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

Farming & the land, 1929

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., received the following wire from the Brisbane office on Tuesday :— “First Brisbane wool sales of the New…

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Pastoral Prospects Problems and Hopes. Graziers' President's Views

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 1

Mr. F. H. Tout, President of the Graziers' Association, discussing the pastoral industry in retrospect and prospect is cautiously optimistic…

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Bad Season for Sheep. In Braidwood District

The Yass Courier · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 5

The ‘Braidwood Review’ says :—The position of the pastoralist in Braidwood district at this time of the year was never perhaps more serious than it is…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 9

New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., writing 9th January, report:—The first series of sales for the year 1929 commenced in the Brisbane…

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The Wool Outlook Artificial Silk

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., writing 9/l/'29, report:—Before the war the world grew the equivalent of 10,151,491 bales of wool annually. The…

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Wool Market Japan Big Influence Brisbane Sales Open

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson. Ltd., report: Before the war the world grew the equivalent of 10,151,491 bales of wool annually. The latest available figures…

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When the Crop's Above the Fence

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 9

Have yer ever followed harrows When yer couldn't see the team For the blinkin chokin' dust that hung around yer?…

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Winning a Bet Champion Cup and a Suit of Clothes Burrowa Farmer's Success

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 12

In the Burrowa district opinion is sharply divided on the subject of wheat-growing for profit. Many farmers declare that the country is…

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Broken Crockery is a Delicacy for Lizzie Attractive Features Decided On for Sheep Show. Prize Money Increased to £250. Small and Medium Men Catered For. Famous Breeder's Candid Statement

The Young Chronicle · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 1

Increased prize money, new classes and better arrangements generally were decided upon by the Young Pastoral and…

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The Farmer. Does Sucking Calves Spoil Cows for Milking?

The Yass Courier · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 3

Ideas held about the management of cows vary considerably; some are really practical, others mere theory. The notion that allowing…

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Wool Sales

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 4

America und Yorkshire showed improved strength as bidders at Winchcombe, Carson's wool sales yesterday. Germany and Japan were very…

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Only Small Crops on Settlements Dry Spell Results in Immature Fruit Codlin Moth Hits Monteagle Settlers. But Prices Maybe Good

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 2

Prospects on the soldier settlements in this district are very middling, but most of the men think the crops will be about as…

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Wombat. CROPS

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 2

Practically all the local crops are harvested. The yield, as was anticipated, was not nearly as heavy as last. This was due principally to…

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State's Wheat F.A.Q. Standard Fixed Crop Worth £10,000,000 SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 6

The grain trade sectional committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce met yesterday and fixed the fair average quality…

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London Wool Sales Keen Competition For Crossbreds LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

At the London wool sales 7427 bales were offered, of which 6153 were Australian and 1022 New Zealand. There was a good attendance from all…

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Primary Producers Agricultural, Pastoral and Horticultural Notes Home Garden Renunculus and Anemone Flowers for the Winter

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 5

Everyone knows and admires the lovely ranunculus and anemone; yet few people know that both can be eastly raised from seeds, and will…

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Simplifying Problems Electricity for Dairymen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 5

The most hopeful promise of to-day to the dairy industry, particularly to the dairy farmer is held out by the rapidly expanding use of electricity in…

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Yass Wool

The Yass Courier · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 5

At the Sydney wool sales yesterday, Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. sold :— M/MM, Yass. to 26¼d; R. A Hazeldeen, Rye Park, 27d; Blackburn, Yass,…

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Wool Report

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 3

SCHUTE, BELL & CO., LTD., report: -- Prices realised on resumption of sales in Brisbane must be regarded as very satisfactory, as generally…

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London Wool Sales London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 2

At the London wool sales 8883 bales were offered, of which 6652 were Australian and 2010 New Zealand. A good selection of merinos suitable for all…

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