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Farming & the land, 1928

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The Wool World. Competition Well Maintained

The Land · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 12

Competition showed its full recent strength and values were strongly maintained at recent levels at this week's Sydney wool sales. The catalogues included 2 specially large selection of high-class wools [?] and other [?] of the Northern…

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Dairying and Pig Rearing Milk and Butter-fat Yields Cows that Completed their Test During December Jerseys Again in the Lead

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

The dairy branch of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture has made available the following details of the yields of the cows that completed…

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Wheat Trials Application of Super Increased Yields

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

When modern methods of agriculture are adopted, even in a year of low rainfall, it pays the farmer to apply heavy dressings of…

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Spraying by Plane. Control of Wheat Rust

The Land · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 8

A notewortny experiment in Canada of using an aeroplane in dusting wheat for the control of rust was carried out with a high degree of interest and…

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One Price Butter and Cheese Scheme Adopted Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 11

Recommendations for establishing an all-Australian price for butter and cheese with equalisation in each State on a State basis, were approved by…

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Butter. New Zealand Imports. "Menace to Industry." Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 10

A very serious view was taken at a meeting of the Australian Butter Stabilisation Committee to-day of the importation into Australia of butter from New Zealand, and the…

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Menace to Butter Industry To Check New Zealand Importations

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- A serious view of the importations of N.Z. butter into Australia was taken by the Australian Butter Stabilisation…

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In Grip of Fire New Zealand Swept Sheep Perish

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 4

A report from Auckland (N.Z.) on Wednesday stated that the whole province was in the grip of fire. Farmers will lose thousands of…

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A Surprise Win. Messrs. Gagie's Wheat at Chicago

The Land · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 7

In April last Messrs. D. and J. Gagie of Spy Hill, West Wyalong, forwarded an exhibit of a strong red wheat to the Chicago…

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Irrigated Wheat Tests on Murrumbidgee Rotation with Rice

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

The N.S.W. Department of Agriculture has been conducting an interesting series of experiments on the Murrumbidgee irrigation [?] to…

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Million Acres New Guinea Find Good Cattle Country Canberra

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 2

The discovery of a strip of good cattle country, nearly 10,000,000 acres in extent, in the mandated territory of New…

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Giant Eagle-Hawk Full-grown Sheep Taken Havoc at Bolivia

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

Although eagle-hawks have been known to carry off lambs, few instances have been known in which they fly off with full-grown sheep…

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Sydney Wool Sales Demand Maintained a High Average

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 5

In a report upon the wool sales in Sydney this week, Messrs. Winchcombe, Curson, Ltd., State that it is doubtful if Australia has ever…

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Dairy Supervision Opposition by Farmers Change of Administration

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

Dairy-farmers in the South Coast district of New South Wales are strongly opposed to the proposal that the administration of the Dairy…

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Premier North Coast Cattle Show Illawarras Win Champion Group at Bangalow

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 14

BANGALOW, Thursday. -- Ideal weather favored the opening of the annual show yesterday, and attracted a large attendance…

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Wheat Silos on Terms Davies Shows the Way Kiama

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 5

"Why control the farmers be financed for the building of silos in the same manner as city dweliers get Government assistance up in 75 per cent…

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Sheep in the West Breeding of Fat Lambs Bid for Export Trade

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

The pastoral industry is making rapid progress in Western Australia, and the State is making a bid for popularity on the export markets by…

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Produce Markets. Butter at Firm Rates Brisk Trade in Potatoes Plenty of Vegetables

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 6

TRADE in dairy products is certain to be brlsk to-day when the marked re-open after the bollday butter quotations will not be altered. Production continues…

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Flooding Forbes With Light New Motor Ship To Carry Wool

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 18

IN TRACK OF CYCLONE.--One of the many houses which were unroofed in Crebert-street, Mayfield. MOTORISTS will hail with approval the widening of the bend into Queen's Square…

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F. & S. Branch Reports. MOLONG. F.A.Q. or Wheat Grading

The Land · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 14

The monthly meeting of the Molong branch was held on the 14th inst[?] when there were present Messrs[?] G. E. Bradley (president), P. Berney. J…

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