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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 21 of 57

Pree Publications for Farmers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 4

More than 14,500 farmers applied last year for literature issued by the Department of Agriculture. Some 175,000 copies of pamphlets,…

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Wool Appraisements

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 8

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report on Friday, 19th April:— Our twentieth catalogue of the wool appraisement season was dealt…

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Wool Appraisements

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 8

The Country Producers' Selling Company, Ltd., report on Thursday of last week:— Apart from a series to held, this…

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Wheat Sack Warning

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 2

The Australian Wheat Board has advised wheat growers not to enter at present into any commitments regarding cornsacks for the next season…

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Record Wool Turnover the American Clip

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report on April 23rd:— The turnover at appraisement of ever 1,300,000 bales of wool on the…

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Charged With Theft Of Sheep Two Acquitted, Then Later Fined

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 1

GUNNING: After a lengthy hearing at the Police Court, sheep stealing charges against John William Smith and Baden Leslie…

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Nylon Is Crimped More Like Wool Than Before

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday: E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Inc., announces that it has taken out a patent covering the production and processing of…

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Rice Crop

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 4

An unofficial estimate suggests that the rice crop on the Murrambidgee irrigation areas this year will yield 40,000 tons If this forecast…

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Sub Clover Year Bounteous Growth May Never Occur Again Warning to Farmers Who Plan Growing

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 3

The year 1939 will be long remembered as a sub-clover year par excellence. An example of the phenomenal…

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Comparative Failure of Prune Crop

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 2

The annual report of the N.S.W. Dried Fruits Board for the period ended December 81 reveals that 681 tons of dried prunes were produced…

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Reminder to Farmers

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 2

Men on the land tp whom the police recently forwarded agricultural and pastoral return forms are reminded that only seven days are allowed in…

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When Farmers' Children Grow Up Land Might Not Be There!

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 4

"IF EROSION ADVANCES, there will be smaller families, for the simple reason that the land might not be there when the children grow up." Mr. C. Walkden Brown, Central West District…

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Substitutes for Wool Fears Expressed For Industry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday: The use of staple fibre as a substitute for wool is growing to such an extent that it is feared that it will…

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Charged with Theft of Sheep Two Acquitted, Then Later Fined

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 1

After a lengthy hearing at the Gunning Police Court, sheep stealing charges against John William Smith and Baden Leslie Smith were…

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District Dairy Office Closed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 4

Another blow at decentralisation was dealt by the removal from Goulburn at the week-end of the district branch of the…

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£12 Fine on Trespassing Sheep Charge

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 2

Stock Inspector Smith reported to the Young P.P. Board directors on Saturday that at Burrowa Police Court H. Roberts had been fined £12…

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Limiting Wheat Areas Conference At Canberra

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: A conference of the Ministers of Agriculture and other representatives from States and the Commonwealth to deal with…

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Outlook for Wool Position Is Now Stable

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 7

Winchcombe Carson Ltd, report: The grower with wool for disposal next season is safe in the knowledge that no slump in…

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Two Men Acquitted Sheep Stealing Charge Fined on Minor Count

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 4

Considerable interest centred in the case, heard in the Gunning Court of Petty Sessions last week, in which John William…

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From Everywhere Dairy Farmer's Loss

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 4

Mr. F. Wolloms, a Burragorang dairy farmer, lost 12 milk cows as a result of feeding them on a crop of Saccharine cane. Mrs. M. Carlon,…

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