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

Farming & the land, 1906

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Wool Report

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 2

Messrs. Schute, Bell & Co., report under date 23rd July:--Much disappointment was expressed at the closing of the London sales last weak. It was anticipated that a…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Raising Geese

The Burrowa News · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 1

ON many farms a flock of Toulouse geese may be profitably reared each year, the number depending on range and other facilities. The Toulouse breed are…

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

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 28 July 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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Farmers' Conference

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 6

The farmers have settled down to. the business paper of their annual conference. They agreed to the establishment of a State land bank. They reasserted that…

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 4

It was decided by the Farmers and Settlers' Conference on Friday that improvement leases illegally obtained, and suitable for settlement, should be cancelled by the Crown and made…

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Farmers and Freetrade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 6

Four provinces of New Zealand have decided to remit to the coming farmers' conference a proposal:—"That the only fair and equitable way of altering the tariff is…

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The Premier at the Farmers Conference

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 3

On Wednesday Mr J H Carruthers, the State Premier, paid an official visit to the annual Conference of the Farmers and Settlers Association. After being welcomed,…

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Manitoba Wheat Surplus

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 July 1906 · page 4

The Premier of Manitoba estimates that in the north-west provinces the wheat surplus will be 100 million bushels…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Conference

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 July 1906 · page 2

ON Saturday the debate was continued on the motion in favor of the progressive land tax, which was finally defeated by 89 votes to 19. The result was announced amidst…

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The Farmers and Settlers. an Expression of Opinion

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 30 July 1906 · page 2

At Thursday’s sitting of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association in Sydney, the delegates proceeded to tho election of the executive officers and committee for…

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Wool and Stock Reports Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin have wired as follows;— Sydney, Monday night

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 31 July 1906 · page 2

9,000 sheep were penned at Homebush to-day : the market showed very little alteration from late, rates Prime lambs ruled firm…

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference. Progressive Land Tax Defeated

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 July 1906 · page 4

The farmers and settlers at Saturday's sitting of their conference spent the greater part of the day in discussing the motion to impose a progressive land tax on all large estates,…

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Progressive Land Tax. How the Farmers View It. “Rotten,” “Immoral,” and a “Cancer.”

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 31 July 1906 · page 2

At the Farmers’ and Settlers’ Conference in Sydney on Saturday morning a motionby Mr. Troflo (Temora) to impose a progressive land tax on large estate,…

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Pastoral and [?] Paper on Sheep Breeding

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 2

CONTINUING the policy suggested by the Department of Agric[?]tute, the local Pastoral and Agricultural Society arranged for a paper to be read last Thursday, by Mr…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Conference

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 3

AT the conference in Sydney on Monday a motion was carried providing that the Pastures Protection districts should be divided into three divisions. A report of the…

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High Price for Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 August 1906 · page 2

At the Goulburn stock sales on Wednesday Messrs. [?] Lauret and Co. sold a number of fat sheep at good prices. A pen of 45 crossbred owes realised 25s 6d, a pen of 50 merino wethers…

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Farmers' Conference

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 August 1906 · page 4

The Farmers' Conference has agreed that simultaneous destruction of rabbits should be carried on by all landholders. A motion in support of a national system of water conservation…

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Wheat Shipping

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 4

FARHERS are not satisfied with the present method of shipping wheat. They believe it to be cumberscme and expensive, They intend to ask the Government to bring in a…

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The Stud Sheep Fair

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 4

The oldest wool firm in Australia, Messrs. Goldsbrough Mort and Co., Ltd., have had the satisfaction of recording another great success in…

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Messrs. Hill, Clark & Co.'s Wool Report. (July 31.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 2

Wool matters generally are in a very unsatisfactory state, and values have fallen heavily, being generally quoted at about 12 1/2 to 15 per cent., and even at this lower…

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