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

Farming & the land, 1942

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Wool and Wheat Riverina Production

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 June 1942 · page 1

It is estimated that in the Riverina for the 19-12-1943 season there will be a decline in wool and wheat production…

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Attacks on Sheep Stray Dogs Blamed

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 June 1942 · page 1

Farmers living near Leeton are complaining that stray dogs are taking heavy toll of their sheep, and it is said that last month 100 sheep…

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Price of Wool Reply to Ministers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 June 1942 · page 4

Referring to criticisms, made by the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) and the Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) of his comments on the…

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Rationing of Woollens Aged Sheep And Big Flocks

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Australia awaits the rationing coupons for woollens and other clothes…

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CO-OPERATION British Farmers' Effort

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 1

Co-operative societies which engaged in farming operations in Great Britain grew produce to the value of £1,249,234 in 1940…

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German Farmers Nazi Rule Enforced

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 2

Australian farmers are apt to grumble at times of State and Federal supervision and interference. It is interesting to note from an article in the "Country…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, June 5.--Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report:-- Our catalogue in Sydney appraisement No. 78 was finalised Friday last…

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Barley Grain For Cattle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 6

Grinding or rolling pays when feeding cattle with barley grain. Experiments have indicated that, in a ration for dairy cattle, all cereal…

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Sheep Fly Mules Operation

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 6

As most sheepowners are now aware the Mules operation consists of the surgical removal of breech wrinkles from the sheep…

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Vegetable Weevils and Cut Worms: Serious Menace to Vegetable Crops

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 7

Entomologists of the Department of Agriculture consider that spring sewings of vegetables will be very severely damaged by the brown…

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Farm Labor and Military Service

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 5

It may not be generally known that it is possible, in certain circumstances to obtain release from military…

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Dairy Utensils Five-Point Routine

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 6

Unclean dairy utensils are probably the most common cause of cream contamination in washing and sterillsing them the best results are obtained when…

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Forbes Sheep Sale Prime Grown Sheep 1- To 2- Dearer

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 3

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

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Originator of Wheat Scheme

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 3

Mr. H. S. Roberton, better known to many as "Peter Snodgrass," now serving with the forces is in Cowra camp…

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Minister Defends Wheat Scheme Answers "Malicious" Attack

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 3

The Minister for Commerce, Mr. Scully, recently described as "malicious and untrue" statements made at a meeting of the…

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2- As First Payment Wheat Over 3,000 Bushels

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 3

A payment of 2- a bushel as a first payment, to be made on realisation, on all wheat over 3,000 bushels is planned…

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"Wheat Steal" on No. 5 POOL Constitutional Lawyer May Be Consulted

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 2

Narromine branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association will bring a motion before the District Council meeting of the Association at Dubbo…

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New Wheat Plan Attacked by Premier of Victoria "Unsound And Unjust"

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 3

Criticising the Federal Government's new wheat, scheme, the Premier of Victoria (Mr. Dunstan) said it was not new and had…

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U.S.A. Uses More Wool New Basis of World Values

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The zone system of shearing in New South Wales has compelled some growers to shear…

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Sheep Licks

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 4

Mr. Max Henry, Chief of the Division of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture points out that the experimental work in…

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