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

Farming & the land, 1928

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Zulu Farm in Kent

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 4

The son of a Zulu chieftain, Mr.Albert Makaula white, who was adopted by a British missionary and his wife sixty years ago, has been a farmer in…

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Better Farming Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 5

The visit of the Better Farming Train to Goulburn on May 21 will be of great interest to all primary producers in the Goulburn district and…

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Sale of Commonwealth Ships Effect Upon Farmer Canberra

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 10

"Labour is trying to fashion the sale of the Commonwealth Line to Lord Kyslant for £1,900,000 into a weapon of attack against the Country…

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Better Farming Train Some Further Details

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 8

Ten exhibition cars will be open from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. daily. Train will be at Crookwell on the 19th inst, and at…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Thursday 10 May 1928 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. received the following wire from their Brisbane Office:—“ Wool sales opened with average selection forward. Seed…

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Potatoes Still Quiet Butter Output Declining SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 May 1928 · page 4

Potatoes continued in quiet request in the farm produce section of Sussex Street. Buyers were in a position to "pick the eyes out of the market"…

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Farmers Work at Night

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 May 1928 · page 6

A message from Binya states:—The recent rains flooded Sandy Creek for a fifth time within the year, and farmers along the creek were seriously…

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Better Farming Train Staffed by Expert Officers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 May 1928 · page 4

The Better Farming Train, which will visit Taralga on May IS, Crookwell on May 19, and Goulburn on May 21, has been staffed by expert officers…

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Queensland Sheep Farms

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 9

It is expected that there will be a long list of applications for the land involved in the Saltern Creek subdivisions in Queensland. The area…

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Level of Wool Values Less Sheep in South Africa

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., writing 2/5/'28, report:—The full attend­ance of buyers seen at the Sydney wool auctions on Tuesday last…

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The Sheep Louse

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 9

In view of the campaign against lice in sheep it is well that sheepowners should be able to recognise the common louse, but it is…

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Money in Sheep

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 7

"Did yon ever see a sheepowner in this district go insolvent?" asked a 70-year-old native of Gundagai, the other day. "Fifty years ago a mate…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 10

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., writing 3rd May, report:—The wool submitted this week, was of a miscellaneous character,…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 10

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., writing 2nd May, report:—The first series of sales since the regular wool selling season, which…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 10

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., writing 4th May, report:—At our wool auction sale on May 1, we submitted a miscellaneous…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 10

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company, Ltd., writing 1st May, report:—For our sale to-day we brought forward a catalogue of 2961 bales…

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Annual Wool Review

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 10

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., in a portion of their annual wool review, state:—The clip of New South Wales supplied a complete answer to those…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., received the following wire from their Brisbane office:—8/5/'28 "Wool sales opened with…

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Wool Reports Outlook Is Sound Japan Consumes More Wool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: During the past two months prices for average 64's merino tops in Bradford have dropped from their highest point…

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The Man on the Land. Fat Lambs a Profitable Branch of Sheep Farming

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 10

Lamb-raising may be regarded as a special branch of sheep-farming, the object being to produce a lamb With exceptional early-maturing…

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