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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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The Mechanical Age -- Loading Wheat Ship Single-handed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 8

THE ELIMINATION OF MAN. -- Not a laborer in sight, but wheat is being poured into this liner at the rate of many tons an hour at White Bay grain elevators. NEW MOTOR RECORD. -- Messrs. A. H. Barnes and R. Yewen,…

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Produce Markets. Butter From N.z. Fruit Cheap Heavy Potato Supply

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 8

Steamers with consignments of [?] potatoes aboard were late in arriving yesterday, consequently the market was not reviewed…

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High Yields Queensland's Wheat West Australian Record Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 17

Favorable weather conditions prevailed for the wheat harvest; but, generally, light yields of grain were obtained throughout Victoria, according…

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Big Wheat Yield But Some Failures Victorian Record Melbourne

Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 12

IN A NOTE on the condition of the Common wealth wheat crops at the end of December. 1927. the Commonwealth Mr. Hunt…

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11,474 Bales To-day's Wool Sales Good Quality Clips

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 14

In all 11,474 bales, were submitted at today's wool sales. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., offered 5293 bales, drawn chiefly from the New…

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Value of Science in Primary Industry Improved Varieties of Wheat Splendid Results

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 3

HOBART, Monday. -- The great need for the further, application of science to primary production was strongly stressed by. Mr. R. H. Cambage, of…

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Farmer Killed at Level Crossing Train Hits Lorry Dubbo

Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 11

THERE was a [?] at the Cobbora Road level crossing, on the Coon[?] line last night, as the result of which Lloyd Lawrence Buckley. 40, a…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 13

Country eggs were quoted /1 cheaper at l/3 per dozen among city dairy produce houses yesterday. Pastrycooks, the chief buyers of this grade, have been operating quietly,…

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North Coast Dairymen. Re-union at Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 9

TAREE.—The Mid-North Coast District Council of the Primary Producers' Union inaugurated what is intended to be the Primary Producers' Annual Day, by a basket…

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On the Land. Potato-growing. R.a.s. Championship. Crops at Batlow. (By Our Special Representative.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 9

BATLOW, Monday.—Although the Judging of the southern districts potato championship conducted this year for the first time, under the aegis of the Royal Agricultural Society…

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Farmers and Settlers. Guyra District Council Formed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 9

A district council of the Farmers' and Setlers' Association was formed at Guyra last week. The branches represented included Guyra, Llangothlin, Tubbamurra, and Black…

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Topics for Women Garden Peace Hunter's Hill Glory Flower Farm

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 19

HUNTER'S HILL, basking in the sunshine, the Lane Cove River showing gloriously blue against the green cliffs. All the trees have been…

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Organising the Producer New England Farmers' Further Step in Self Protection

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 9

The organisation of the Farmers and Settlers' Association in New England has made further progress…

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Grasshoppers Devastate Rich Dairying District

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 9

BROGO. -- A plague of grasshoppers has devastated the recently-flourishing dairying district of Brogo, hear Bega. The grass recently was luxuriant, and…

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Grand Champion Dairy Bull

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 9

DAPTO. -- Grana champion prize for dairy bull at Dapto Show was won by Brown Bros. (Jersey), with H. Chittick and Son reserve…

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Farming Machinery

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 6

"Dinkum Aussie" is to be congratulated upon his very convincing reply to "Another Western Farmer" re protection for farming machinery…

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Wheat Crops Stage a Comeback Resurrected by October Rains

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 13

The saving effects of the early October rains is illustrated by the harvesting results of some of the "comeback" crops in Riverina…

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Bathurst's Top-rate Butter Pay

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 13

BATHURST.--During December the Bathurst Dairying Company manufactured 28,636 pounds of choicest butter, for which suppliers were paid 16½ per…

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An Oasis for Drought-driven Sheep Feeding Starvers on Irrigated Green Fodder Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 13

From the drought areas many sheep have been forwarded this season to the Murrumbidgee irrigation areas to be fed on irrigated fodder crops…

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Rye Leads As Green Fodder for Sheep New Data in Cowra Farm Test

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 13

The comparative values of various fodder crops for grazing have been worked out in "feeding hours" in a trial carried out at Cowra Experiment Farm…

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