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

Farming & the land, 1942

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Silage for Sheep

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 4

When feeding silage to sheep, it need only be thrown over a clean piece of ground, but it should be well spread out. It is better to get a good deal out every…

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Cereal Ration for Sheep Needs Addition Of Lime

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 7

A ration consisting mainly of cereals and their by-products is inadequate for sheep feeding. In an experiment carried out by the…

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The Potato Crop Yield Prospects Under Review Outlook Not Bright

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 7

Mainly dry and unfavourable weather has prevailed since date of last report (February 18th). Although fair rains were received in a number…

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The Qualify Of Eggs Why Farmers Complain

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 6

Many farmers in country districts who send eggs to the Egg Marketing Board's Depots, complain of the grading down of their products and…

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Fruit Crops A.C.T. Returns Small

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA: Fruit returns from commercial orchards in the A.C.T. have not been satisfactory this season , according to Mr. J. Morrow, inspector of Lands,…

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Wheat Figures

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 1

During the week ended April 11 no bags of wheat were received at stations in the Goulburn district. The total number of bags received for the…

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Wool Appraisement

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson and Co., Ltd., report that 3859 bales of wool were appraised at their Sydney catalogue on Wednesday…

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"WRONG" Wheat Restriction

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 2

There is a strong body of opinion that opposes compulsory restriction of wheat production, on the ground that Australia is likely…

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12,000 Sheep Yarded at Forbes Sustained Competition

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 3

Edward Weaver and Company (Forbes) and the Farmers and Graziers' Co-op., Ltd. (Sydney), auctioneers in conjunction, report that they…

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"Farmerettes"

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 2

Mrs. Roosevelt has coined a new word -- "farmerettes." Farmerettes are women farm workers in the U.S.A. -- members of the…

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Too Much Barley Farmers Should Limit Areas

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 3

A warning to barley-growers that they should voluntarily restrict the acreages sown this season was issued on Tuesday night…

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Fertilisers and the Farmer Wartime Problems

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 3

The important part fertilisers play in modern agriculture is disclosed by international reports just to hand…

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Dingoes and Sheep

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 5

At the meeting of the Cooma P.P. Board, the chairman, Mr. A. R. Moore, said that a man front Brindabella told him that dingoes were scarcer there…

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Wool Appraisement

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 6

THE COUNTRY PRODUCERS' SELLING CO. LTD. report on the 9th April:— It is estimated that,…

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Wool Appraisements

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 4

The FARMERS & GRAZIERS' CO-OP. CO. LTD. reports on the 9th instant:— We submitted our appraisement…

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Pastoral Country Agistment Is Reported Scarce

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Except in northern New England and the northern rivers, pastoral conditions are still unsatisfactory in New South…

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Wheat Stabilisation Arrangements for Coming Season

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 5

The Minister for Commerce, the Hon. W. J. Scully announced that the Wheat Stablization Board had considered the action necessary…

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Wool Clip Increase

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Arrivals of wool from the country in Australia to date this reason show a small increase compared with a year previously, a fact that…

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Electricity for Farmers Cheapening Costs

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 1

Mr. F. J. Cahill, M.L.A., who is a member of a Caucus Committee which is co-operating with the Minister for Public Works in an endeavour to…

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Wool Report

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 17th inst.: We submitted our Appraisement…

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