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Farming & the land, 1928

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Havoc in Sheep Fold Eagle Carries Animals to Mountain Lair

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 13

GLEN INNES, Wednesday. -- At a station property at Bolivia, stocked with well-grown four and six tooth wethers, sheep were from time to time…

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Comeback Wool Some Attractive Clips To- Day's Sales

The Sun · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 14

Included in the wool offered at the Sydney sales to- day were many comeback clips, which were, very attractive. The Farmers and Graziers' Co- operative…

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To Organise Victorian Dairy Farmers N.S.W. Delegates and P.P.U. Way

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 12

With the object of assisting in the better organisation of the dairying industry of "Victoria, Messrs. P. Grant (general president) and G. W. Gordon…

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Science. Hobart Congress. Australian Sunshine. Wool Production. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 12

The 19th Congress of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science was continued to-day. "SUN WORSHIPPERS.'…

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Oversea Market Cables. London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 13

Offerings at to-day's wool sales were 8439 bales—6871 from Australia, and 1368 from New Zealand. There was a large attendance. All sections found strong all-round competition…

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Gigantic Hawk Big Sheep Carried Away Station Is Raided Glen Innes

The Labor Daily · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 5

It is no new thing for [?]awks to swoop down and pick up lambs but It is surely an outsize in the bird speeled that is responsible for the…

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Giant Hawk. Flies Off With Sheep. Nest in the Mountains. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 11

Although hawks frequently carry off lambs it is unusual for them to fly off with a fullgrown sheep. This, however, has been happening in the…

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Didn't Collect Alleged Fraud at Warwick Farm

Evening News · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 13

HUNDREDS of new and used belting tickets, rubber stamps, an ink pad, and a variety of colored pencils, were among the exhibits at Liverpool Court…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 13

Butter continued in quiet demand among city dairy produce houses yesterday. Most retailers were buying to fill only immediate requirements. More New Zealand butter was…

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Meeting Uncle Sam. Agricultural Relief and the Farmer's Party. IX

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 10

The American farmer does not feel called upon to play the role of the uncomplaining peasant, upon whose back are successively thrust the burdens of the State. True to his…

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Coota's Great Crops Cootamendra

The Labor Daily · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 3

Mr Frank [?] of Sunny [?] of the best crops in the distrest form one lot of 250 [?] he [?]…

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Bathurst Dairying Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 3

The Bathurst Dairy Company has just concluded a record year of trauing Starting la [?] with a very limited capital, the [?] record small [?] of two boxes of…

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State Stands Aloof Open Breach Between N.S.W. and Federal Dairy Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 12

The Department of Agriculture will not permit the State Dairy Expert, Mr. L. J. M'Innes, to attend a conference of the experts of the…

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Maize Moth in Lucerne Crop Efforts to Control Destructive Pest

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 12

The grubs of the maize moth, recently reported as attacking fruit in several centres, have appeared in the lucerne fields in various parts of the…

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Arousing Farmers' Interest in Fodder Conservation Rural Bank Commissioners Give £500 Subsidy to Competitions

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 12

As a further evidence of practical interest in the efforts of the Royal Agricultural Society to stimulate systematic fodder conservation, the commissioners of the Rural Bank have made a grant of £500 to subsidise country agricutural…

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Cattle

The Land · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 9

There was a further decline iti cattle values. The yardings totalled over 2800 head this being considerably over the number expected, flood finality sorts were not as plentiful as…

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Reduced Wheat Crop

The Sun · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 5

Finley, Friday.-- Wheat carting has been completed. In all, 143,000 bags were received at the silo and stacks. In tho previous year, 297,000 bags were…

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Butter for Export

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 5

During the week ending January 14, the Commonwealth graders examined for export the following butter:—Sydney; Salted, 26,772 boxes, unsalted,…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 5

Leslie Robert Sindel, at the Liverpool Police Court yesterday, was charged with having stolen two helfers, valued at £18, the property of Ellen Thompson…

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Albury Sheep Sales

The Land · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 11

About 20,000 fat and stove sheep were penned at Alboury market on Wednesday. For fat sheep competition was not as keen as that of last market, and prices showed a decline…

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