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Farming & the land, 1928

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Hail Cuts Backs of Cattle Holes Torn Nearly as Large as Man's Hand in Roofs Crops Badly Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 5

GLEN INNES, Monday.--An exceptionally heavy hailstorm occurred in the Kent Park district. One farmer estimates the damage to…

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London Wool Sales London, January 30

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 2

At the wool auctions 7760 bales were offered. Merino and crossbred prices were maintained. New South Wales greasy merino best lots, marked AHEastlake, combings, realised 32d,…

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Hailstones Cut Cattle Make Holes in Roof Glen Innes

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 1

A farmer in Kent Dark locality estimates that £1200 would not compensate him for the damage to his crops, due to last week's hailstorm…

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Bigger Cheques for New England Dairy Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 12

GLEN INNES.--The Red Range Butter Factory for December paid suppliers a total of £1418 more than for the corresponding period of the…

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Fine Wool Many Attractive Clips 12,342 Bales Offered

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 12

A large proportion of the 12,342 bales of wool offered at to -day's sales was of very attractive quality. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., were the first…

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Sheep Dip in Tank Causes Three Deaths Six Are in Danger, Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 1

The poisoning tragedy at Torrens Creek is now more definitely believed to have been caused through drinking the tank water,…

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Wheat Stacks Damaged by Rain Storms Heavy Losses in Temora District

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 12

Many of the wheat stacks in railway yards at Temora and adjacent districts, were severely damaged during the recent heavy rain storms…

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One for Warwick Farm Linatic Lands Big Wagers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 2

When the Rosehill January Handicap came up for decision, backers were perplexed regarding the merits of Cecil Battye's pair, Linatic and Gleam Boy…

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Rice Growing Success at Leeton Big Crop Expected

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 6

THE cultivation of rice at L[?]ton, in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, is proving successful, and promises to develop into a profitable…

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Prison Farms. Proposed Extension

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 12

The Minister for Justice (Mr. Lee), who has just returned from a tour of inspection of a number of country prison farms, announced yesterday that he was so impressed with the…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 13

The price of a special brand of bacon shoulders was lowered /1 to 1/ per lb by one city dairy produce house yesterday. The reduction was the result of a substantial…

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Farm Produce Agents Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 9

Mr. A. Shallard, of Glenbrook, writes:- Will you allow me to bring under the notice of the Minister the urgent necessity for the drastic amendmment of the Farm Produce…

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Rice Under Irrigation. Prospects of Good Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 9

According to reports from the Griffith end of the Murrumbidgee irrigation area, the rice crops there are making very satisfactory progress, and, taking them generally, they are…

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Record Crops at Bathurst Bathurst

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 17

Record apple crops are predicted this season. In this district there are more orchards than in any other part of the State. Every orchard is…

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Country News "Meagre Benefit" Better Farming Train Farmers' Requests Wellington

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 17

A meeting of the western district sub -branches of the Agricultural Bureau was attended by the following delegates:-- Terramungamine, Messrs…

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Farmer's Leg Broken Casino

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 4

Councillor George Meldrum met with a serious accident, under peculiar circumstances at Spring Grove. He was riding through a double gate, one side…

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Prize Potato Crops Crookwell Has Great Prospects Competition Lessons

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 12

Everywhere in the Crookwell district there are wonderful prospects of an enormous potato crop. This, according to Mr. A. J. Pinn, of…

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Fodder Crops Are at a Discount Sheepowners No Longer Seek Irrigation Areas

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 12

The Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area was a haven for large numbers of starving stock during the recent drought…

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Bathurst Fruit Crops Are of Oustanding Quality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 12

BATHURST.--The fruit crops at Bathurst Experiment Farm promise to be a record. They show splendid quality in apples, peaches, and pears…

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Estimated Wheat Surplus

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 13

The stocks of old season's wheat and flour held in New South Wales at the end of November, 1927, were (in equivalent wheat), 4,870,000 bushels…

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