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

Farming & the land, 1901

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Laggan Butter Factory

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

THE Laggan Butter Factory held its usual monthly meeting on the 16th April. Suppliers were paid 10d. per lb. for butter fat, ranying from 3 34d. to…

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Wool, Grain, & Produce Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report:— WOOL.—The tone of the market is buoyant, and since the Easter holidays a…

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Sheep Awards at Crookwell Show. to the Editor

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

SIR,-- In Friday s issue of the "Crookwell Gazette" March 29. appeared some items re the awards of sheep at the late show from the pen of Mr. S. G. Glennie,…

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Important to Yass Farmers. Malting Barley

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

IN our advertising columns it will be noticed that the Malting Company of New South Wales are advertising malting seed barley at 3s 6d per bushel. We…

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Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of the Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held in Messrs. C. Wright and Co. office on Thursday evening. Present—Mr. D. Macke[?]e, (president…

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The “ Smoko ” Sheep Shearing Machine

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 8

Not many years back the idea of shearing sheep by machinery was laughed at as a fanciful impossibility, but in this marvello[?] age of progress there seems to be almost do…

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Surplus Wheat and Flour

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 5

The outlines of a now venture which It being formulated with a view to dispose of the surplus wheat and flour products of New South Wales are published. Owing to the unpardonable delay on…

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M’Dougall’s Non-Poisonous Sheep Dip

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 5

If there is one question more than another of interest to this State it is the improvement of our staple product—wool. To effect an increase of even a quarter of a pound in…

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Government Agricultural Exhibits. The Experimental Farms

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 6

The large crowd which thronged the building where the exhibits from the Governmental farms were displayed told its own story of deep interest and the desire to…

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Laggan Butter Factory

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 2

The Laggan Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd, hold its monthly meeting on the 16th of April. The total receipts for the month were 6219 gallons of milk and 3499 lbs of cream, giving a result of…

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Vass Sheep at Bathurst Show

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 2

We are pleased to notice that Yass district sheep took several prizes at the Bathurst show last week. Mr. C. C. Hall, of Yeumburra, took four first…

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Australian Farmers. Wanted in Rhodesia. Land Grants Offered

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 2

London, Wednesday. — The Chartered Company has offered to make a grant of 100,000 acres of land with a view to inducing Australian farmers to settle in…

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Wool, Grain, & Produce Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 2

WOOL—There have been no auctions held in the local market during the past week, but there has been a slight demand privately, and a few sales have…

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Wool and Produce Report

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 3

The Australasian Mortgage & Agency Co Ltd., John Bridge & Co, Ltd., Harrison, Jones, & Devlin, Ltd., Hill Clark Co., Pastoral Finance Association Ltd.,…

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Sheep Awards at Crookwell Show. to the Editor

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 2

SIR,--As an exhibitor for the last thirteen y[?]arsat Crookwell shows, I have read with pleasure Mr. S. G. Glennie's letter in your issue of 20th [?]ltime re the above, and I think…

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Cable News. Inducement to Australian Farmers. London, April 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 5

The Chartered Company has offered 100,000 acres to induce Australian farmers to settle in Rhodesia the solo condition being that £100,000 will be expended in improvements…

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Wool and Produce Report

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 3

The Australasian Mortgage & Agency Co Ltd., John Bridge & Co. Ltd, Harrison, Jones, & Devlin, Ltd., Hill Clark Co. Pastoral Finance Association Ltd.,…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. London, April 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 4

The Antwerp wool sales have closed. 6455 bales of La Plata wool were offered and 3720 were sold. Biddings were animated and the advance was fairly maintained. 564 bales of Australian wool were…

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Farmers and Settlers’ Association, Bulla Creek Branch

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 2

A MEETING of the above named branch took place on Saturday night, but owing to a misconception as to the date, was but poorly attended. The President, Mr. Webb, occupied the chair, and…

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London Wool Sales

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 3

The Wool sales opened on Tuesday. Biddings were brisk. Prices compared with the closing rates of the last series were unchanged, except for low…

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