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

Farming & the land, 1938

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On Farm & Station Past Wool Season Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., Review

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 8

The 1937-38 wool season goes on record as one of the most extraordinary and disappointing selling periods experienced, states…

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Sheep Classing As Means of Increasing Profits

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 8

"However small your flock, class it periodically," advise officers of the Sheep and Wool Branch of the Department of Agriculture, in whose…

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Wool Report Sydney, May 5

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The hardening tendency previously noticeable in prices for spinners' wools was further accentuated at our…

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Wool Sales Sydney, May 4

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 8

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co, Ltd., report: For our final catalogue of the present series, we submitted 4,829 bales…

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Wool Sales in London Good Demand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday: A large attendance of buyers marked the opening of the wool sales to-day. With the exception of slipes, which…

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Special Sheep Sale

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 2

The attention of sheep buyers is directed to the advertisement in this issue, announcing special auction sale of 10,000' quality sheep at…

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London Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: There was a good selection at the wool sales to-day and the market showed a broad-enlng demand for Australian merinos…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. received the following message from their Brisbane office: “Competition very keen and wide spread this week’s…

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Dingoes Destroyed Big Saving To Sheep Men

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 4

Referring to the fact at Tuesday’s P.P. Bo[?]d meeting that 13 dingoes had been destroyed by the Dingo Association’s trapper in the…

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Brazil May Want Our Wool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: According to the Consul-General for Brazil to-day Brazil is likely to become a heavy buyer of Australian wool…

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Sheep Feeding Successful Large Scale Methods Lessons of the Drought

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 6

Although the sheep on Warrangong Station, Koorawatha, had to be hand-fed for five months in 1937 and for four months this year, the…

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Sheep Died On Yass-Wee Jasper Stock Route P.P. Board Makes Refund

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 6

The P.P. Board decided on Tuesday to make a refund of £9/11/8 travelling charge to George Thompson and Company,…

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Special Sheep Sale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 1

Ten thousand good quality sheep will be offered at the Cootamundra saleyards next Wednesday, May 18, by the A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., Wagga…

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Marulan Wool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 1

At Goldsbrough Mort and Co.'s final wool sale of the present series, when the firm offered 4829 bales, 17d was obtained for 11 bales of E. H…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 8

Schute Bell Bodgery Lumby Ltd. report on the 6th instant : — Some further improvement in the demand for wool was noticeable…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 10

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report on May 5th: — The increase of par to 5 per cent. quoted at the Sydney auctions last…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 10

The Farmers & Graziers Co-op. Co, Ltd. reports on the 5th instant. We submitted at our sale on Wednesday, 4th May, a catalogue of…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 8

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report on the 6th instants — The final week of the present…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. received the following message from their Brisbane office: — Competition very keen and…

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Sheep Judging Students' Field Day

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 4

Mr. Wallace Wheatley capably filled the position of judge at the field day conducted at Mr. Dudley Taylor's Border Leicester stud,…

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