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

Farming & the land, 1904

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The Wheat Returns

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 2

As an indication of the bountiful harvest, it is satisfactory to note that since December 1st to date no less than one million bags of wheat have…

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Sheep

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

Mr. A. H. Price, secretary of the Sheep breeders Association, says that the Premier's figures regarding the sheep and wool outlook are impossible…

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Wheat

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

12,500 quarters of Victorian wheat for prompt shipment has sold at 29/4 per quarter; two lots of 13,000 and 14,000 quarters Australian for prompt…

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Pastoral & Agricultural Societies' Union

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

THE quarterly council meeting of the Pastoral and Agricultural Societies Union of New South Wales was held at the Royal-chambers on Thursday…

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Shipments of Butter

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

Some heavy shipments of butter to London have taken plica. The Moldavia sailed on Saturday with 11,848 boxes on board…

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The Wheat Standard. Fixed at 61lb. Per Bushel

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

On Thursday the grain shed section of the Chamber of Commerce (Sydney) fixed the f, a. q. (fair average quality) standard of New Soth Wales wheat at…

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Young Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 10 February 1904 · page 3

The annual meeting of subscribers to the above association was held in the Phoenix Room, Town Hall, on Friday last, 5th inst, at 2 p.m. Present--Messrs. J. Forsyth…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Annual Meeting

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 February 1904 · page 3

The annual meeting of the members of the Young Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held in the Town Hall on Friday afternoon. There was a good attendance and Mr. Forsythe (president)…

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Wheat Traffic

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 2

It has been generally estimated that the harvest this season will run into about 28,000,000 bushels. Since December 1, when the railway…

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Wheat Tesis

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture has just completed some interesting tests of the quality of the wheat garnered this harvest. The wheat brought in…

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Pigs and Sheep for Codlin Moth

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 3

MR. JOHN BRODERICK of Crookwell recently wrote to the Field as follows :—" I believe I have read all the remedies that have been publislhed in the Agricultual Gazette for the…

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War and the Local Wheat Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 2

Both the metropolitan and provincal markets for wheat were firmer on Friday, although very little actual business was done. Farmers' ideas were generally about 3s Sydney for f.a.q. wheat, while…

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Will There he a Glut of Wheal ? Large Stocks of Wheat Held Back. From Wednesday’s Daily Telegraph

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 2

The abnormal inflow of grain to Sydney from the wheat-producing districts to the seaboard which it was predicted would be tho result of the record harvest has not yet began. [?]Instead…

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The Sheep Dog. Some Interesting Points

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 2

In the February number of the Agricultural Guzette a writer, Mr. Robert [?] of Mosman, contributes a very interesting and informative article on…

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Australian Butter

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 2

IN a report received from Mr. C. C. Lance, Commercial Agent for this State in London, it is stated that in the stored butters seat to London at…

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How to Treat Sheep

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT signing himself " Jumbo " writes[?]as follows:—Seven or eight years since I had 3000 wethers delivered to me that were very…

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Sheep Breeding Extraordinary

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 2

“Central,” a landholder in the Danda ' loo district, contributes the following remarkable statement: — “After the drought of 1899 I had 2500 ewes on…

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Sheep for Codlin Moth

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 4

Last issue of the Agricultural Gazette contain the following:—" Mr. W. Farrer, wheat experimentalist to the department, states that five or six years ago codlin moth was abundant in his…

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The Wheat Standard

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 3

The standard imperial bushel for wheat has now been fixed in the three principal grain-producing States. The New South Wales standard is 6[?] the…

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Stockinbingal Farmers and Settlers’ Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 2

A Special meeting of the above was held on Saturday. The following resolutions [?] :—that this association favour the carrying of all…

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