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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 32 of 57

The Wool Cheque Pastoral Revenue Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 July 1940 · page 5

Wool has certainly provided a welcome increase to Australia's natonal income during the past season. The amount of money…

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Wool Cheque Worth Of Clip To Nation

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 July 1940 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Wool has certainly provided a welcome increase to Australia's national income during…

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By His Home Shall Ye Know Him the Good Farmer

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 July 1940 · page 8

His observations had inclined him to agree that you could tell a good farmer by the appearance of the home in which he lived,…

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Patriotic Sheep Drive

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 July 1940 · page 4

The patriotic sheep drive instituted by Constable C. Murray and Constable A. Beasley has succeeded beyond expectations and they have now…

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Sheep Skin Glut

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 July 1940 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday: Prices of all sheep and lambs sold by auction at the Flemington saleyards during the past two or three weeks have shown…

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Sydney Sheep Show Plans for 1941

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1940 · page 3

A proposal that no Sydney sheep show be held in 1941 was defeated by 35 votes to 11 at the annual meeting of the N.S.W…

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State's Wheat Sowing 2.7 Per Cent. Drop in Acreage

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1940 · page 3

This season's wheat sowing in New South Wales is expected to be about 4,500,000 acres. This estimate has been made by the…

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The Wool Cheque Pastoral Revue

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report on 9th instant:—Wool has certainly provided a welcome increase to Australia's National…

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Wool Appraisements

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 8

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd. report on July 5th:—The wool season which closed last week end stands out as a record year…

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Wool Appraisements

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 8

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report on the 4th instant:—It will be of great interest to growers to know that in a statement…

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Drover-fined Sheep Did Not Travel Regulations Distance

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 1

A fine of 68, with 8/- costs, in default 17 days imprisonment, was [?] on Leo Dunley, a drover, at the [?] Police Court, the…

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Goulburn Wool Clip Survey Of The Year

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 3

In common with practically every district in New South Wales the 1939-40 season wool cup showed substantial improvement on its…

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Pasture Improvement Secret Of Dairy Farmer's Success

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 7

Discussing at a recent conference of farmers the methods by which he had increased his gross returns per year for cream supplied to the local…

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£65,096,483 Wool Cheque. Third Best Ever Received Efficient Organisation

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 5

Australia's wool cheque for the 1959-40 season is now estimated to total £55,096,483. This is one of the largest ever received…

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Farming Facts

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 8

DOING THEIR BIT! We have been told that a flock of 100 fowls will produce four tons of manure in a year. One ton of poultry…

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Record in Dryness for District Crop Position Is Serious

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 6

The month of June has set another-record in dryness for the district. Only 26 points of rain were recorded at Cowra for the month…

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Sewerage Farm Irrigation Plan

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 July 1940 · page 2

Technical difficulties confronting the City Engineer in relation to the disposal of water from the sewerage treatment…

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Europe's Small Wheat Crop

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 July 1940 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday: (A.A.P.) The United States Department of Agriculture states that on the basis of the meagre advices available, the…

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Gunning Sheep Drive

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 July 1940 · page 5

GUNNING: A sheep drive in aid of the Gunning Patriotic and Welfare Fund, now being organised by Messrs. C. L. Murray and H. A. Beasley, has…

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Farmer's Debt Court Order Made

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 July 1940 · page 1

At the Goulburn Small Debts Court yesterday, Walter, Jonathan Brown, a Carrick poultry farmer, was ordered to pay a judgment…

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