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

Farming & the land, 1900

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Sydney Wool Sales

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 2

THE unfavorable news received regarding the opening of the January sales in London on Tuesday last has had the effect of aggravating the local position, especially…

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A Record Crop

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2

DURING the past season some wonderful crops have been cut in the Yass district. Air, Arthur Leary, of Willow Tree Farm, on the Yass River, informs us…

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Seed Wheat

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 2

The department of agriculture is taking steps to recover amounts due to the government by various persons in different parts of the colony on account of seed wheat supplied…

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Taralga. Butter Companies

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 1

THE half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Taralga Butter Co. was held on Friday at the office. The attendance of shareholders was only moderate, but many were represented by proxy. Mr. W. H…

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Seed Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 4

WE (Sydney Herald) understand that the Department of Agriculture is taking steps to recover amounts due to the Government by various persons in different parts of the colony on account of seed wheat…

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Government Seed Wheat

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 2

THE Department of Agriculture is taking steps to recover amounts due to the Government by various persons in different parts of the colony on account of seed…

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Railway Wool Traffic

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 4

SINCE July 1 last 453,000 bales of wool have been trained to Darling Harbour, Morpeth, and Newcastle. The corresponding part of last year the traffic…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 2

THE market showed a further relapse on Tuesday, buyers being disinclined to bid except for the fulfilment of special orders, and even these lines did not command the…

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Merino and Crossbred Wool

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 4

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

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Seed Wheat

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 2

WE (Sydney Herald) understand that the Department of Agriculture is taking steps to recover amounts due to the Government by various persons in different parts of the colony…

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Wheat

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 1

MR. H. R. CARTER, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne reports as follows Jan. 23rd. Wheat has fluctuated slightly in the City…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 4

The wool sales to-day were quiet. Prices were unchanged…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2

No.120. Milking Cows--Cutting and Grinding Feed--Ripening Cream--The Butterrmaker--The Acid Pest--Value of Grasses—Maturity and Variety--…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 4

The first series of wool sales this year closed firm. Prices to-day were unchanged. Jan. 27. The total quantity catalogued during the series…

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Dalton Farmers' Co-operative Company, Ltd

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 4

THE engine and machine comprising the threshing plant arrived safely at Dalton last week and have been at work at the shareholders' stacks, giving very great satisfaction. The total cost was nearly…

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Bush Fires in Victoria. a Million Acres Devastated. Twenty Thousand Sheep Burned

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 1 February 1900 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.— Warrnambool district report devastating bush fires, the worst the district has known for 50 years. The tires sprang up on Saturday, and…

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Dalton Farmers’ Co-operative Company, Ltd

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 1 February 1900 · page 4

THE engine and machine comprising the threshing plant arrived safely at Dalton last week and have been at work at the shareholders’ stacks, giving very great…

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Crookwell Butter Factory Company

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the above company was held at the company's office, Cotta Walla, on Tuesday last, Mr. A. A. Carter, J.P., presiding. There was a fair…

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Cattle Stops for Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Herald · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 3

MR. EDITOR,—As some misunderstanding still exists re the means of maintaining a continuity of the many boundary fences when the Crookwell railway runs at right…

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Bush Fires in Victoria. Farms and Estates Devastated. Heavy Losses. Exciting Adventures. Melbourne

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 2

The intense heat on Sunday caused destructive bush fires to break out in various parts of the colony. Many settlers lost heavily. The wind changed…

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