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

Farming & the land, 1939

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Wool Clip Appraisements In Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 December 1939 · page 4

Approximately 12 Government appraisers this morning commenced their appraisement of 1000 bales of wool which forms…

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They Dumped The Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 1

Manildra wheatgrowers dumped several hundred bags of wheat in backyards round the town, when the manager of the silos. Mr. Fullerton,…

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Show Sheep 5 P.C. Increase In Entry Fees

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 4

Entry fees for all sheep nominated for Goulburn's 1940 Show were increased from five to 10 per cent of the…

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Defects In Wool How To Identify Kemp Fibres

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 3

Among the defects which should be avoided when selecting rams for mating is the presence of kemp fibres in the wool…

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Wool Report

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 18 December 1939 · page 6

The Farmers and Graziers' Cooperative Co., Ltd., reports on the 14th instant: Our appraisement catalogue No. 9, comprising 11,412…

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Crookwell Wool and Potatoes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 December 1939 · page 1

CROOKWELL: Although the year is not quite completed, over 17,000 bales of wool have been transhipped from Crookwell by rail to date, while…

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Sheep Blowfly Dressings Zinc Sulphate and Boric Acid Compounds

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 December 1939 · page 4

The ideal blowfly dressing should possess the following essentials:-- 1. Should be a stable compound…

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Show Matters Society's Wool Sold Aggregate Trophy for Spring Show

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 December 1939 · page 1

The attendance at last Friday night's meeting of the Show Committee was comparatively small. However, after a rather late…

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Junior Farmer Notes Boys Tour

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 December 1939 · page 6

Those to go on the tour of the South Coast Clubs which commences on Monday, 15th January, 1940, are Pierce Campbell, Clem…

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December Stock Sale Sheep Lower; Good Cattle Market

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 December 1939 · page 4

Messrs. Harold H. Bridge & Co. and H. James & Co. report having held their December stock sale on Friday last, the 15th inst. The…

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Mail Car Crashes Into Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 December 1939 · page 4

Four or five sheep were killed outright and 12 others were so badly maimed that they had to he destroyed when a mail…

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Bush Fire on "Mt. Murray" 2,000 Acres of Crop and Grass Land Burnt

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1939 · page 5

About 1 p.m. yesterday a fire started on Mrs G. B. Kendall's property, "Mount Murray," and spread rapidly to adjoining…

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Wool Appraisements

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 10

Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd. report on the 16th instant:— Our filial catalogue of the half year was dealt with by the…

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Wool Appraisements

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 10

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd., report on the 14th instant:— Our appraisement catalogue No…

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Wool Appraisements

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 3

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd. report on the 16th instant:— Included in our 9th wool appraisements catalogue were the…

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British Wool Stocks Crossbreds and Merinos

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report on the 9th instant:— With purchases in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United…

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Two Fires in Wheat Paddocks Damage At Lake Cargellico

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 5

LAKE CARGELLICO, Friday: Sparks from a tractor are believed to have started two fires in A. Regan's wheat paddocks yesterday…

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Farming Facts

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 1

A Tack on Taxes! In Kores tenant farmers are 96 per cent of the farming families, and they sometime pay up to 48 per cent, interest of…

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Fisheries and Oyster Farms Act, 1935-1938 Closure Notification

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 6

In pursuance of the provisions of section 18 of the Fisheries and Oyster Farms Acts, 1935-1938, the taking of fish by all methods other…

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Goulburn Fruit Crops

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 3

The district fruit, apples and pears, is about one-third of the normal crop. Apples and pears are sizing up fairly well, states the Fruit…

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