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

Farming & the land, 1903

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Good Crop

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 December 1903 · page 4

Mr. C. Holt, Yass Road, has a splendid crop of White Llamas wheat. It is six feet high and will go thirty bushels to the acre. The area under this is 16 acres. Mr. Holt also has a fine crop of Purple…

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Cattle

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 4

Upwards of 1078 cattle were yarded, representing 35 consignors. The cattle came mainly from the Northern districts. 297 head were from…

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The Wool Season

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 2

THE clip is now rolling in every day from outlying districts for carriage by train to market, no less than 13 waggons being counted on the Binds…

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Sheep Dipping. Some Useful Hints

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 14 December 1903 · page 2

The well-known sheep dip people, Wm. Cooper and nephews, in their diary for 1904, deal exhaustively with the subject of dipping, and amongst other things,…

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Farmers’ Show Prize. a Peculiar Arrangement

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 14 December 1903 · page 2

At a meeting of the Yass P. and A. Committee shortly after the last show, a proposal brought forward to provide a special competitive prize for the district…

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Huge Butter Shipment

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 4

A RECORD shipment of butter from Australia was taken by the P and O. liner China, which left Sydney for London on Saturday last. The…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 4

Sales for the week closed op Thursday The market was very firm for all descriptions, the hotter classes, especially fine-haired merino, being in very…

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The Wool Clip

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 4

The State Treasurer, Mr. Waddell, asked the Railway Commissioners for a report concerning the amount of wool…

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Local Wool in Sydney Markets

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 2

It is satisfactory to note the position which Goulburn and Yass wools have attained again this year in Sydney market. Heavy catalogues have been…

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High Prices for Goulburn Wool

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 2

IT is satisfactory to note the position which Goulburn wool has attained again this year in Sydney market. Heavy catalogues have been before the buyers…

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Farmers and the Arbitration Act

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 2

The seriousness of the mistake made by the Government in placing rural labour within the scope of the Arbitration Bill is now being realised, and several candidates…

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Wool Classing

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 4

WITH the expansion of the freezing industry, almost every farmer will come to be something of a wool grower, though to what extent depends…

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Wheat. LONDON

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 2

The wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,775,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,110,000 quarters…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 4

MESSRS. HARRISON, JONES & DEVLIN, LIMITED, submitted at auction on Monday last their last catalogue for the current year comprising a large and…

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Our Wheat Yield

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 2

The Government Statist has issued his estimate of the wheat yield, which he places at 28,570,000 bushels. This exceeds the previous record for the…

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Crop Estimates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 4

According to a statement furnished by the Government Statistician, the total yield of wheat for the State is estimated at 28,570,000 bushels. This is 12,570,000 bushels in excess of…

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The Farmer and City Man

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 4

HE was a way-back farmer, and was discussing matters agricultural with a city friend. The city man was advising him…

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Wheat and Flour Deliveries

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 5

THE past week's deliveries of wheat by rail show a total of 10,569 tons, and of flour 533 tons. Only once has this record been exceeded for wheat, which was for the week ending…

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Wool and Produce Reports

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 2

The Australasian Mortgage & Agency Co., John Bridge and Co., Ltd.; Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd.' Hill, Clarke and Co.; Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd.;…

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Our Grand Wheat Harvest. Official Estimate, 28,500,000 Bushels “Well Within the Mark.”

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 6

THE Government Statistician, Mr. T. A. Coglan, has furnished the Premier with the following report:— An estimate of the probable yield of the coming…

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