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

Farming & the land, 1928

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Wool Sales Brokers' Reports Late Selling Proves Best

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— An expression current some four years ago that the grower ,who sells wool late sells best, has again…

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The South West Shows Biggest Wheat Yields. Estimated Harvest

The Young Chronicle · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 4

The Government Statistician has issued what appears to be a decidedly optimistic preliminary estimate of the State wheat harvest…

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Champion Farmer

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 3

Bathurst boasts having one of the most successful farmers in the State in Mr. Horace Peers, who is settled six miles from town, on the Peel…

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A Farmer's Queer Action. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 2

John Duncan, a farmer of Kirwec, New Zealand, after having been given a verdict against him in a maintenance case, returned home,…

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The Orchard. Fruit Fly. Protection of Late Ripening Crops

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 4

The period during which orchardists look for trouble from the fruit [?]ly will shortly be approaching its penk, and growers are urged to avail…

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Wheat Crop Blaze

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 8

An outbreak occurred in the wheat crop of Mr. Samuel Gay at Bannister on Wednesday. Mr. Gay was at the time, employed stripping wheat in the…

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Goulburn Special Sheep Sale

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 9

W. H. Wheatley report:--29,919 sheep were sold at auction on Tuesday last, 31st January. There was some competition from Northern…

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Special Taralga Section Butter Factory Bi-annual Meeting

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 10

Mr. C. D. Keith (chairman) presided over a moderate attendance of shareholders of the Taralga Butter Co., at the half yearly meeting, which…

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Wool Auctions Very Favourable Selling Conditions

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 8

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., writes: -- At our sale of the 31st January we offered a catalogue comprising 3,879…

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Primary Producers Agricultural, Pastoral and Horticultural Notes the Garden Continuance of Bloom Among the Vegetables

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 5

The chief aims of garden lovers at this time of year are, firstly, to keep those plants that are at present in flower doing their best, and…

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Farmer's Death Trundle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 4

Wilfred Eldridge Fletcher, aged 20, met a frightful death while working a combined scarifier and seed drill, drawn by a tractor, on his father's…

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Homestead Burnt Binda Road Farmer's Heavy Loss. House and Contents Destroyed

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 8

At about 6 p.m. on Wednesday last the home of Mr. Ingleby Webster was destroyed by fire, together with a considerable amount of the…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 5

Wincho[?]mbe, Carson Ltd received the following wire from their Brisbane office:— “Japan particularly strong bidder…

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Goulburn Stock Worms in Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 6

That stock in the Goulburn P.P. Board district are sound, but that fats are not as plentiful as was expected, were statements embodied in the…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 10

New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., writing 2nd February, report:— Sales in this centre terminated on Wednesday last, when the catalogue…

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Wool Auctions

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:— Wool buyers have been busy in Brisbane this week, but sales will be…

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Australia's Largest Wheat Farm N.S.W. Disputes Claim of West Australia

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 7

The claim was recently made semi officially that a farmer in West Australia had the largest area under wheat in the Commonwealth, with…

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Local Fallow and Wheat Competitions

The Young Chronicle · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 4

The Young P. and A. Association is offering £27 as prizes in the combined Fallow and Wheat Competition which is for 50 acres of fallowed land…

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Nabawa Wheat Not New to This State

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 10

During the past two seasons Nabawa wheat has shown remarkable resistance to flag smut, and in re­porting its performances it has always…

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PASTORAL. Control of Grasshoppers by Use of Arsenite of Soda Spray

The Young Chronicle · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 8

Departmental tests over a number of years have demonstrated the complete efficacy of arsenite of soda spray as a control for…

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