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Farming & the land, 1928

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Dairy Factory Reports. Clarence River

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 8

The report of the Clarance River Pioneer Dairy Factory stated that the turnover for the past year in ba[?] and butter amounted to £27[?],521, and a bonus was recommended of…

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Electroculture No Benefit to Crops Department's Verdict

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 10

From time to time the claim has been made that the application of electricity to seeds has increased the productivity of the crop, and in some…

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Dairying and Pig Rearing Forcing Cows The Rage for Records Is It Detrimental?

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 8

Opinions are greatly divided among dairy-farmers as to the value of forcing cows to heavy production. Many are of opinion that the yields…

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Financing Dairymen Commonwealth Scheme Fodder and Fertiliser

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 8

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

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Dairy Conditions Inspectors' Reports High Production

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 8

Favorable conditions were experienced in every dairying district of New South Wales during January, except that of the far South Coast. In…

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Touring Farmers. Projected Trip to Great Britain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 9

Details are now available of the specially conducted trip to Great Britain and Europe, arranged by the Australian Travel Service…

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Crops and Pastures Crop Notes Lessons to be Learned Need for Fallowing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 10

During the past few days I have flatted the Moss Vale, Tallong, Goulburn, Gunning, Canberra, Yass, Boorowa, and Cowra districts…

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Maize Crop Competition. The Entries at Glen Innes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 10

Eleven farmers have entered eighteen plots in the Glen Innes Pastoral and Agricultural Society's maize crop competition, which is to be conducted…

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Queensland Leases the New Board's Policy Land for Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 3

The new Land Administration Board in Queensland formally assumed office on lst February, when the Minister for Lands (Mr, Dunstan)…

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The World of Motoring. Motor Cars and Motor Cycles For the Farm or the Road, Business of Pleasure. the Motor Age Where Care is Needed the Downhill Dash

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 12

Motorists have often been warned against attempting to overtake other cars without being able to see clearly that this can be done in safety and…

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Railway Notes Freight on Bulky Goods Hotter Farming Train By the Publicity Officer

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 7

A country farmer writes to say that, on separate occasions, he obtained two tanks from Sydney to be used for watering his stock in times…

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The World of Motoring Motor Cars and Motor Cycles For the Farm or the Road, Business or Pleasure Farm Tractors Brakes and Speed the Steering Gear

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 13

Most tractors are fitted with the internal-expanding or external-contracting type of brake. Each is easy to adjust, and should be set in such a…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 13

Demand continued brisk for new-laid hen eggs among city dairy produce houses yesterday, in spite of the recent increase in price. Some houses reported difficulty in…

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"System of Fraud." Magistrate's Comment. Warwick Farm Betting Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 8

The cose against Athol George Love, 42, a salesman, who was arrested at Warwick Farm Racecourse on December 3, was continued at Liverpool Police Court yesterday…

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Clean Dairy Herds Govt. Certification Bowrat

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 10

In [?] of its campaign for tu[?] free daily berds the [?] decided to circularly the cither council of the State…

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Beaten by Bad Roads -- the Difficulties of Dairying

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 25

GREW TOO BIG, so gave him to the Zoo. --The 'roo is a shade taller than the young man, who measures 6t. THE WINDING TRAIL.--Droving sheep near Mungindi, after…

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The Land and the Producer Wheat Without Sheep Means Precarious Farming Can Needy Wheat-growers be Aided in Becoming Mixed Farmers ?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 9

A prominent western business man raises the contention that wheat-growing alone can only lead present-day farmers to bankruptcy. He advocated State advances for the purchase of sheep to substitute a more stable mixed farming…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Lifeless

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 19

Buyers' limits for growers bagged lots of wheat were unchanged yesterday, being on the basis of 4/5½) at country stations, equivalent to 5/1 ex trucks, Sydney, and /2 less for…

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Wheat Loadings and Stackings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 19

For the week ended February 4 the quantity of wheat despatched from country stations was 157,613 bags, making a total of 2,012,645 bags for the season, as compared with…

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