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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 2 of 57

Wheat Silos Are Costly

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 2

At a meeting of farmers held at Cowra on Saturday, the Minister for Agriculture, Mayor A. D. Reid, informed Mr. R. H. Herbert (Eugowra) that…

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War and Wool Possible Trade Changes

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

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: War-time conditions produce trading problems in all countries, but particularly for…

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Wheat Agents' Allowances Nearly 2½d Per Bus. IN N.S.W.

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 3

The allowances to be paid to licensed receivers of wheat and country agents working in conjunction with the Australian Wheat…

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Farmers' Aid Triumph

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 8

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, British Minister of Agriculture, in a recent message to farmers, says they must produce from…

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Grenfell Farmer Killed

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 2

J. H. Parker, a Grenfell farmer, was killed on Friday night when the car in[?] which he was travelling crashed into a tree about 18 miles from…

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Farmers Should Be on Their Guard

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 2

A gang is stealing wheat bags and selling them to western farmers at £1 a dozen. Wheat was recently emptied from about 200 bags stacked near the…

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Better Silo Accommodation Cowra Farmers' Demand

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, Major A. D. Reid, is to be asked to increase the wheat silo accommodation over the entire State by…

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Fall From Horse Proves Fatal Popular Farmer's Death

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 2

Mr. Patrick Joseph Edward Joyce died, in the Sacred Heart Hospital last night from the head injuries he sustained when thrown from a horse…

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Wool Appraisement Reports

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 6

Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby, Ltd., report: SYDNEY. January 4.--Although we as woolbrokers are precluded, under…

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Bulk Wheat No Stacks For District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 1

A proposal to store bulk wheat at different points in the Goulburn district on a scale similar to that witnessed…

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Dairy Produce Board Nominations Close March 15 Present Board's Term Ends April

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 3

The period for which the representatives at present on the Australian Dairy Produce Board were elected will expire on the…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing Tallong Farmer Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

Ten sheep allegedly stolen from Ballanga, near Tallong, on or about November 4, were mentioned in the Goulburn Police…

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Wheat "Crop" Grows in Motor Car

The Young Chronicle · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 7

Nature worked with a lavish hand In the wheat belt during the past year, but even Ripley would doubt that wheat would grow in motor cars…

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Wool Report

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co., Ltd, reports on the tenth instant. Our Appraisement Catalogue No. 10 comprising 12,638…

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CORRIEDALES Dual-Purpose Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 3

One of the effects of the depression years in Australia was the adoption by pastoralists of more advanced practices of annual husbandry. As a…

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Sale of Seed Wheat

The Young Chronicle · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

For the benefit and guidance of farmers wishing to dispose of seed wheat, Mr. Tom Collins, M.H.R., has supplied the "Chronicle" with the…

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Big Wheat And Flour Contract

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Friday: The Minister for Commerce, Senator McLeay, announced last night that the British Government had accepted the…

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Local and General Wheat Carting Over

The Young Chronicle · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

Wheat carting has almost finished at Greenethorpe. Everybody now wants rain…

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Wheat for Britain Huge Deal Completed

The Young Chronicle · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

The Minister for Commerce, Senator McLeay, announced in Adelaide last night that the British Government had accepted the Australian Wheat…

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Wheat Storage Problem Dissatisfaction Is Expressed In The West

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 3

At a meeting of farmers called by the Cowra branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, the Minister for…

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