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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 15 of 57

Young Sets Bad Example Wool Classes Poorly Supported Position Causing Concern

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 1

Unless better support is accorded the sheep and wool classes conducted at Young by the technical branch of…

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Face Ruin Potato Crops Start To Wither

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 1

CROOKWELL: Only a miracle can save the potato crops in the Crookwell district from ruin, according to Mr. W…

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From Farm Boy to Wealthy Man "Hard Work and Hard Saving" Secret of Mr. G.S. Whiteman's Success

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 1

"'Hard work and hard saving' is Mr. Whiteman's recipe for success," says a writer in the Farmer and Settler journal in a paragraph…

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Cattle Exhibitor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 7

Mrs. Anthony Hordens, of "Milton Park." Bowral, who was the most successful competitor in the Poll. Hereford section, with the judge, Mr.J..Sparks, of "Linley," Dalby. Queensland…

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Record Wool Turnover Central Advantages

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— The appraisement of 2.750,000 bales of wool in Australia during March 15 constitutes a…

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Hand-feeding Sheep Some Important Points When to Start

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 8

When a dry spell occurs it is important not to wait until the sheep have lost condition and strength before starting to…

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Sheep Classing for Bigger Profits Faulty Types Should Be Culled

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 8

However small the flock, it pays to class it periodically. The best time to class Is just before shearing, as the sheep are then…

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Wool Reports Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 8

SYDNEY, March 15. -- After six months of the most strenuous efforts put forward in any wool selling season the, end of the wool appraisement…

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The Diary of a Girl Junior Farmer In Leadership Camp Community Life at "Illyria"

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 3

During the week of January 4th to 11th, the first leadership camp for girl junior farmers ever to be held in New South Wales was…

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Junior Jottings Topics of To-day for Farmers of To-morrow

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 4

A District Council meeting will be held in April and the District Supervisor (Mr. A. J. Chalmers) will be present…

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Minister's Action Praised by Farmers

The Young Chronicle · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 1

Appreciation of the efforts of the Minister for Agriculture, Major A. D. Reid, in providing cornsacks for the current season was expressed by…

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Control of Sheep Tick

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 8

At times various loopholes for failure to satisfactorily deal with sheep tick have been shown to exist A further one has now come to…

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Record Wool Turnover Control Advantages

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 8

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report on March 19th:— The appraisement of 2,750,000 bales of wool in Australia during the…

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Lucerne for Sheep Grazing Four Important Points in Management

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 1

Flour cardinal points must be observed to secure the best results from grazing lucerne:— 1. Paddocks should be subdivided…

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Our Industries. a Romance in Hats. Australians Revolutionise an Industry New Market for Wool and Rabbit-fur

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 4

(Article No. 2.) How a young man's curiosity to see how things were made led to the establishment of the Empire's biggest hat factory—and, incidentally, opened up new avenues for the wool-growers of Australia—…

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Farming Facts

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 8

CAN IT! There seems to be tremendous scope for fruit juice canning here. Eighty million gallons of canned fruit juice, and 50 million…

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Wool and Stock Stability And Drought

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— Usually, in time of droughty conditions, stock values decline because of the sparsity of…

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Stud Cattle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 1

Private clearances of stud cattle at the Royal Show included the sale of Hay Bros.' (Narrabri) Hereford bull Bexley Taurus, to A. E. Hallman, of…

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New Process Unshrinkable Wool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 6

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has just issued as its Pamphlet No. 91 a report outlining the results to laboratory…

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Shooting In Queensland Farmer Charged With Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday: Gustav August Martin, 52, farmer, has been charged with the murder of his wife and son Walter, aged…

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