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

Farming & the land, 1900

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When to Harvest Wheat

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 19 November 1900 · page 4

THE proper time to harvest wheat is among the questions that farmers have many opinions about. “Harvest on the green side, and let the ear fill in the…

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Merrilla and Mummel Farmers' Association

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 November 1900 · page 2

THE second annual [?] which have recently taken the place of the ploughing matches at Merrilla and the neighborhood were held on Saturday last on ground at…

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Wool Report

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 November 1900 · page 2

THE Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd ., John Bridge and Co, Ltd., Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., Bill, Clark and Co., Pastoral Finance Association…

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Homebush Fat Stock Sales. Thursday, November 15, 1900. SHEEP

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 20 November 1900 · page 2

36,482 shoep and lambs penned, consisting largely of shorns with but few woollies with clean skins, the bulk being dirty and burry. The yarding was of…

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The Yass Wool Scouring Test. Mr. G. Merriman First Prize

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 November 1900 · page 2

THE President of the Yass P. and A. Society has received the returns for the Yass wool scouring test, and has awarded the mines as follows :--…

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Cattle

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 November 1900 · page 4

[?]990 yarded and sold. The market embraced a big proportion of very fine bullocks, and the yarding all round was of exceptional quality. The market…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 November 1900 · page 2
Also in The Yass Courier

At the Sydney wool sales, on Monday, the catalogue of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company contained a few nice wools, but the bulk…

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Yass District Wool

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 November 1900 · page 3

THE wool from in and around Yass district keeps topping tho market every day. On Monday last Mr. A, Shaw topped the market with 39 bales at 8¼d. On…

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Wool, Grain, & Produce Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 November 1900 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report:— WOOL.—The sales during the past week have progressed with great spirit and…

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The Wool Scouring Test

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 November 1900 · page 3

IN our last issue we made a mistake in stating that the " President awarded tho prize we should have stated that the examiner at tho Hawkesbury College had…

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Winchcoambe, Carson & Co's Wool Sale

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 November 1900 · page 3

Nov. 21st, 1900. Market very firm aud competition more active than at any previous sale this season. We sold best greasy merino up to 9½d, this price for Mr…

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Breeding a Dairy Herd

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 November 1900 · page 1

NOT all farmers are able to buy thoroughbred cows. In that case (says a writer in an American farming journal) I would advise the careful…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 26 November 1900 · page 2

THE selection of greasies comprised the best wools so far submitted this season. The market ruled very firm, and competition was keen and well sustained…

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Price of Wool

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 27 November 1900 · page 2

Mr. Andrew Davis, of Murrumville, near Yass, has received his account sales which gives the following prices : —Ewes, 9d ; wethers, 9d : hoggets, 9d:…

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Perfumed Butter

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 29 November 1900 · page 4

AT dainty tables in America, says the “ Gentlewoman,” they are serving perfumed butter. The butter is first made into pats, stamped, and wrapped in…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 29 November 1900 · page 2

JDH Bogolara (Bookham), 1st crossbred, fair length, fine quality, 60ft, bright, attractive condition, 10 1st crossbred [?]7½ 4 2nd crossbred /6¾, 4 1st pieces…

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Wool Report

The Yass Courier · Friday 30 November 1900 · page 3

THE Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd ., John Bridge and Co, Ltd., 'Harrison. Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., Hill, Clark and Co., Pastoral Finance Association…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 November 1900 · page 2

The selection presented by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company on Tuesday was fairly representative, some good to superior wools…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Yass Courier · Friday 30 November 1900 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin report:—We ottered two thousand nine hundred bales of wool by auction and Bold two thousand six hundred bales…

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