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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 34 of 57

Wool Examination Success of Crookwell Students Honours for Two

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 July 1940 · page 2

Results of the Second Year Sheep and Wool Certificates Examination, conducted in Sydney recently by the Sydney Technical…

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Dubbo's Prosperity Its Wool Carbonising Industry Example for Crookwell

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 July 1940 · page 6

Dubbo's example is one that might well be emulated by Crookwell, considers "Country Subscriber," who has submitted a…

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Junior Land Army Kyogle Innovation Boys for Farm Work

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 July 1940 · page 6

A land army has been formed at Kyogle, in the North Coast dairying country, consisting of boys, who will do work on farms where sons…

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JUNIOR Farmers' Notes Third Creek Club

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 July 1940 · page 6

A VERY interesting day was spent at Mr. Lund's "Weedalga" property when several juniors were allowed to judge, first,…

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Show Sheep Were Not "Clean"

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 July 1940 · page 1

Stud sheep sent from the Goulburn district to the recent Sydney Sheep Show were found by a departmental officer to be…

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Wool Appraisements

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 July 1940 · page 8

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report on July 18th:— Apart from the usual routine work attendant to finalising a…

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Wool Appraisements

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 July 1940 · page 7

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd., report on 25th July:— Appraisements for the 1940-41 Australian wool season are scheduled…

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Wool Appraisements

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 July 1940 · page 8

Pitt, Son & Badgery L/td. report on the 19th instant:—The next event of importance in the local wool market will be the…

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Australia's Wheat Position

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 July 1940 · page 5

Sales of Australian wheat to July 15 totalling 118,000,000 bushels to which may be reasonably added anticipated sales for local consumption…

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Wheat Acquisition Regulations

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 July 1940 · page 1

The Contracts Review Tribunal has been appointed to investigate cases of hardship arising from the cancellation of contracts for wheat which…

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Wool Supplies and Consumers

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 July 1940 · page 8

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report on the 23rd instant:—In Australia, those interested in wool are anxious to see a steady flow…

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Dairy Farming Methods That Make For Success

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 July 1940 · page 3

Some sound hints on dairying practice were given by Mr. F. W. Hancock a dairy farmer in the far South Coast district, in a…

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Farming Facts Water Water Everywhere!

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 July 1940 · page 6

During a recent week-end it was estimated that 200,000 million tons of water fell over Australia in rainfall. It looks a lot in gallows—…

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Foot Lice in Sheep Difficult to Control

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 July 1940 · page 3

During the past few years reports from officers of the Stock Department have indicated that infestation of sheep with foot lice is more…

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Farmer’s Cutlasses Strange British War Export

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 July 1940 · page 3

A curious type of agricultural “armament” which has never been seen on an English farm has been made in a British steel factory for…

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Dance at Willow Farm

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 July 1940 · page 2

The patriotic dance at Willow Farm, to be held on August 2, will also include a euchre party for which good trophies have been…

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Dragged by Plough Farmer’s Fatal Accident

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

At the inquest into the death of Frederick Albert Jennings, who died in the Leeton Hospital as the result of injuries received when he was…

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Disease Takes Heavy Toll 300 Sheep Lost Pinkeye and Worm Infestation

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 30 July 1940 · page 4

Heavy mortality that pinkeye and worm infestation had caused in a mob of sheep that were being taken from Cootamundra to…

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156Ib. SHEEP

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 3

A sheep disposed of at the Blayney stock sales recently probably constitutes a record for the district. It was a three-year-old crossbred…

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Wheat Storage

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 1

Figures made available by the Railway Department show that to Saturday last 5,897,460 bags of wheat had been received at the…

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