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

Farming & the land, 1906

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Butter Adulteration

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1906 · page 2

Mr. T. A. Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, on behalf of the Agents-General for the Colonies, was the final witness before the Butter Adulteration…

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Yass District Sheep

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 21 June 1906 · page 2

What must be regarded as a particularly good sale of stud sheep has just been made by Mr. C. C. Hall, of Yeumburra, the well known breeder, to…

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Disaster to Wool Ships

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 3

The Times says that underwriters are dis[?]bed at the disasters which have happened recently to wool ships from New Zealand. The underwriters fear that the high prices in…

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Commercial. the Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 2

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co., report under date June 19:-- The sales this week in the local centre (Sydney) will be held on Wednesday…

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Cattle Died In a Train. PARKES

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 2

On the arrival this morning of a stock train, conveying a large number of cattle which had been despatched from Wallerawang to grass country in…

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Messrs Schute, Bell & Co.'s Wool Report. (June 19)

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 2

The sales this week in the local centre will be held on Wednesday, not when the differing will be about 3,500 bales. Everything points to the market being…

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Wool and Stock Reports Messrs Schute, Bell and Co. report at follows :—

The Yass Courier · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 2

The sales this week in the local centre will be held on Wednesday next when the offering will be about 8,500 bales. Everything points to the market being firm at…

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Farm and Field. Farming 100 Years Hence

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 4

What will farming be like 100 years hence, when the world belongs to our great grandchildren? The question is a curious one, as it…

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Commercial. WOOL

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report:— We offered a catalogue of 554 bales on Thursday the greater portion of which consisted of scoured wools. Included among the offering was a small…

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Disaster to Wool Ships. London, June 20

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 5

The "Times" says that underwriters are disturbed at the disasters which have happened recently to wool ships. The underwriters fear that the high prices in the…

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

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 6

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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Blowfly in Sheep

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 25 June 1906 · page 2

Stock-inspector Smith, of the Bathurst district, has been furnished by the head of his department with the following recipe as a suitable treatment for a…

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Local Sheep

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 June 1906 · page 2

A draft of seven splendid stud [?]wes belonging to Mr. T. Grace were trucked to Sydney yesterday for the show. The animals show splendid quality and…

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Stud Sheep Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 June 1906 · page 2

The annual sheep fair was opened on Monday at Miller's Point. Contrary to the usual custom, British breeds were offered before the merinos, Shropshires occupying attention all…

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The Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 26 June 1906 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report on June 20:-- We offered a catalogue of 454 bales on Wednesday, the greater portion of which…

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Yass Wool Topping the London Market 16½D Per Pound

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 June 1906 · page 2

We are pleased to report that Yass Wool is becoming famous in the London market. The Sydney papers of Saturday report that at the wool sales last month Mr. J. D. Hill,…

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Sydney Sheep Carnival

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1906 · page 2

THE annual cheep sales were commenced on Monday at Miller's Point, although, contrary to the usual procedure, British breeds were offered before merinos. The whole of…

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Wool Ship Fires

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1906 · page 4

Sportancous combustion among the wool caused a fire in No. 5 hold of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Rimataken at London. The fire was not extinguished…

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Long Wool Sheep. Big Average Prices

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 28 June 1906 · page 2

The 32nd annual stud sheep fair was commenced in Sydney on Monday morning. There was a large gathering of breeders, buyers, and sellers from all…

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Sheep Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 June 1906 · page 2

At the sheep sales in Sydney on Wednesday demand for Shropshires was very restricted. Prices showed a reduction of fully 50 per cent. as compared with rates…

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