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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 36 of 63

Dairy Trade Featureless Grain Prices Unchanged SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 August 1928 · page 4

Featureless mid-week trade was done in most lines by country dairy produce houses yesterday. Egg sales showed a slight improvement, but…

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Sheep Pilfering

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 1

Committeemen of the Cooma branch of the Graziers' Association have decided to write to the Inspector-General of Police pointing out that…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 6

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., writing 26th July, report:—Reports of the close of the sales in London came to hand during the…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., writing 26th July, report:—The wool trade of Sydney is now at the quietest point of the year…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 6

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., writing 27th July, report:—Local conditions remain unchanged. Parcels of Botany scoureds have…

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Heavy Loss of Sheep

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 6

Quite a calamity befell Mr. G. A. Beck, of Walbundrie, when he turned a flock of 250 sheep into his house garden to "clean it up." Among the…

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The Coming Wool Season

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 4
Also in The Young Chronicle, Goulburn Evening Penny Post

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., writes:—It has been decided to give the new "Zone" system a trial this…

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PASTORAL. Control of Grasshoppers. Prepare Now for the Spring Campaign

The Young Chronicle · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 5

It has often been said that grasshopper control is essentially a community problem, but community effort is only the multiplication of…

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Wheat Pool Ballot Enrolment of Voters 50 Acres Qualification

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 1

Following a petition by 175 growers, wheat has been proclaimed a commodity under the Marketing of Primary Products Act, and a poll is…

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Wheat Pool Ballot Enrolment of Voters. 50 Acres Qualification

The Young Chronicle · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 4

Following a petition by 175 growers, wheat has been proclaimed a commodify under the Marketing of Primary Prod[?]cts Act, and a poll is to be…

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The Compulsory Wheat Pool Ballot. the Dangers of Monopoly

The Young Chronicle · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 6

It is Claimed by the advocates of the proposed compulsory pool that it will enable the farmers to secure higher prices from the local…

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A Well Known Grower Discusses Some Phases of the Compulsory Wheat Pool

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 6

With the prefatory statement that I have no interests in any wheat buying or wheat selling business, I wish to say that my only interests…

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The Compulsory Wheat Pool Ballot the Dangers of Monopoly (By C. A. Jefferies.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 1

It is claimed by the advocates of the proposed compulsory pool that it will enable the farmers to secure higher prices from the local…

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The Man on the Land. The Australian Wool Clip the Reasonably Cheerful View

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., writing 25/7/28, report:—In 1908 Australia pastured 86,896,000 sheep, while at present her flocks run into…

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Taralga Butter Factory

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 August 1928 · page 3

At the annual meeting of the Taralga Butter Company Messrs. W. J. Cree, P. McAlister, and J. J. Walsh were re-elected to the directorate, and…

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Sheep Killed by Dogs Adelong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 August 1928 · page 2

While 600 full woolled merino wethers were being driven from Frondilly to Gilmore they were savagely attacked by dogs and…

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Wheat Pool. Growers Should Enrol

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 2

Until August 16th wheatgrowers have the opportunity to secure enrolment to vote at the poll to bo taken on September 14h on the question of…

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Wool Selling Zone System Defined

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 5

As recently announced, the "Zone System" of selling wool in the Sydney market will be tried out during the coming season. "The following…

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