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

Farming & the land, 1931

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Alleged Sheep Stealing Plea of Not Guilty Casburn Before Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 5

John Robert Casburn, aged 75, was charged at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions to-day with having between May 1929 and…

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The Farmer's Lot (To the Editor)

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 1

Sir,--Might I, through the medium of your widely-read paper, disclose just a few more of the many trials the farmer is going through? People…

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The Apathy of the Farmer

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 4

It is difficult to reconcile the apparent apathy of some of our district farmers in matters that concern their very existence, and whilst they…

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Potato Crop Competition Record Entries Factors Predominate

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 8

Mr. A. J. [?]nn, of the Department of Agriculture last week completed his first inspection of the crops entered in this season's competition…

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Flour Tax Appeal for Farmers CANBERRA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 3

Requests that Parliament should be called together immediately to impose a sales tax on flour is contained in a letter from the…

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AUSTRALIANITIES On the Farm—The Frilled Lizard—Poisonous Spiders (No. 39) On The Farm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 4

How I wish I were out on this glorious morn With old Micky McGill as he scuffles his corn…

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Farmer’s Wool “Cheque”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 2

A record low price for wool was received by a Condoblin farmer. He was paid 10 two penny postage stamps by his brokers, This was his net…

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3- Wheat Guarantee

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 3

One of the largest meetings ever held in Cowra, is how last Thursday's gathering was described by the "Guardian." There were…

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Not Guilty Casburn Discharged Alleged Sheep Stealing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 3

The jury stopped the hearing of the defence at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions yesterday afternoon in the case in which John Robert…

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Brighter Wool Outlook Has Bedrock Been Touched?

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— For the first time since early December prices for tops have moved upward. A short time ago average 64’s…

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Wool Report. Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report:--

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 4

It is pleasing to report a slight Improvement in wool market conditions this week. Sales, were resumed in Sydney on Tuesday, 27th…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 8

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., writing 28th January, report:— At our sale to-day, the eleventh for the season, we brought forward…

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Homebush Sales Cattle Improve

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 4

Winchombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Twenty-one hundred cattle were offered at Homebush yesterday. Prices for prime drafts improved,…

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AGRICULTURAL Our First Wheat Crop WHERE AUST's. Agriculture Had Its Beginning

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 8

To most visitors the Sydney Botanic Gardens represent something essentially ornamental—a leafy retreat from the bustle of the city, a…

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Crutching of Sheep A. Seasonable Operation

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 7

Crutching usually takes place about midway between shearings, and is therefore considered to be of some value as a preventive of blowfly…

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Wheat Market Easier Tone Prevails

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 2

Overseas wheat markets, according to cable advices, are still quiet. Liverpool eased yesterday and Chicago, after an irregular day, was…

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Stock Market a Review Sheep Prices Slump

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 4

Prices of stock ate admittedly low at the present time, but it seems as if a new basis of rates, low as it is, has been fixed…

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Wool Sales Clips from South

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 1

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company, Ltd., report: We submitted a catalogue of 5,345 bales which consisted mostly of clips from…

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Wool Sales Values Advance 10%

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 6

The Secretary, Farmers and Grazier's Cooperative Coy., writes on 5th February: On the 4th February we offered 7304…

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The Man on the Land. Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 8

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., writing 29th January, report:— It is pleasing to report a slight improvement in wool market…

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