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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

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Wool Report

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 7
Also in Crookwell Gazette

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative co reports on the 26th January, 1940. Our Appraisement Catalogue No…

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Another Wool Rival Vinyon Is Latest On Scene

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 4

NEW YORK: The world's No. 1 rayon maker, vast, Biritish-owned American Viscose Corp., has admitted what the trade had recently…

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Wool Prices Effect Of American Demand Downward Trend

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 8

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. ,report:— downward variation has recently been experienced in wool prices in the United States…

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The Potato Crop State-wide Survey Prospects Encouraging

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 2

Generally speaking, conditions prevailing during the main planting period were quite satisfactory and the strike in most…

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Wheat Prices

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 4

The British Government has acceded to a request from the Australian Wheat Board that the price of the 1,500,000 tons of wheat sold to…

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Wool Report

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 7

The Farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative Co. reports on the 26/1/40: Our appraisement Catalogue No. 12, comprising 10,838 bales was…

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Storage of Wheat In Goulburn Railway District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 4

Figures supplied by the Railway Department show that up to Saturday last 5,468,540 bags of wheat had been received at the various…

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500 Sheep Wanted for Nothing by Monday Morning Or Cash Equivalent Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Shannon, of “Marilba,” Bowning, wants 500 sheep from district graziers for nothing by next Monday morning—not…

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Close Shave Two Young Men Got Out Of Fire by Half a Minute Tried to Muster Sheep on “ WEEBO”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 8

Messrs. Colin Williamson, of 83 Garage, and Frank Tate, of Laidlaw Street, North Yass, were in a tight corner on…

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Planting of Trees Riverina Young Farmer’s Work

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 4

One of the projects worked by junior farmers in the Riverina is tree planting. Since the clubs were established…

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Bushfires Take Terrific Toll on Inside Country More Than 70,000 Acres of Pasture Burnt Out Thousands of Sheep Believed to Have Perished Miles of Fencing Destroyed Yass District Suffers Second Big Knock in Two Years

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

About this time last year 100,000 acres of country burnt out on die other side of the Murrumbidgee and the stock losses were terrific. Last week-end the fire fiend got into the country this side of the ’Bidgee and cleaned up…

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10,000 Sheep Changed Hands Special Sheep Sale at Cootamundra

The Young Chronicle · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 6

Messrs. T. Williams and Co., in conjunction with the Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd., Sydney, held a successful sale in the…

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140 Sheep Smothered District Owners' Heavy Loss

The Young Chronicle · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2

A large number of sheep, forming part of a mob of about 1000, which had been placed in Young trucking yards on Tuesday night…

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Wheat and Oat Variety Trials Bordan, Waratah and Burke Head List in This District Value of Super. Well Illustrated

The Young Chronicle · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3

Cereal experiments conducted in various parts of the south-western slopes districts during 1939 resulted in Bordan wheat proving itself the best mid-season yielder and Waratah putting up the best performance among…

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Painting on Farms Treatment Of Galvanised Iron

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3

Under the heading of iron may be included roof iron, guttering, downpipes, tanks, and water pipes. In ball these instances the iron is galvanised…

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Wool Appraisements

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 1

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report: Included in our twelfth appraisement catalogue finalised on Tuesday were: A/c Roy Smith,…

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Storing of Wheat Criticism From Parkes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 4

SYDNEY. Monday: A meeting of the district farmers and businessmen held at Parkes under the auspices of the Wheat-growers' Union…

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Remarkable Response to Shannon-“tribune-courier” Appeal For Bookham “Battler” 347 Sheep in Hand; 5 Rams; and £29 in Cash Still Wanted — 153 Sheep By Next

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 2

The response to the appeal BY Mr. A. J. Shannon, of “Marilba”, on behalf of the Bookham “battler,” who was wiped out by…

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Experimental Farm for Potatoes Important Proposal From Crookwell Conference

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 3

CROOKWELL: Described by, one speaker as the wisest move they could make, the potato growers' conference held in the School of Arts on Thursday unanimously decided to seek the establishment of an experimental farm for the…

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