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

Farming & the land, 1939

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The Farm Home Jam Making Importance of Sound Fruit

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 8

The making of Jam is a very simple process, but mistakes are sometimes made through lack of knowledge of the main essentials…

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Wool Report

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 8
Also in Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 7th instant. We submitted at our sale on Thursday, 5th instant, a catalogue of…

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P.P. BOARD Pastoral Outlook Very Dry

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 8

Owing to the absence of the Chairman of the Pastures Protection Board, Dir. W. C. Archer, the vice chairman, Dir. T. McAuliffe, occu…

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Two Bush Fires Causes Big Loss at Binalong Swept Through 800 Acres Wheat and Oats Destroyed

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 2

Three hundred men from Binalong, Galong and Bowning spent Saturday night fighting a serious bush fire which caused…

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Harvesting the Pear Crop Stage At Which To Pick Fruit

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 3

The exact time of picking of any variety of pears varies of course, according to the district and the season, but the following hints from a departmental pamphlet as to the…

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Wool Sales

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report (13/1/39): At our wool sale yesterday, when we found the market very firm for all descriptions with…

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Sheep Saved Mustered On River

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 2

Detective-Constable B. J. Catt and Messrs. Harry and Jack Longley were reported missing yesterday, but they knew what they were doing…

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“Jacko’s” Genius How He Saved The Mob Sheepdogs, Sheep and Headworek

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 2

Humour is an inborn characteristic of Australians. Were it not for that saving grace we would not have survived 150 years in this country of…

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BURRINJUCK Hatcheries Saved Bee Farm Lost

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 2

The long range paddock on Coodradigbee burnt right to the water’s edge opposite Burrinjuck. The hatcheries which were in grave danger…

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Warning To Sheep Men

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Goulburn Pastures Protection Board, the Stock Inspector, Mr. W. F. Hildred, issued a warning to stock…

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Fruit Crops Prospects In The District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4

Consumers of vegetables and fruit in Goulburn are faced with a scarcity owing to the drought conditions and heat-wave, which…

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Boys' Attack on Flock of Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Three boys are said to have killed or maimed 280 sheep out of a flock of 1000 at the Newmarket stockyards last night. The boys are believed to have been…

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On Farm and Station the Sydney Wool Market Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 8

SYDNEY, Jan. 18.-- The market showed an advance of par to 5 per cent, at our Sydney wool sale on Wednesday. The rise was most…

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Drop In Values London Wool Sales Open

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday: At the opening of tile first series of London wool sales for 1939, merinos were five per cent and…

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Dairying Water for Dairy Cows As a Factor in Cream Quality

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 8

Although it is most desirable from many points of view that cows should have a plentiful supply of good, clean drinking water,…

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Wheat Traffic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 4

Large quantities of wheat are still pouring into the various centres in the Goulburn railway district, and during the week ended Saturday,…

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Wool Report

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 8

The Farmers & Graziers’ Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 16th instant. We submitted at our sale on…

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PASTORAL Inverted Eyelids In Lambs

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 3

Inverted eyelid seems to be quite a common occurrence among lambs, and though its remedy is Very simple, failure to…

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The Wool Position

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The demand for wool has been maintained, competition being well distributed, but no general advance in…

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