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

Farming & the land, 1939

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: At the opening Brisbane wool sales this week, strong general competition was experienced from Yorkshire, the…

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Crookwell Stud Sheep Consignment For West Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 2

CROOKWELL: In the past Crookwell has become well-known as a potato growing centre, more or less to the…

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Ticks in Sheep Butcher Fined “Not the Only One”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 2

Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., in the Court on Tuesday, Albert Doust, Inspector of Stock, proceeded against W. J. Gorman, for failure to report…

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London Wool Sales More Interest By Buyers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: Competition increased at to-day's wool sales the buyers showing more interest in the good selection…

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Milk Sample 43.7 Per Cent. Butter Fat Deficiency Defendant Fined

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 6

D. J. Kilpatrick. health inspector to the Municipal Council , proceeded against T. J. Sheekey Pty. Ltd.. in the Court on Tuesday, on a charge…

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Plight of Penrose Growers Stock Invade Fenceless Fruit Crops

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

Straying stock and bush animals are constituting a fresh menace to orchardists in the Penrose district, which was badly hit by the…

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London Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday: At the wool sales today; there was a moderate selection offered, but rates were generally well maintained and the demand…

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Wool Sales

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co Ltd. report (20/1/39): The London market opened on Tuesday last and a cable received from our office in that…

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Cattle May Be Destroyed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 3

In connection with recent bushfires Wagga Advertiser reports. One grazier near the Victorian border has ceased to look for grass for his stock,…

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Local and General Cattle From Yass

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 2

The cattle market showed improvement at Homebush on Thursday despite the fact that 3879 head were offered. Mr. J. E. Pratten, Yass,…

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More Wool Being Used Larger German Consumption

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Though some variation in demand for wool has occurred from time to time during the…

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On Farm and Station Stabilising Prices Necessity For Wool Industry Sound Method Required

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 8

It was necessary that the minimum price of wool be stabilised; but no method yet brought forward met the position properly, said Mr. C. M. Williams, advising members of the Binda Branch…

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Payment For Wool "Out" Weight Instead of "In"

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 8

In order that Australian regulations should be brought into conformity with the London wool selling regulations, the Binda…

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Trucking Sheep and Cattle Too Many in Trucks

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 5

A constant and quite reasonable complaint of the butchers at Homebush is the fact that many sheep and cattle breeders…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 2

Wincheombe, Carson Ltd. received the following message from their Brisbane office: “Opening Brisbane wool sales Monday: Average…

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More Wool Used Larger German Consumption

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— Though some variation in demand for wool has occurred from time to time during the past six months, the…

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Potato Crops Suffer From Adverse Year Reports From All Districts Record Yields Below Normal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: The potato crops throughout New South Wales are suffering from the adverse season…

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Narrow Escape Parkes Farmer Is Lucky

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 3

Stanley. Bennett, a Parkes farmer, who, with his wife, is viting his brother-in-law, Mr. Mark Cantrill, of Pinnacle Road, Orange, narrowly…

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Quick Work When Sheep Was Stolen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 1

A particularly daring sheep robbery has been reported from a property on the Taralga Road recently, when two men used a cattle dog…

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Wool Sales in London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: Offerings today at the wool sales consisted chiefly of New Zealand crossbreds. There was a keen demand for…

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