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

Farming & the land, 1906

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Wool Burned

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 3

Two bales of wool on the Gothic which were placed on deck on Sunday week were opened yesterday, and their centres were found burned to a cinder…

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Stranger Wheats. the World’s Output. and the Farmers’ Objective. (From Daily Telegraph.)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 4

Throughout the world there is, as a general rule, a superabundance of wheat grown which will give color and bloom to the bread ; hut the area wherein is grown…

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Forbes Cattle Sale

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 2

W. H. Wheatley, Goulburn, reports holding an auction sale on Wednesday, June 6th, in conjunction with Edward Weaver and Coy., Forbes. About…

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Forbes Cattle Sale

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 2

Mr. W. H. Wheatley, Goulburn, reports holding an auction sale at Forbes on 6th June, in conjunction with Edward Weaver and Co. About…

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The Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 2

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co., report under date June 12:-- Buyers still show every disposition to do business, this being specially the case…

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Wool and Stock Reports Mesars Schute, Bell and Co. report as follows :—

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 2

Buyers still show every disposition to do business, this -being specially the case with operators on Russian and Japanese account Supplies are however, of a restricted…

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Not Cattle

The Burrowa News · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 2

The o[?]er evening a countryman brought his sweetheart into town to [?] a portor[?]ance by a well known company. Going up to the ticket office, the girl…

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Lice on Cattle

The Burrowa News · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 1

At this season of the year there will no doubt be a great many farmers who are troubled and inconvenienced to a very large extent with the presence of lice on…

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Husk in Sheep

The Burrowa News · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 4

Husk, hoose, hask, or host, langworm, or worm in the throat, for these are all names for the same complaint, in a most debilitating disease, and causes great…

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Cattle Sale at Forbes

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 4

W. H. Wheatley, Goulburn, reports holding an auction sale of cattle on Wednesday, June 6th, in conjunction with Edward Weaver & Coy., Forbes…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 4

MESSRS. Dalgety & Company, Limited, Wool, Grain and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report under date of June 12th:—There bus been no changes in the features of the wool market…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Breeding Corn

The Burrowa News · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 1

THE vast possibilities of breeding corn can hardly be estimated. It would not be difficult for one man to bread a new rye, wheat, barley, oats or rice, which…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articled [All Right Reserved.] Starting Early Tomatoes

The Burrowa News · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 6

IT is not difficult to raise good stalky tomato plants from seed If one has a fairly prepared hotbed. Fresh horse manure is preferable for such a purpose,…

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Farm and Dairy, Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Soil and Seed for Potatoes

The Burrowa News · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 4

IN order to raise good smooth potatoes they require suitable soil, good seed, and careful treatment. Large uniform tubers are the only quality that command…

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The American Farmer's Salvation

The Burrowa News · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 5

To teach people how to grow things successfully, whether crops or domestic animals, is an important part of the business of the United States Department of…

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They Are Farmers

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 3

In various parts of North America there is a kind of ant that performs all the processes connected with farming. These creatures Weed the ground near their nests,…

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Sheep for Canning

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 June 1906 · page 2

THERE was a brisk market and high prices ruled at the Homebush fat stock sale yards lust neck for prime sheep, at which there was a very good representation. The sheep…

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Wealth in Wheat. Settlers and the Soil How to Get on the Best Land

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 4

Everybody interested in the supreme question of settlement knows that the available virgin area for agricultural settlement is gradually growing less. Keen competition…

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Moree Experimental Farm

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 4

MR. MOORE, Minister for Mines, recently visited the Moree born and the experimental farm, where a number of experiments are being carried out with wheat for dry country,…

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Farmers' Winter School

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 3

THE winter school for farmers at the Hawkesbury College starts to-day. About sixty farmers, dairymen, and orchardists arrived, and were allotted rooms. The…

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