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Farming & the land, 1928

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Crops and Pastures the Harvest Inspectors' Reports Wheat, Maize, Potatoes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 10

Harvesting in New South Wales is now completed and generally the crop has been taken off without loss. The average quality of the crop wan very…

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Kiama Cattle Champions Wonderful Show of the Dairy Breeds the Illawarras Lead

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 14

KIAMA, Thursday. -- The outstanding feature of the Kiama Show, which opened to-day under perfect weather conditions, was the all-round excellence…

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Pastoral Leases Laber Prejudices Losses Through Drought

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 2

The uncertain position of pastoral loaseholders in Queensland because of the avowed land policy of the Labor party was reflected in the address…

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Good Quality Butter Present Season's Grading

The Land · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 3

That the present season, has so far been most favourable for the production of butter of high quality, had been shown in the examination of the…

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Q'land Butter Pool Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 3

It hint been deviled that the Queens land Butter Pool shall In op- oral Ion until 1931, and have been received by the Government…

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Rich Cattle Lands [?] New Guinea. [?]

Evening News · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 9

THE [?] of [?] Guinea General [?] with the [?] for [?] and [?]. a report that was a [?] arcs of rich…

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Sheep Sell Well at Goul[?] Burn

The Land · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 7

The recent general rains have had their effect on the sheep market in the Goulburn district causing values to advance 2/- to 3/- per heart at last…

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Monday's Homebush Stock Sales Sheep and Lambs. Market Firm for Good Sheep and Lambs

The Land · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 10

About 41,058 sheep were yarded. Wethers, ewes, and lambs were well in evidence, also plain sheep, consisting mostly of poor, old ewes. The quality was medium to fair,…

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Large Wheat Elevator for Canada

The Land · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 8

The Canadian Government announces that a contract for laying the foundations for the new Alberta Wheat Pool Terminal elevator at Vancouver has…

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Wheat Harvest. Tho Commonwealth Yield

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 10

Commenting upon the Australian wheat yield for the past season the Commonwealth Metrologist (Mr. Hunt) said that in New South Wales,…

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New Zealand Butter Heavy Importations Speculators Active

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 6

A deputation of producers interviewed the Minister for Markets (Mr Paterson) in Melbourne last week, and informed him that dairy-farmers…

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Butter Quality Improved Export Trade Moisture Content

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 8

Reviewing the current export season at a meeting of the N.S.W. Dairy Advisory Board a few days ago, the Commonwealth Supervisor of Dairy…

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Queensland Leases Australian Pastoral Co.'s Losses LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 20

At the meeting of Australian Pastoral Co., Ltd., Mr. F. A. Keating, chairman, referring to pastoral leases, said there was no doubt specially favored tracts in Queensland made…

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Bleached Wheat. Test for Seed Purposes

The Land · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 14

Farmers are advised by the Director of Agriculture, Mr. A. H. E. McDonald, to exercise care in the use of bleached wheat for seed, otherwise…

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Milk and Butter-fat Tests. The Illawarra Competition

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 3

The milk and butter-fat tests conducted this season in the Illawarra (N.S.W.) district by the Kiama Agricultural Society created much interest…

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Super Sheep Dr. Voronoff's System Factors in Breeding

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 7

The work of Dr. Voronoff in producing super-sheep by a system of gland-grafting (as described in these columna recently), is being followed…

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Many Sheep Killed in Heavy Storm Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 1

A FLOCK of 1100 sheep travelling to Dalby from Moree. wore caught in a heavy storm near Talwood. in which 612 in…

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Sheep on the Coast. Success in The Illawarra

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 7

A determined effort is being made to convert portions of the coast area of New South Wales into sheep raising country, and it is stated that if…

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Green Fodder for Sheep. Rye Leads the Way

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 7

The comparative values of various fodder crops for grazing have been tested and the results obtained in "feeding hours," at the Cowra…

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Wool Agents' Reports. Merryville Merino 38d

The Land · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 12

Winchrombe, Carson. Ltd., report: Excellent competition was experienced throughout our Sydney wool sale on Monday. Yorkshire, Germany, Japan, America, France, Italy and…

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