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

Farming & the land, 1928

1,255 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 63

Goulburn Mill Buys Komungla Wheat Good Yield Expected

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 2

On Friday afternoon the entire crop of wheat grown by Messrs. Diehm and Brown, at Komungla, was purchased by Mr. C. H. W…

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Mail Robbery in W.A. Bag Found in Wheat Stack PERTH

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 2

When the mail from Lake Brown, in the wheat bell reached the G.P.O. in Perth on December 21, it was found that bag had been split open,…

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Sheep and Wool Returns. the New Form

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 4

The twenty six thousand sheepowners throughout the State will be required to fill in a special, return (A. and P. Form No. 18 as to sheep,…

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Wool

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers and Gra[?]iets' Co-op. Co. writes 231227: Apart from private selling of passed-in lots business in the wool market…

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"Land Sense" Farm Labourers are Skilled

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 6

The recent speech of an English bishop on farmers and farming is just as true of Australia as it is of England, says the "Southern Churchman."…

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Riverina's Big Wheat Crop

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 5

Practically every district within 30 miles of Albury reports surprisingly high wheat returns. The general expectation was 25 per cent…

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Six Bags Average Central Western Wheat Crops

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 3

Reporting on conditions in the central-western portion of the wheat belt, Mr. W. D. Kerle, the district agricultural instructor, states that…

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Potatoes Down Butter Market Unsettled SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 4

Fairly heavy supplies of potatoes arrived on the Sydney market yesterday, and Tasmanian and local varieties sold at lower rates…

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Cadia Wheat New Variety for Tablelands

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 5

Over a quarter of a century ago William Farrer gave the farmers of the tableland districts a wheat that was "something better" than they had…

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Sydney Wool Sales Open Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:— Japan, France, and Germany were very Keen bidders at the opening Sydney wool sales yesterday…

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Primary Producers Agricultural, Pastoral and Horticultural Notes Lice on Pigs Easy Extermination Method

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 5

The fact that in all parts of the state lice are so prevalent on pigs shows how little the farmer is alive to these parasites…

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Big Potato Crop Marketing Problem

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 4

New South Wales farmers have planted their main crop of potatoes extensively and Tasmania, which finds its principal market in this…

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Sheep and Wool Returns The New Form

The Yass Courier · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 5

The twenty six thousand sheepowners throughout the State will be required to fill in a special return (A. and P. Form No 18) as to sheep, wool and lambing for…

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Lorry Overturns Travelling Sheep Cause Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

Several sheep, cases containing bottles of beer, and a Reo speed waggon were thrown into a confused heap on the Main Southern Road between…

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PIONEERS! Goulburn's Wheat Growers Modern Methods Succeed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

Goulburn's first large wheat crop, grown at Komungla by Messrs. Ben Diehm and Reg Brown, has been an unqualified success, despite pessimism expressed in certain quarters when the experiment was first commenced. The crop of…

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Warwick Farm Acceptors

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

Owing to interruption to the telephone and telegraphic services today it was impossible to receive the acceptances for Saturday's race…

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Pastoral Enquiry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 3

Mr. J. W. Allen, secretary, stated yesterday that the Federal Committee to inquire into the pastoral industry more especially to minimise drought…

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Bacon Supplies Short Farmers are Holding Wheat SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 4

Short supplies of bacon, steady selling of cheese, moderate demand for eggs, and an expected advance in potato prices through anticipated lighter…

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Wheat on the Plains

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2

It is remarkable that the Gundary Plains should have remained all these years until now. unsuspected of being capable of growing wheat profitably…

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"Ticky Sheep" Sent to Sydney Sales Stringent Action Threatened

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2

Stringent action will be taken by the Goulburn Stock Inspector Mr. F. Forster, against graziers who have tick infested sheep…

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