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

Farming & the land, 1938

1,272 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 44 of 64

Scientist Grows Wheat On Mountains

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 1

LONDON: Large-scale experiment in growing grain and vegetables at heights up to 13,000 feet are described in a soviet Tass Agency…

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Crookwell Butter Company Pays 5 Per Cent

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 4

meeting of the Crookwell Rural Co-operative Society Ltd., it was agreed to pay a dividend of five per cent to suppliers and…

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Ticks in Sheep Stock Inspector’s Statement Paddocks Quarantined

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 2

Mr. A. Doust, Stock Inspector, made the following statement…

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Wool Sales Values Generally Unchanged Japan Buying

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 2

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson advised by phone this afternoon that the Sydney wool sales opened under good general competition, Japan…

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Fixing Price of Wheat Premier Interviews Mr. Lyons At Canberra

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 7

SYDNEY, Monday: Before the Premiers' Conference in connection with the wheat question opened in Canberra to-day, the…

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“Valets to Vealers” Headmaster Condemns Junior Farmer Clubs

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 3

Boys under 15 “should not be forced into the Junior Farmers’ Club to become handmaids to hens or valets to vealers,” declared Mr…

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Outwitting the Fox His Insatiable Curiosity a Farmer’s Advice

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 3

A group of farmers at Leeton who have recently suffered losses through raids of foxes, which are very numerous, were discussing the…

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Opening of Wool Season

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report that the wool season opened yesterday. There was good…

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Opening Wool Sales of the 1938-39 SEASON Good Wools Are Firm But Other Sorts Are Easier

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday: At the opening wool sales of the 1938-39 selling season, held in Sydney yesterday, values for all average to good fleece wools and all skirtings were firm on the closing levels of Sydney June auctions. Prices for short, faulty fleece…

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No Dividend Taralga Dairy Company Year's Work

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 2

TARALGA: Owing to the expense involved in the purchase of the Goulburn factory, and in order to conserve the finances of…

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Britain Buys Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday: A contract is being completed between the Rumanian Government and an important British grain firm to supply Britain…

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The Wool Industry

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 4

For many years Australia has ridden on the backs of her sheep in comfort and some prosperity, but there is…

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Wool Report Sydney, August 29

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 5

Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., report: We offered a catalogue of 6,334 bales to-day, which included some…

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Yesterday's Wool Sales Competition Well Sustained

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday; 11,929 bales' were catalogued. The clearance including private sales of passed-on…

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On Farm & Station Increased Production Necessity for Dairy Farmers Poultry and Pig Raising Valuable Adjuncts

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 8

"That dairy farmers should increase their output in order that the home market could be properly exploited," was stressed by…

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Dairy Society's Good Year £500 Profit Despite Adverse Conditions Need For Greater Supplies Stressed Dividend of 5 Per Cent. Declared

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 1

Though an adverse season reduced the quantity of cream brought in to the factory and it was necessary to buy butter for re-sale the Crookwell Dairy Rural Co-operative Society, Ltd., completed its operations for 1937-38 with a…

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The Sheep in Australia's Economy Synthetic Wool Must Be Faced

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: Speaking last night at a meeting held in the Manufacturers' Building, under the auspices of the Australian Institute of…

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On the Land Pastoral. the Small Wool Clip Some Hints on Skirting

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 4

Emphasising the importance of careful preparation of the small wool clip for market, a departmental sheep and wool instructor gives the…

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Wool Sales

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carton Ltd. report: We sold 5600 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Wednesday. Values were firm at previous day’s…

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Wool Sales

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 8

The Farmer and Graziers’ Co-operative Company reports on their opening sale: Competition was well sustained for all descriptions. The…

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