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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

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New Fluke Remedy 100 per cent. Effective Boon to Sheep Owners

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 3

Information regarding the tested new remedy for liver fluke in sheep is being released on the Better Farming Train, which is now touring…

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Wool Market Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report: SYDNEY, May. 12

Taralga Echo · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 4

The wool trade in Sydney has been merely marking time since auction sales closed. Buyers have possibly been Canberring loyal Bradford men…

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The Man on the Land. Continental Wool Consumers Present Mainstay of Prices

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 10

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., writing on 12th May, report:— Both French and German buyers have latterly purchased scoured skin…

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Theft of 450 Sheep Drover Takes Them From N.S.W. Into Queensland Modern "Rustler" Has Bad Luck

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 8

The amazing exploits of a modern "rustler" were revealed recently, when police arrested a drover who has been charged with stealing 450…

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Farming in the Future

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 3

A cable from Chicago tells this story: A tractor and plough, guided by electricity and with no driver, on Saturday ploughed a 20-acre field on…

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Modern Miracle Farmers' Remarkable Recovery Back Broken in Two Places

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 7

Alfred Fletcher McLean, 41, whose back was broken in two places in an accident on Boxing Day, left Sydney Hospital the other day to…

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Sheep Transport Sol Green's Big Project Longreach (Q.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 3

To shift 19,000 sheep 300 miles over drought-stricken country is the gigantic project of Mr. Sol Green, the wellknown Melbourne bookmaker, owner…

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Sheep Surplus Problem of Mutton Expert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 5

If another big lambing comes this year the problem of profitably disposing of surplus sheep will be still more pressing. As evidence of the feeling…

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Valuable Sheep Imported From Scotland MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 5

Many graziers and sheep judges [?] the Blue Funnel steamer Eury [?]s, when she arrived at Mel[?] On deck, besides many cattle…

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A Great Fluke Remedy [?]Good News for Sheep Owners

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 4

[?]ars are to hand of a new [?]iver fluke in sheep that is 100 per cent, effective. [?]medy is vouched for by…

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For Primary Producers Agricultural, Pastoral, and Horticultural Notes Pigs for Profit Hints to Breeders

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 5

It is a fact worth noting by farmers that there is a demand for a heavier and fatter bacon pig than was the case until comparatively recently, and the…

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Wool Market Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report:-- SYDNEY, May 19

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 9

The Juris bane sales up to time of writing have followed close on the lines of the last series here, competition having been general and…

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Prolific Crops 16 lb. Potatoes; One Stalk BURRAWANG

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 5

Reports of prolific potato crops in this district comes from all quarters, spuds over 2lb in weight being recorded from many patches…

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To Save the Farm U.S.A. Business Men Move

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 5

For some years, agriculture in the United States has been subordinated. to the secondary industries. Consequently while America has become…

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The Wheat Crop

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 26 May 1927 · page 1

The harrowing of the growing crop when, it is about 6 inches high is coming more into favor. Harrows certainly drag a few…

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Wool Report

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 26 May 1927 · page 4

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report:-- The Brisbane sales .up to time of writing have followed closely…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 6

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., writing on 20th May, report:—The principal item of interest in the wool grade at the moment is the series of…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 6

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., writing on 19th May, report:—The Brisbane sales up to time of writing have followed close on the…

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Travelling Sheep Must Be Branded

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 6

Before the P.M., Mr. Stevenson, at the Yass Police Court one day last week, E. T. Hatch, of Bungendore, was proceeded against by the Stock…

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Butter Industry Important Conference Federal Council Advocated MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 4

The annual conference of the Australasian Butter and Cheese Factories' Managers and Secretaries' Association was opened at the Royal…

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