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

Farming & the land, 1939

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Wool Sales in London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—If wool production and trade were the sole controlling factors in the market, the sheep's…

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Wool Sales in London Demand Active For Good Sorts

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday: The demand was again active for a good selection chiefly Australian merinos, at the wool sales to-day…

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The Farm Home Care of Pot Plants Some Important Points

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 8

Plants that are to be cultivated for interior decoration should be put into small pots while still young, and repotted into larger ones…

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On Farm and Station Native Trees Their Transplantation an Effective Method

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 8

Difficulty is often experienced in successfully transplanting native trees from where they are found growing naturally to positions…

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Alsatian Kills Sheep

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

In the Victorian Court last week a grazier claimed £7515 damages from the owner of an Alsatian which, he stated, had killed 45 of…

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SUPER-SHEEP Dr. Bell Experiments

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 3

Scientists, taking preposterous liberties with the animal kingdom, have achieved feats in a few generations that would have taken…

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Quick Work When Sheep Was Stolen

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 3

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

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Wool in London An Improved Demand Rules

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: A good selection was offered at the wool sales to-day. There was an improved demand…

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Wool Report. Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby Limited report::--

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 4

The last two weeks have been a test period in more senses than one the chief item being the supply factor, for London sales have clashed…

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Reducing Costs In The Wool Industry There Must Be The Adoption Of General Policy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 2

To maintain the wool industry on a sound footing, with the capacity to compete successfully with the manufacturers of artificial fibres, it is obvious that, since the selling price cannot be increased, the woolgrower is faced with the…

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The Potato Moth Causes Serious Losses To Farmers Destructive Insect Pest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 3

While there is more or less controversy regarding the origin of the potato moth, the bulk of the evidence would seem to justify the assumption that it is of American Origin, probably from South America…

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Important Factors in Increasing Our Flocks and Our Wool Clip. Feeding the Breeding Ewe, the Unborn Lamb, and the Lamb From Birth to Maturity

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 4

Theer is an old saying amongst stockmen that 'A lot of the breeding goes down the neck,' This applies more particularly to the unborn and…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 6

Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report on the 26th January :— Wool auctions which have been At the Brisbane selling centre…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 7

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd. report on January 31:— Wool sales were resumed in Sydney on the 31st January, when the…

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Quick Work When Sheep Was Stolen

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 2

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

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Politics and Wool Influence of the Former

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 8

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report on January 31st:— If wool production and trade were the sole controlling factors in the…

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Farmers in Arms Riots Are Talked Of

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: The farming industry in the United Kingdom is in such a perilous position that the farmers are…

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Butcher Is Fined for Ticks in Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 1

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

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Wool Industry Need For Reducing Costs Adoption of General Policy Advocated

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 4

To maintain the wool industry on a sound footing, with the capacity to compete successfully with the manufacturers of…

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Shocking Tragedy on Farm Woman Killed And Her Brother Also Attacked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: Miss Cons[?] Sommerlad 38 was found dead, and her brother Eric 25. was found seriously injured at…

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