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

Farming & the land, 1928

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Wool Market London Sales Open

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 1

Goldsbrough, mort and Co. Ltd. report: The opening of the sales in London has been the chief item of interest during the week, and by…

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On a Boer Farm

The Yass Courier · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 3

An American woman travelling in South Africa was detained by floods, and compelled to spend a month on a Boer farm. The first…

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Sheep Shortage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 5

At a meeting of the Forbes P.P. board the stock inspector reported a serious decrease of sheep in the district compared with last year's figures…

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LOST £65,000 Victim of Misfortune Cattle Slump Cripples Grazier

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 6

The Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr. Norman C. Lockhart) recently delivered reserved judgment in the certificate application of Albert Charles…

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Pastoral Preparing for "Tearing Matters That Should Be Looked to

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 3

With the shearing season close at hand-- early sheds, in fact, are already making a start-- reminders as to…

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Primary Producers Agricultural, Pastoral and Horticultural Notes Home Garden Importance of Lime Secret of Success

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 5

At this time of year greater opportunity is afforded gardeners to put the soil into good growing condition that at any other period, so I shall…

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

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 9

Locally business in wool is very quiet, and there will be little doing until the opening auction sales of the season next month. In London the…

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Wool Auctions Pitt, Son & Badgerly, Ltd., report: SYDNEY, July 13

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 9

The Sydney market remains about on the same level as for the past' month. Transactions are confined to skin wools and Botany scoured…

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Our Woolly Wealth What Rail Returns Reveal 12,630 Bales of Wool for Past Twelve Months £323,913 in Hard Cash!

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 7

Figures compiled at the Crookwell Railway Station for the past twelve months reveal unmistakably that Crookwell is a wealthy…

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Good Prospects in Goulburn District Cattle and Sheep Fat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 3

Pastoral prospects in the Goulburn district are excellent. Autumn rains have provided sufficient grass to carry sheep and…

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Wheat Buying Russia's Big Cash Deals WINNIPEG

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 2

Russia has purchased a million and a half bushels of Canadian wheat during the last 24 hours, bringing the total purchase for the last fortnight to…

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Wool Substitutes Sheep's Stable Dominant Cheaper Goods Possible

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: For some time local fellmongered merino wools have been difficult to sell. Over the past week, however…

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Sheep Sold Privately

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., report that imediately after the conclusion of yesterday's special sheep sale the following lots, passed in…

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Wool Report

The Young Chronicle · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co. report: Although there is little passing in the trade at the moment, prospects for the opening sales next month are…

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Four Dead Victorian Farm Tragedy House Burned After Shooting MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 6

A gruesome tragedy occurred at Junortoun, near Bendigo, yesterday morning, resulting in the death of four persons, who were…

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Record Fruit Harvest Forecasted Splendid Indications in All District Orchards. Cherry Crop May Be 20,000 Cases. Danger of the Black Aphis

The Young Chronicle · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 2

Indications in orchards throughout the Young district point to a bumper fruit crop. The present rain is well soaking the…

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Wool Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd, report: A period of calm is now being experienced by all connected with the trade on this side of the…

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Big Business in Local Fat Cattle

The Yass Courier · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 4

Messrs Stubbs & Co. report the sale of 250 fat cattle to the value of £2500 last week to the well-known butchering firm of…

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Large Wheat Crops Low Prices Anticipated CHICAGO

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 2

There are indications that the spring wheat crop in north-west America will exceed anticipations. A record crop of 500,000,000 bushels is…

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Cancerous Cows. Dairy Farmer Fined

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 1

A case of a revolting and serious nature was heard at the Grafton Police Court recently when he stock Inspector (Mr. C. W. Sabine)…

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