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

Farming & the land, 1903

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Stewed Sheep's Hearts

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 5

Required : Forcemeat, hearts, gravy, or brown sauce. Method.--Soak the hearts in cold water, cut away the pipes, and trim them nicely; fill the cavities with…

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Local Seed Wheat Distribution

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 3

So far the Government has well kept faith with the promise made that seed wheat to necessitous farmers would be available in good time for sowing. A great…

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Chemistry in Farming

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 4

Australian farming is about to enter on a new-era, in which more attention will be given to the practical application of modern discoveries in…

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Queensland Cattle

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 2

DURING the last two sale days at Homebush, over 300 head of Queensland cattle have been s[?]d by auction. They [?] the prope[?]y of Messrs…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 2

MESSRS. WINCHCOMBE CARSON & Co. LTD. report.--Our sale on the 17th instant placed values on a level with the best rates of January. Co[?]petition was keen for all grades of…

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An Object Lesson for Farmers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 4

Glen Innes, Friday.—Cramsie Brothers, Glendon, have further demonstrated the benefit of sowing corn broadcast for stock feed. They put in 15 acres, which gave an…

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Seed Wheat

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 2

We have been shown samples of South Australian wheat imported to this district as seed wheat. The samples ore full of foreign matter,…

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British Adulterated Butter Bill. London, April 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 2

In the House of Commons last night the Adulteration of Butter Bill was read the second time despite the objection of Mr. H. E. Kearley (Liberal, Devonport) to the exemption of Irish salt firkins…

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Water in Butter

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 5

A NUMBER of samples of butter have recently been sent to the Dairy Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture for analysis. The Minister for Agriculture wishes to draw…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 2

MESSRS. WINCHCOMBE CARSON &. CO. LTD. report:--Although a very, firm tone pervades the wool market, business is restricted on account of the very nature of supplies…

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The Pastoral Outlook, Drought Broken in Queens- Land

The Yass Courier · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 2

THE Pastoral outlook at the present time appears highly favorable and there is justification for the hope that the present season will prove a good one. Of…

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Dairy Farmers' Association

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the Crookwell branch of the above which was mailed for yesterday lapsed through p[?]ity of attendance, and it was…

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Wool

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 4

MESSRS, WINCHOMBE CARSON & Co. LTD., report .—Although a very firm tone pervades the wool market, business is restricted on account of the very limited nature of…

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Relative Value of Seed Wheat

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 2

Dr. N A. Cobb has issued in pamphlet form, in part, copied from the Agricultural Gazette, an instructive investigation and discussion on the relative values of seed of…

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Seed Wheat. the Work of Distribution. a Reply to Critics

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 4

SIR JOHN SEE furnished some information this week regarding the distribution of seed wheat. The quantity purchased, he said, was 250,000 bushels, and the purchase was…

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Butter Blending. London, April 1

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 4

THE Adulterations of Butter Bill was road a second time in the Commons last night, despite the objection of Mr. H. E…

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The Wheat Yield

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 2

THE stock and crop returns prepared by the government statistician for the year ended March 31 bear out the forecast made at the beginning of December…

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Railway and Wool Returns. Probable Shortage, £250,000

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 4

FROM present appearances it looks as if the Railway Commissioners will be faced, at the end of June, with a revenue shortage of at least a quarter of a million of money, as…

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Alleged Wholesale Cattle Stealing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 April 1903 · page 4

At the Redfern Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr Isaacs, a farmer named William Dawson, aged 48, appeared to answer eight charges of stealing dairy cows. The cattle stolen…

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Seed Wheat Distribution

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 2

A return compiled in the Agricultural Department shows that up to last Tuesday 3947 applications has been received for seed wheat. O…

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