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

Farming & the land, 1929

1,599 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 19 of 80

Washing Dairy Utensils

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 5

Boiling water is absolutely necessary in dairy work to ensure cleanliness and as it is easy enough to secure a supply, there should be no…

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Australian Wool Record 47d. for Wether Fleece. the Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:--

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 1

On 21st March we offered 7,948 bales wool representative of the late shearing districts. There were many attractive spinners' and topmakers'…

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Wool Sales Weaker Sydney Market SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., report having offered at auction on Tuesday 3164 bales. A small proportion was good to super merino and the balance…

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Cowra Farmers Lead in Southern and Southwest Competition

The Young Chronicle · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 1

The combined, follow and crop competition, which was started at the Instance of the Southern and South-western Association of Shows…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 12

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co.., Ltd., writing 19th March, report:— For our sale to-day we brought forward a catalogue of 7,042 bales…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 12

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., writing 21st March, report:— A fairly steady market has ruled throughout this week's sales, with…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 12

New Zealand Loan and M.A., Co., Ltd., writing on 21st March, report:— We submitted our sixteenth catalogue of the season on Monday last…

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Remarkable Wheat Crop in a Valley Where No Rain Has Fallen for Three Years!

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 12

A remarkable feat in wheat production has just been achieved in the north-west of Cape Province, South Africa, says the "Empire Production…

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The Man on the Land. Australian Wool Record 47d. for Wether Fleece

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 12

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Coy. writes:— On 2lst March we offered 7,948 bales wool representative of the late…

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Sheep for Fiji

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 5

Mr. E. Duncan, a prominent Fiji cocoanut planter, is experimenting with sheep in attempt to evolve a dual purpose wool and mutton sheep,…

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The Wool Clip Quantity and Price

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Australia has grown a large wool clip this season . Receipts of wool at the stores in the Commonwealth to the…

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In Ancient Rome Where Farming Began

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 5

Farming really began in Rome. The Assyrians and the Egyptians had merely learned to scratch the soil. Whatever success they had was due…

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Stud Sheep Export

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 1

No fewer than six local committees suggest "that the Federal Government be urged to prohibit the export of stud sheep from Australia. Two…

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Pastoral Notes Graziers’ Organisation Remarkable Progress

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 4

A significant and cheery sign of the times is the remarkable increase in the membership of the Graziers’ Association. In 1900 the membership of the…

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Biggest Wheat Crop

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 3

The biggest wheat crop in Australia is claimed by Tootra Station, owned by the N.Z. and Australian Land Co…

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Special Sheep Sale

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 3

McNeilly, Crampton and Martin, Ltd., report having yarded 22,000 sheep on March 26th at the Orange Corporation Yards and disposed of…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 10

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., writing 27th March, report:— Competition was well maintained from almost all sections of buyers at…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 10

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., Ltd., writing 26th March, report:— For to-day's sale we submitted a catalogue of 3,164 bales…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 10

New Zealand Loan and M.A, Co., Ltd., writing 27th March, report:— The concluding series of sales prior to the Easter recess terminated on…

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Sheep Killed by Lightning

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 7

During the storm on Sunday night of last week, seven sheep, the property of Mr. James Dwyer, running [?] property, were…

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