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

Farming & the land, 1899

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Wheat Sowing in Riverina

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 13 July 1899 · page 3

IT is reported from Albury that owing to the want of rain on the plants, many farmers who got wheat sown early have had to re-sow large areas. An enquiry shows…

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Dairying on the Richmond

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 13 July 1899 · page 2

SPEAKING to a Sunday Times reporter the other day Mr. O’Callighan, dairy expert, said that dairying was the salvation of the Northern rivers…

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Wheat

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 2

MR. H. R. Carter, wheat broker Sydney and Melbourne reports as follows. July 12th. Wheat is entirely unchanged, viz., 3s for good average quality with [?]d to 1d more for prime…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 2

A MEETING of the Committee of the Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Wednesday afternoon. Present—Mr. E. J. Allen, vice-president, in tho chair; Messrs. J. T[?]y,…

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Wool Sales. London, July 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day there was strong competition for merino and crossbreds, for which late prices were fully maintained…

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Wool Sales. London, July 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 2

At the wool sales to-day bidding was brisk. Low crossbreds are hardening…

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Farm & Garden Original Articles

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 1

No. 93. Buds (continued)--The Turio-- The. Bulb--Scales--Tunicated Bulb-- Solid Bulb's--Tubercles--Bulbils--Sporules--Difference between seeds and sporules--…

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The Crops. London, July 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 2

The "Times" says that the yields of all field crops, except hops, are considerably below those of 1898. Wheat is 95 8 per cent. of the average crop…

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Australian Butter

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 17 July 1899 · page 2

REVIEWING the season’s operations in Australian butter, the trade circular published by Weddel and Co., the well-known dealers in Australian produce, declares…

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The Real Value of Crop Rotation

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 17 July 1899 · page 2

“A RARE soil, writes Mr. G. W. McCluer in the American Agriculturist, must sooner or later become a barren soil, even without the removal of crops. This comes as a…

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London Wool Sales. London, July 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day all descriptions were firm. There was strong competition among home buyers. July 16. The wool sales have closed. The total quantity…

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London Wool Sales. London July 14

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 2

At the London-Colonial wool sales today prices for all classes were firm at last quoted rates. There was a strong all-round competition amoungst buyes…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. the Proposed Co-operation

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 2

A meeting under the auspices of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales, winch was in some respects a preliminary to the annual…

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Market In China for Our Surplus Wheat

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 2

THE Hon. the Minister for Lands (Mr. J. H. Carruthers) has received; through the Under Secretary for Lands, the following interesting I report from Mr. Fred. Poate, District Surveyor…

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Wool Values. To the Editor Yaw Tribune

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 20 July 1899 · page 2

THE price for wool is and has been for the past season most satisfactory, and a number of those who ‘go off at half cock,’ predict its keeping up its present value for…

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Australian Butter

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 4

REVIEWING the season's operations in Australian butter, the trade circular published by Weddel and Co., the well known dealers in Australian produce,…

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Wheat

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 4

MR. H. R. Carter, wheat broker Sydney and Melbourne reports as follows July 19th. Wheat is slightly weaker, over 3s being unobtainable for they best and 2s 11d in…

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Farm & Garden. Original Articles

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 2

No. 94. The Flower Garden (continued) -- Beds -- Borders -- Soil -- Annuals -- Time of Sowing -- Weeding and Watering -- Perennial Flowers -- Preserving…

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The Dairying Industry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 4

Mr. O'Callaghan, in a report to the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Cook, says a number of factories in the South Coast district have creeted capable pasteurising…

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Wool Sales

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 27 July 1899 · page 2

AT the opening wool sale of the season held in Sydney on Tuesday 1768 bales [?]te catalogued. sales including private transactions aggregating 4359 bales…

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