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Farming & the land, 1928

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Wool Race Used to Help Beef Experiment Chilled Meat Reached Home Market in Splendid Condition Pastoralists Pleased

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 3

Behind the story of the race between British and Norwegian ships for the supremacy of the Sydney-Dunkirk run last October…

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Dairy Industry Supports 1,000,000 People Dr. Page's Figures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 11

The importance to Australia at the dairying industry was emphasised in a speech at Byron Bay last night by the federal Treasurer (Dr. Earle Page))…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 13

Business pursued a quiet trend among city dairy produce houses yesterday, demand (or butter and eggs having, as yet, shown little response to Monday's price reductions…

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Farmer Fined. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 12

At the police court Frederick Leslie Hoad was charged with having failed to destroy rabbits on his holding, and was fined £5, with 5/6 costs, in default two months'…

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Value of Irrigation Heavy Lucerne Crop Narrandera

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 3

One of the most striking proofs of the value of Irrigation on the Murrumbidgee Flats is offended by the remarkable growth of a crop of increase on the holding…

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The Man in the Street Farming Machinery

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 6

"Dinkum Aussie" fires another shot: -- "Another Western Farmer," who advocates the abolition of protection for…

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Farming Methods that Win Out

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 15

Throughout Riverina in the past season Mr. G. C. Bartlett, district agricultural instructor, states fallowing methods have shown up handsomely…

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Sheep and Wool Students. Correspondence Classes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 9

The Sydney Technical College decided some time ago that certificates would not be issued to correspondence students in the sheep and wool class. Great exception was taken to this…

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Crops and Pastures Field Peas Wheat and Sheep Benefit a Favorite Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 12

During December last the writer visited South Australia and while there made some investigations regarding the growing and harvesting…

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Sheep and Wool Course Concession to Country Students

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 15

The Technical College decided some time ago that certificates would not be issued to correspondence students in the sheep and wool class…

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Sheep Moving

The Land · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 12

There has been a large movement in stock in the Binalong district of late, one agent reports the sale of 30,000 sheep during December. Goulburn…

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Modern Implements. Australian Farm Inventions. Scientific Wheat Cultivation

The Land · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 11

The reasons why Australian farmers can work so much land with so little human aid, are numerous, but two of the outstanding reasons are—the…

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Wool at Sidings. Freighting Wool and Stock

The Land · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 12

The following resolution was carried by the recent Farmers and Settlers' Asociation Conference:— "That the regulations relating to the…

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Federal Pastoral Award. Holiday Pay Question

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 9

Under the Federal pastoral award, station hands are entitled to a fortnight's holiday on full pay, for every completed year of service with an employer. The question has arisen…

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"Cattle Scalded" Passing Through Dip

Evening News · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 10

AN investigation into complaints, made by stock owners in the tick quarantine area, that some of their cattle were scalded when passing through the dip,…

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Wheat Stocks in Elevators

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 13

According to a return furnished by the silo authorities yesterday, wheat stocks in Government grain elevators, compiled from reports received from country stations up to…

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Farmers and Wheat. Plea for Co-operation. (The Editor "The Land.")

The Land · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 7

Sir,—Practically the same marketing conditions operate to-day that operated when wheat was first grown in Australia. That would not matter if…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Values Lower

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 13

There was a penning yesterday at the Homebush stock sales of 48,824 sheep and lambs. The quality was only fair Prime sheep were found here and there and there was a better supply of lambs but a large…

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The Wool World. Wool Five Per Cent Higher This Week

The Land · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 12

Under the influence of increased support from Germany, Yorkshire and America, the values of wool showed a rise of five per cent, at this week's sales. Germany proved a very forceful bidder, and has quite recovered the strong position she occupied earlier in the season…

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Pastoral Industry Problems. Land Tax and Industrial Legislation

The Land · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 4

The following article by Mr. W. W. Killen, which "The Land" is privileged to share in publication with "Country Life," relates to the conditions existing in the pastoral industry, the effect of the Bruce-Page legislation on pastoral conditions, and what the Government should do…

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