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

Farming & the land, 1897

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Imported American Butter

Goulburn Herald · Friday 20 August 1897 · page 2

MR. EDITOR,—Permit me to draw the attention of your many readers to the imports of butter. This time we have recently imported a shipment of over 2000 cases from America…

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The American Wheat Harvest

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 August 1897 · page 3

Immense quantities of wheat for shipment tu Europe are blocking the railways in the United States. An enormous number of British vassels are engaged in…

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Merrilla & Mummel Farmers' Association

Goulburn Herald · Friday 20 August 1897 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Merrilla and pummel Farmers' Association will be held at the old schoolhouse, Merilla, on Saturday, 28th instant at 3 p.m. Business—adoption…

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A Bounty on Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 4

THE Americans are considering a project which, if carried out, will probably sweep away the remains of English agricultural rental. According to the Outlook, a sober…

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A Cattle Steamer in a Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 4

THE steamer Alagonia, which left Sydney recently for Western Australia, encountered frightful weather off Breaksea on the 12th instant. She was carrying on deck a mob of cattle and a lot of sheep, besides…

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Manitoba Wheat in Goulburn District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 4

IN view of the highly important recommendation made by Dr. N. A. Cobb, Government pathologist concerning the cultivation of Manitoba wheat, which he says possesses many advantages over the varieties…

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Imported American Butter. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 4

SIR,—Permit me to draw the attention of your many readers to the imports of butter. This time we have recently imported a shipment of over 2000 cases from America. It is the first importation we have…

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The American Wheat Crop. London, Aug. 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 August 1897 · page 2

The excitement in American wheat continues. The crop of Nebraska will yield 16½ million dollars above that of 1896…

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The American Wheat Crop. London, Aug. 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 August 1897 · page 4

The reported damage recently done to the spring crops in the western and north-western States of the Union has caused wild speculation in Philadelphia and Chicago. Sales of wheat have been made at over…

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N.S.W. Farmers and Settlers' Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 August 1897 · page 3

THE following circular has been issued:— Temora, August 17, 1897. Dear Sir,—If your Union has not already appointed delegates to the Annual Conference to be held at…

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Yass Farmers' Market

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 August 1897 · page 2

Messrs. Barber and McCauley's report for the week shows little decline in prices. All lines maintained their values well and a good demand has set in for seed potatoes. The…

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The Wheat Market. London, Aug. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 August 1897 · page 4

There is a general rise of 2s 6d quarter in the price of wheat at Mark-lane, making an advance of from 5s to 6s for the week. Reports from Paris state that the price per pound…

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The Wheat Markets. London, Aug, 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 August 1897 · page 2

The price of flour has been raised 2s 6d per sack in the country markets of Britain. Dread is 6d per 41b. loaf. There is great excitement in the American grain…

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A Profitable Dairy Herd

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 August 1897 · page 4

A PROFIT of a thousand a year on 55 cows is the kind of return which makes the dairy farmer anxious to know how it is done. This was shown at a meeting of the Farmers' Institute in Canada recently,…

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Hard Duluth Wheat

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 2

The "Bathurst Free Press" makes reference to an American wheat which has been introduced into that district, and known as "Hard Duluth." This wheat is said to possess…

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The Wheat Markets

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 3

Reports from New York state that the damage recently done to the spring crops in the western and north-western States of the Union has caused wild speculation…

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High Class Sheep for Yass District. 100 Guinea Ram--40 Guinea Ewe

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 2

MR. C. C. Hall, of Yeumburrah, Yass, has just returned from Sydney after purchasing two pure bred imported Vermont sheep; a ram at 100 guineas, and a ewe at 40 guineas. It…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 6

THE Union and Gypsum Fruit Associations, America, have made co-operative fruit marketing a success. Six, years ago the former association erected a central packing house…

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Mr. A. Orr's Butter Process

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 2

THE Warwick (Queensland) Argus of August 10 says:—The secretary of the Eastern Downs Society yesterday forwarded to Brisbane for exhibition at Bowen Park this week a box of butter preserved by…

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The Wheat Markets. London, Aug. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 4

In Mark Lane to-day wheat fell is per quarter. The visible supply of American wheat, according to " Bradstreet's," is 22,168,000 bushels, as against 22,245,000 bushels last week and 57,700,000 bushels…

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