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

Farming & the land, 1903

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Crossbred Sheep and Goats As Animal Food. to the Editor

Goulburn Herald · Monday 12 January 1903 · page 3

SIR.—Though we have had abundance of rain all over the state, through the disastrous effects of the drought, beef and mutton have been very scarce, and have reached…

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Warwick Farm Races

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 4

Flying Handicap.—Crawfurd 1, Rewina '2; Skein Dhu 3. Stewards' Mile.—Santos 1, High Jinks 2, Bivalve 3…

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The Wheat Traffic

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 4

VERY little wheat in coming to hand, the harvest having been an almost total failure so far as breadsuffs are concerned. As there will be absolutely…

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Seed Wheat to Farmers. Government Generosity (?) Becomes a Splendid Failure

The Yass Courier · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 2

WE have received from Mr. Affleck an official acknowledgment of the letter and resolution forwarded through him to the Minister, urging that the…

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Wool Report. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 2

MESSRS. WINCHCOMBE CARSON & Co. LTD. report having sold 3600 bales wool to-day. A strong market prevailed. New England wools topped the market with 13 12d for pieces…

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Boer Farmer Delegates

Goulburn Herald · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 3

THE Boer delegates proceeded to Mr. G. J. Mulholland's Oura Estate (Wagga) on Tuesday and inspected the stud sheep and Vermont merinos. The delegates expressed the opinion…

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Boer Delegates. at Wagga Experimental Farm

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 2

WAGGA WAGGA, Tuesday.--The Bher delegates yesterday paid a visit to the [?] of which they were deeply interested…

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A Good Crop

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 2

WE have been shown a sample of Hungarian oats grown by Mr. J.J. Leary, of Pejar, which indicates that in some instances splendid yields…

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Butter Factory. Still Idle

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 2

THE annual general meeting of share holders of the Murrumburrah Dairying Company was held at the Commercial Hotel last Saturday…

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Sheep Perish in the Snow

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 4

Albury, Thursday.—Reports from the mountains in reference to the mortality among sheep grazing there during the recent cold weather show the losses to have been very severe. At Dargo, High…

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The Distribution of Seed Wheat

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 3

ME. J. LYNCH, hon. secretary of the Bulla Creek branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association has received the following . communication from Mr. T. J. Campbell, general secretary of the association:—…

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The Distribution of Seed Wheat

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 2

CONSIDERABLE uncertainty, provoking dissatisfaction, exists throughout our district, as to whether Government intends to treat the important matter of distribution of seed wheat to our…

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Ministers in Cabinet. Important Resolutions. Provision of Seed Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 4

Ministers held a prolonged Cabinet meeting lasting from noon on Thursday till about 6 o'clock in the evening. The Premier, when speaking afterwards concerning the business done, said the…

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How the Crops Could Be Improved

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 3

The first of a series of articles, the outgrowth of the Pathological Conference known as the Inter-State Wheat Rust Conference, which should prove…

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Cattle for South Africa

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 3

BBEEDERS Of dairy cattle who have made arrangements to send stock to South Africa are confronted with a serious drawback. It appears that berthing is difficult to obtain at…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 3

At the Sydney wool sales on Thursday there was at times a little irregularity in the bidding, but as a whole the market continued firm. The top quotations for…

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Seed Wheat for Farmers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 4

Junee, Saturday.—At a well-attended meeting of the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association to-day the question of the Government granting seed wheat caused much…

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Wool Sales

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 2

AT the Sydney wool sales on Thursday 8509 bales were offered and 6453 bales sold. Medium to good wools sold well at unchanged states. Super…

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Seed Wheat for Farmers. the Government Delay

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 2

At a well attended meeting of the Junee . branch of the Farmers’ [?]d Settlers’ Association on Saturday the question of the Government granting seed wheat caused…

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Baby Farming in England. London, Jan. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 4

The women Annie Walters and Amelia Bach, who, it is alleged, carried on baby farming, have been found guilty at the Old Bailey of the murder of infants, and have been…

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