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

Farming & the land, 1942

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Dairy Farm Pasture Needs Of Cows

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 6

Milking cows require rich, palatable feed. Grasses, therefore, should be fed off when short, as it is the leaf or blade which is…

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Same Old Story Doesn't Hold Good Going to See Wool Sold

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 3

(Many district graziers have made it the excuse to go to Sydney to "see their wool appraised," just as they used to do in the good old…

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Tick Fever on the Increase All Dairying Districts Endangered

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 4

In the last five years the number of outbreaks of tick fever (redwater) in New South Wales has progressively increased and the…

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New Chief Dairy Instructor

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture and Forests (Captain the Hon. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A.), has announced that Mr. George McGillivray has been…

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Champion Crop Yields 15 Bags Per Acre

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 2

The wheat crop, grown by Messrs. Downes and Boulding, which won the recent Wheat Crop Competition and Championship, stripped even better…

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Wool

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report: Wool appraisements were resumed in Sydney last week and operations will be continuous from this out…

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Wool Review America And Prices

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Action by the American authorities in placing a maximum limit at which wool can be sold in the States has…

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City Council Sewerage Farm Leases

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 1

Alderman A. Goodhew has given notice that at Thursday night's meeting of the Goulburn City Council he will move the following motions…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 4

THE Farmers & Graziers Cooperative Co. reports on the 15th inst.: We submitted our…

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Farmer's 1/ Profit

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 6

Mr. McAndrew, of West Cambewarra, Nowra district, sent six dozen eggs to the Egg Board for disposal. The consignment averaged 10d per…

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KILL 500,000 Sheep at Forbes Meat-Works to Re-open

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 3

It is estimated that 500,000 sheep will be slaughtered at the Daroobalgic meat-works, Forbes, during the coming season…

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Cropping Position for the Coming Season Mr. Scully's Statement

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce, the Hon. W. J. Scully, announced that he desired to inform the wheatgrowers of Australia of the cropping…

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Doing a Wonderful Job on the Farm Farmers' Womenfolk

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 3

I take off my hat to the women of the farms of this State. For months they have been doing work equally as arduous as their…

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Wool Appraisements

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 8

PITT,-SON & BADGERY LTD. report on the 16th instant:-There is still a substantial holding of wool in store awaiting…

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Sheep Care "Facial Eczema" Treatment

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 5

Facial eczema so-called (it is not actually an eczema and it occurs on parts of the body other than the face) is one of…

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America and Wool Prices Supplies for Russia

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 6

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON LTD. report on January 20th:- Action by the American authorities in placing a maximum limit at…

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Daylight Saving Dairy Farmers' Long Hours

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 1

When the question of daylight saving came before the Moss Vale show committee before the Act was introduced, Mr. H. J. Bryen, manager of…

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Good Silage When to Cut Crops

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 8

To produce good silage for dairy rows the crop should be cut when it contains the maximum food nutrients and is in the best condition…

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Dairy Utensils

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 8

Cloths should never be used for washing dairy utensils-a clean scrubbing brush should be employed, the brush being allowed to…

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Tomato Mite Treatment Of Crops

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 6

Tomato mites are extremely small and only become visible on the foliage under magnification. Consequently their presence in…

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