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

Farming & the land, 1899

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Merino and Crossbred Wool

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 18 December 1899 · page 3

IN his official report for the present year, Mr. Alex. Bruce, Chief Inspector of Stock, draws attention to the rumor that owing to the rise in the price of merino wool, it…

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The Season’s Crops

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 18 December 1899 · page 2

THE area of land under all crops this year is 2,348,00 acres, being an increase of 144,000 acres, or 6.5 per cent. as compared with the area cultivated last year. Though…

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Fattening Sheep for Freezing

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 December 1899 · page 4

"Mr. W. E. Abbott of Wingen," reports the Singleton correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, "has been endeavouring to persuade the 'farmers…

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Yass District Wool

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 21 December 1899 · page 2

ON Monday last Mr. F. C, Mackintosh received a telegram from the wool-selling firm he represents, stating that Mr. J. A Love’s Bookham clip had realised as…

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The Wheat Market. London, Dec. 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 December 1899 · page 4

A cargo of 15,000 quarters of Australian wheat, new crop, to be shipped in January, has been sold at 28s 3d per quarter. While sinking a tank at the new Police Court…

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Yass District Wool. a Record Price

The Yass Courier · Friday 22 December 1899 · page 2

WE wore shown a telegram on Wednesday afternoon, from Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Company, which stated that the Bookham fleece, (Mr. J…

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Wheat

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 23 December 1899 · page 4

Me. H. R. Carted, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports as follows Dec. 19th. Wheat has continued steady during the…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1899 · page 1

No. 115. Covering Tree Wounds--Shelloe--Gas Tar--Grafting Wax--Oil Paint--Feeding Cows for Cheese--Ensilage for Horse Feed--Experiments--Late Chicks…

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Good Hope Butter

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 28 December 1899 · page 2

THE excellent quality of the butter made at Good Hope is pretty widely known, and the article commands an unlimited sale in the local market; but in order…

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Sheep Returns

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 2

A notice appears in Wednesday's Government Gazette warning owners of loss than 500 sheep, butchers, dcalers, and salemen that the Diseases in Sheep Acts Amendment…

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The Farm. Timely Reminders

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 4

The work of grain harvesting now takes precedence over almost everything else, and the careful farmer who regards…

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Fruit and Dairy Produce. London, Dec. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 4

Several fruit and dairy produce firms of Liverpool have entrusted Mr. Whittles with a commission to visit Australia to develop the trade and arrange for direct shipments…

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