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

Farming & the land, 1930

1,147 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 38 of 58

Wool-Blind Sheep Consigned to Homebush

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 August 1930 · page 6

Goldsbrough, Mort. & Co. Ltd. report:— The following is an extract of a letter just issued by the Commissioner…

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Sheep and Wool Impressions of South Africa Comparison with Australia (From the “Brisbane Daily Telegraph”) No. Ii. Stud Sheep

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 August 1930 · page 1

Stud sheep are very good and a credit to their breeders; of course, most of the best flocks are bred in the Karoo country. All the best sheep…

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WOOL Agents’ Reports

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 August 1930 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd. report:— Shearing is progressing steadily in several districts and daily arrivals of wool at Darling Harbour are already…

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Passing Comment Wheat Guarantee

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 August 1930 · page 2

WHEATGROWERS will be disappointed at learning that the State Government will be unable to guarantee a price for the coming season’s…

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Our Butter Marketing Difficulties Identity Lost

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 August 1930 · page 5

"Although Danish and New Zealand butter are sold in England under their own brands you cannot buy Australian butter as…

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District Butter Taralga Dairy Co

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 August 1930 · page 4

At a meeting of the board of directors of the Taralga Dairy Co. there was a full attendance, Mr. C. D. Keith presiding…

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Cattle Rates Firm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 August 1930 · page 5

Cattle prices were on a firm level and there was a good demand although a few pens were passed in…

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Still Supreme Australian Wool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 August 1930 · page 4

"I do not think that South Africa will ever he a serious competitor with Australia in regard to wool," said Mr. A. Greenwood, manager of…

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Wheat Poll Claims for Enrolment

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 August 1930 · page 4

The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. H. V. C. Thorby. stated during discussion with regard to the forthcoming poll of producers of wheat, that the…

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The Man on the Land New District Crop Growing Field Beans Plot at Taralga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 August 1930 · page 4

Much interest is centred in a plot of field beans being grown for the purposes of experiment by Mr. W. J. Mc Paul, of Taralga, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture…

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Wool Industry

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 August 1930 · page 2

A serious position has developed in the wool industry in Western Australia, as the result of low prices for wool and the financial depression…

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Sheep and Wool Impressions of South Africa Comparison with Australia (Front the “Brisbane Daily Telegraph”)No. Iii. Sheep Increase or Decrease

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 August 1930 · page 3

As to South Africa further increasing her sheep numbers, this is doubtful, but she will increase the weight of wool per sheep. According to the…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 8

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., writing 19th August, report:— The trade is getting everything in readiness for the resumption of active…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 10

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited, writing 14/8/30, reports:— Transactions during the week have…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 10

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., writing 14th August, report:— The holiday spirit which exists amongst woolbuyers in general, and…

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Fat Sheep From Gunning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 5

Some exceptionally fine sheep fattened by Mr. Tom Booth on his "Keswick" property at Gunning proved very weighty when killed…

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Wheat and Flour Britain Imports Less

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 10

For the first four months of this year Great Britain imported only 1,332,000 tons of wheat as against 1,805,000 tons, for the same period…

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Wheat Crop Conditions in New South Wales. Review as at 31st july, 1930. A Promising Outlook

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 7

The following review of the conditions prevailing in relation to the wheat crop of New South Wales as at 31st july, 1930, is based upon…

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The Man on the Land. Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 10

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., writing 14th August, report:— Shearing ir progressing steadily in several districts and daily arrivals of…

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America's Drought Hits Corn and Cotton Crops Chiefly

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 7

President Hoover has been informed that the unempoyment trouble involving in some cases actual starvation, is complicating the…

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