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Farming & the land, 1928

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R.A.S. Receives Record Wheat Entries Four States for Championships

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 11

A total of 195 wheat entries, from 72 exhibitors, has been received for the Royal Easter Show. These compare with 123 entries, from 52…

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Record Entries Wheat at R.a.s. Show W.a. a Competitor

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 7

VERY satisfying support has been received from growers throughout the various states for the wheat classes at the Royal Easter Show, particular…

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"Dinkum" Aussies Talk in Dutch Arrival of South Africans to Learn Wool Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 22

When the Berrima reached Sydney yesterday with eight South African students on board, four of their student compatriots, who have been in…

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King's Guests Canadian Farmers London

Evening News · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 1

WHEN the King and Queen received the 10 Canadian farmers, who are visiting England, at Buckingham Palace yesterday, the guests noticed with…

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Farmer Drowned Coat Tells Grim Tale

Evening News · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 9

JAMES HENRY JOHNSON, St. [?] of the oldest farmers in [?] district, was drowned in the river at [?] Town to-day…

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Financing Dairymen. Proposed Federal Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 9

Early in December last the Australian Dairy Council, at its meeting held at Canberra, decided to make every effort to develop the dairy industry on sound, economic…

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Coolah Valley. Damage to Lucerne Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 9

MUDGEE.—The senior assistant entomologist (Mr. T. McCarthy), who paid a visit to the Coolah Valley in connection with damage done to the [?]ucerne crops by…

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'Twas Only a Promise Politicians and Farmers Griffith

The Sun · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 11

Just on six months ago, a deputation representing farmers in drought-stricken areas of the south-west, interviewed members of the Lang…

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Maize Moths in Lucerne Extensive Damage to Coolah Crops Control Experiments

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 11

Caterpillars of the maize moth, which earlier in the season did considerable damage to apples and other fruits in the. Young district,…

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Loading Wheat

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 6

The well-known British four-masted barquentine Garth pool has been chartered to load a full cargo of wheat at Wallatos for the United Kingdom and…

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Pastoral Company Hit by Drought

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 18

Squatting Investment Co., Ltd., discloses net profit of £21,752 for the year ended December 31, against £28,616 during the previous year. With £11,929 brought in, £23,681 is available…

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Sheep from New Zealand

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 7

Sixty-two Romney Marsh sheep arrived by the Maunganui to-day for breeding purposes…

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Lower Wheat Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 19

Wheat millers and shippers nave further reduced "their price to 46½ to the grower, equivalent to. 52 ex truck Sydney. Farmers are not inclined to sell at that level. Silo lots,…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 13

Reflecting the easier tendency of the, oversea wheat position, the local market was weaker over the week-end, and yesterday buyers' limits for growers' bagged lots declined…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Market Lower

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 13

All qualities of sheep and lambs were represented in the penning at Homebush stock sales yesterday, but there was a larger proportion of plain bodied to inferior than has raled of late. In all 21,800 were…

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Next Season's Wheat Pool Farmers Favor Binding Contract - WAGGA.--Speaking at a meeting of

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 10

the district council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. E. Field, a director of the Voluntary' Wheat' Pool, suggested that the procedure adopted…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 12

The February series of the wool sales in Mel[?] opened to-day with an offering of 626 [?] mitted by Goldshrough, Mort, and Co. For the best merinos, while [?] quotable change as compared with…

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Good Crop Council's Farm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 5

Hamilton-road, Fairfield, was the first in the municipality to receive benefit from the newly-acquired roads loan. But the work will not be completed…

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Greece Buys Seed Wheat Large Order is Only Partly Pilled

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 10

For some months the Government of Greece has been in negotiation with the Department of Agriculture for the purchase of…

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Five States in Keen Rivalry The R.A.S. Commonwealth Wheat Championships

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 10

The Commonwealth Wheat Championship competition at the coming Royal Show is to be representive of all the Stated, except Tasmania…

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