eastern division of New…

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Pig Farming

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 5

There is room for profitable headway in the pig-raising industry in N.S. Wales and consolidation of interests possible under, the…

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Improving the Dairying Industry

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 2

No one will deny the truth of the statement recently made by the Federal Treasurer, Dr. Earle Page, that the dairying…

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Experiment Farms

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 2

Speaking at Dubbo, Mr. Thorby (Minister for Agriculture) foreshadowed dealing dastically with Government experiment farms, saying that…

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Fluke in Sheep. Definitely Curable Hobart

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 4

A paper was submitted at the Science Congress to-day by Mr. C. Clunies Ross, veterinary parasitologist to the Council for Scientific and Industrial…

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London Wool Sales Prices Very Firm London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 2

The London wool sales were continued to-day, when 10,328 hales were offered of which 3634 were Australian and 2059 New Zealand. There was a…

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M.p. and A. Association. Monthly Committee Meeting Value of Crop Competitions

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 2

The president Mr. T. H. Brunskill, presided at a committee meeting of the committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association…

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