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

Farming & the land, 1948

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Income Tax Returns Farmers’ Depreciation Statement

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 4

An example of a depreciation statement, such as a farmer or grazier, should attach to his annual income tax return, is shown below: This specimen statement has been supplied by…

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Boorowa Special Sheep and Cattle Sale

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 2

Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd., in conjunction with W. M. Dwyer and Co., report having conducted a successful Special Sheep and Cattle Sale at…

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Wheat Lorries

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 5

Heavily laden wheat lorries, many of them ex-Army vehicles, continue to lumber through Bathurst on their way to the…

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Kenyu Pastoral Company Fined £25

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 6

Arthur Brady stated that after the last Court hearing be had advertised for men, but had not got any response, the only man he obtained…

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Grower Control of Wheat Handling

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 2

Producer ownership of all wheat recieving facilities on a co-operative basis Swill be invests gated by the Farmers and Settlers…

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Ballot on Federal Wheat Plan

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 1

State Cabinet has authorised Minister for Agriculture (Mr. graham) to take a ballot of N. S. W. wheat famer's to see if they approve…

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New Pastoral Award To Start August 30 Some Claims Referred To Full Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY. Mr. J. R. Donovan, Federal conciliation Commissioner, today announced a new award covering the pastoral industry. Approximately 50,000 pastoral workers are affected by the award,…

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Wheat-growing Position in District Is Satisfactory Rain Needed on South-west Slopes

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 4

As yet, conditions for wheat growing in the district have been fairly favourable, giving satisfactory results in the field, but rain…

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Boorowa Pastoral Company Fined £25 Inadequate Steps to Destroy Rabbits on Area Which Is Now Soldier Settlement Hovell's Creek Case Dismissed; Defendant to Pay Costs

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 3

ADJOURNED SIX WEEKS EARLIER TO GIVE INSPECTOR G. BELL AN ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT FURTHER REPORTS, ON WHICH MR. FINLAY. S M., SAID HE WOULD BASE THE PENALITIES, TWO CASES, IN WHICH A BOOROWA COMPANY AND A HOVELL'S CREEK RESIDENT WERE CHARGED An unfavourable report was given by Mr. Sell fn regard to the Boorowa property, and defendants, who had previous! been before the Court on a similar charge, were fined £25, plus £6/11/- costs. Mr. Bell said concerning the Hoveil's Creek case, that there was evidence…

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Race Club Made £450 From Oat Crop

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 4

Oats and racehorses are synonymous terms, but Berrigan Race Club has made a different (and decidedly profitable) use of oats. Some months…

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Wool Away

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 August 1948 · page 3

Shearing time is round again and the golden fleece has started coming into town on its long journey, to other parts of the…

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Plague Of Mice And Rats Reported In Wheat

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 23 August 1948 · page 3

Because of the worst mice and rat plague since 1918, desperate measures have been adopted at Illabo to salvage wheat and oats stacked at the siding. Mr. George McLean, who is in…

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Wool Stocks and Prices Outlook To-day Promising

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 1

Winchcombe Carsor. Ltd. report:— Feelings of confidence prevail regarding demand and values at the opening wool auctions of the season in Sydney on August 30. Growers, whose product was sold. in September, 1947, and will be offering in September, 1948, will…

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Britain Is Australia's Best Wool Customer General Prospects Are Favourable

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 8

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Great Britain was easily Australia's largest customer for wool during the east season and is likely to retain that position. Australian exports to the United kingdom were 1,218,33 bales, being 322,289 bales more than 12…

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Refresher Courses For Ex-Servicemen At Yanco Experiment Farm

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 7

The following short agricultural refresher courses for ex-servicemen hare been arranged at Yanco Experiment Farm for the balance of the current…

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Wool Means Food to Britain

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 2

One square yard of British woollen or worsted cloth has a value sufficient to buy 5 lb. of butter from Canada, 11½lb. of…

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Reclaimed Swamps 16 Sheep To The Acre For Whole Year

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 2

During 1931 seventy acres of Woods point Estate near Marry Bridge carried an average of 16 sheep per acre for the whole year under the supervivsion of the estate manager (Mr. P. J. Bally) and of the Waite Institute C.S.I.R…

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False Teeth for Sheep Invention Will Double Normal life Of Stock

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 7

You couldn't imagine any of Boorowa's sheep men driving a dozen of their best ewes down Boorowa streets to our competent…

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No Real Damage to Wheat Stacks by Rats and Mice

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 2

Interviewed today, the District Agronomist, Mr. F. Autrey Hall, stated that the rat and mice plagues, reported to be increasing in…

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You Can't Say "No" to a Starving Child "Couldn't Have Come at a Better Time" Rain Will Assure Excellent Spring Growth In Crops

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 1

"This rain couldn't have come at a better time," said a local stock and station agent, when interviewed this morning…

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