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

Farming & the land, 1940

1,125 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 57

Sheep Stealing Charge Preferred

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 3

A sensation was caused in the Tallong district by the arrest during the week-end of a Tallong resident on suspicion of sheep stealing…

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British Stocks of Wool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., report: With purchases in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom…

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200 Bags Stolen Wheat Tipped On The Ground

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 5

DUBBO: A despicable theft has been reported in the Dubbo district, where thieves stole 200 wheat bags from a paddock, after tipping the…

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Oddments Of Wool What Do You Do With Them?

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 2

Have you ever thought of using up all left-over oddments of coloured wool, by making them into rainbow bright…

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Light Apple Crop This Year Hail And Frost Cause Damage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 7

Light crops of apples and pears may be expected from most of the inland areas in New South Wales. Frost, hall, dry weather,…

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Sheep and Wool Experts' Advice In Demand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 3

One definite influence in the improvement of sheep and wool in New South Wales is the work of experts attached to the…

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Sheep On The Farm Breed Prolificacy Important

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 3

There is a growing feeling amongst Australian farmers that sheep should have a permanent place on any farm on which conditions are suitable. The…

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Wheat and Donation Drive

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 1

Greenethorpe branch of the Red Cross Society is at present making a wheat and donation drive. It is hoped to raise a considerable sum in this…

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"Black Sheep in Every Fold" Criticism of Police Condemned

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 8

It is unfortunate, in many ways, that a section of the metropolitan Press is attempting to stir up public feeling against the N.S.W. police…

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Record By Dairy Shorthorn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 3

Cherry, Messrs. Wort and Way's dairy Shorthorn, holder of the world record for a year's milk yield, with 4164 gallons, has at last gone dry,…

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Cement Posts for Use on the Farm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 3

At a recent conference of farmers in South Australia the making of cement posts was described by Mr. E. J. Llewellyn,…

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Rescued by Mother Farmer Falls Into Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 4

A middle-aged farmer fell into an open fire after he had collapsed at his Rhyanna home, Yesterday…

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Light Apple Crops

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 2

A summay supplied by the Director of Marketing, Mr. A. A. Watson, in regard to prospects in important apple and pear growing districts…

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Sheep and Wool Progress Work of the Experts Lamb-raising Trials

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 1

One definite influence in the improvement of sheep and wool in New South Wales is the work of the experts attached to the Department of…

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Wool Market Appraisements This Week

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 4

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Limited report on 4/1/40: Although we as woolbrokers are precluded, under the terms by which the wool clip…

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Supplies Of Wool Prospects For Foreign Prices

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 1

Appraisements will be resumed in Sydney on Monday, and proceed continuously until March 14. During that period 528,000 bales are to be…

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Rainfall at Greenfield Farm

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 2

Mr. L. J. Leary forwards the following record of rainfall for the year ending 1939 at Greenfield Farm:— January 155 points, February 210,…

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License Farms? Wheat Acreage Restriction

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 1

Before embarking upon any plans for restriction of wheat acreage, the Commonwealth Government should obtain a definite statement from the…

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Braidwood Cattle for Victoria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 7

One of the largest lots of cattle that have left the Braidwood district in one mob for a number of years were mustered and sent away to…

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Two Counts Alleged Sheep Stealing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 1

Two counts of sheep stealing—the first preferred in Goulburn for some years—were included in the three charges…

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