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

Farming & the land, 1928

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Wool Market Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: SYDNEY, 22nd March, 1928

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 9

The end of a perfect day! Allowing for the large proportion of erutchings and oddments included in this week's catalogues, the wind-up…

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Farm Notes a Flea Pest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 5

The lucerne flea is causing much concern to the authorities in South Australia. The pest is no longer confining itself to lucerne, but is…

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Farm Produce Act

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 6

With the object of testing the New South Wales Farm Produce Agents Act, 1926, a writ has been issued on behalf of the executive of the…

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Sheep in Queensland

The Yass Courier · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 5

A Queensland correspondent writes;— It has been found that Queensland, in stocking up sheep, cannot draw to any large extent from other parts of the…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. received the following wire from their Brisbans office:— “Wool sales opened with average…

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Wool Sales Brisbane Offerings

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 6

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: Chief interest to those connected with the wool trade during the past week has been…

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W.A. Farm Schools Duke and Duchess' High Praise LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 2

"Kingsley Fairbridge builded better than he knew when he founded a Farm school in West Australia, thus giving slum children a place in the…

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Goulburn Sheep Sales

The Young Chronicle · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 8

On Thursday next, 3rd April, Messrs W. H. Wheatley are holding a sale of 1500 cold country bred cattle and 15,000 station bred sheep. The cattle…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Young Chronicle · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., received tho following wire from their Brisbane office:-- "Wool sales opened with average…

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Butter Firm Potatoes Clear Steadily SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 7

Demand for eggs showed improvement among city dairy produce houses yesterday with the approach of Easter. The seasonable decline in…

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Goulburn Market Butter Still Firming Potato Prices Easier

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 3

In the farm section business is generally quiet, according to a report of the Goulburn merchants. There was a fair demand for seed oats for…

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Agricultural Worms in Sheep. Another Reminder About Drenching

The Young Chronicle · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 6

Some farmers only use drenches when they see evidences of worm infestation, but experience has shown that if drenching is done at certain…

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Wool Sales Crossbreds Advance Sheepmen Optimistic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report— The purchase of a season's wool clip has not slackened the demand for wool in Australia, New Zealand, or…

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Wool Wealth Australia's Fine Position An Historical Review

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 3

A little above a century ago, sheep were unknown in Australia The early history of the wool industry is of romance…

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Farm Produce Agents Act

The Young Chronicle · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 8

At the meeting of the Board of the Fruitgrowers' Federation of New South Wales on Friday, there were present at the meeting: General J…

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Sheep Show?

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

A suggestion that Goulburn should hold a sheep show in the spring, made by Mr. R. Beatty, of Gundagai, at the show society's smoke social, is a…

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Sheep Die After Eating Milky Weed

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

The deaths of several hundred sheep in the Ariah Park district through eating "milky weed," which had always been believed to be good…

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Primary Producers Agricultural, Pastoral and Horticultural Notes Fruit Gluts Bathlew's Organised Marketing

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

BATLOW.—The enterprising orchardists of the Batlow district have their own way of avoiding the disastrous effects of fruit…

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Strength of Wool Position Supply the Strong Factor

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

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:— Wool consumers now have a month ahead of them in which no auctions will be held in Australia or overseas…

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Bright Prospects Ahead Big Business in Crookwell Butter. Large Cream Supplies Coming

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 8

BIG things are anticipated for the Crookwell Butter Factory in the near future, which should go far towards making the local…

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