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

Farming & the land, 1906

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Young Pastoral and Agricultural Association Annual Meeting of Members

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 2

The annual meeting of the members of the Young Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held in the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon…

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Young Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Annual Meeting of Members

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the members of the Young Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held in the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon, Mr. J. Forsythe (president), occupied the chair,…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 2

At the wool sales to-day the market was animated, and all classes of wool sold at the highest rates of the series. London, Feb. 2…

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Colonial and Intercolonial Wool Sales. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co., Ltd., report:--At our wool sales yesterday the market was very firm with excited competition. The…

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A Dairyman’s Chance

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 2

THERE is not much fun in a farmer paying rent all his life. Far better that the money being carned out of the farm should go in purchasing that farm, This is just the opportu[?]ity that is…

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Wool Sales

Goulburn Herald · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 4

At the wool sales yesterday prices realised were:—Maneroo 11d, Englo 11¼d, Dunumbral 11ld,, Bundaleer 12½d, Congbool 14¼d, Warkon 21¼d. Wingadce 21¼d…

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

Goulburn Herald · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 4

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

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Loss of Sheep

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 2

In a recent: Miss of [?]cere[?] is was papered that Messrs. I. M. Call[?] and J. McIntosh had sufferer a heavy less through the [?] of sheep…

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High Pe[?]ned Cattle

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 2

Messrs. E, H. Ve[?] and Cr. sufficient of [?], paper having [?] and of a de[?] of Peff sa[?]…

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Australian Wool Sales. Over a Million Bales Sold

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 4

The sales of wool held recently in Sydney and Melbourne brine the total quantity cold in Australia from July 1 to over a million bales. In Sydney 541,585 bales offered and…

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

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 7 February 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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Heavy Wheat Traffic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 4

Some idea of the enormous wheat traffic with which the Railway Department has at present to cope may be formed when it is stated that on Monday last in the section between…

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Wool Report

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 1

Dalgety &. Company, Limited, Wool and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report: Excellent selling conditions have prevailed during the past week, the…

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

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 2

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

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The Latest in Farming

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 1

ACCORDING to the " World's Work" the newest use for the motor is found on the farms in the great American agricultural centres, and most…

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Another large Crop

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 2

Messrs. Baxter Bros. last week threshed a stack of white potato oats belonging to Mr. C. Plumb of Crookwell. These were taken off three…

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The Butter Trade. London, Feb. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

During the course of an interview Mr. J. W. Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria, urged Lord Carrington, President of the Board of Agriculture, to introduce a new butter bill…

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Country Millers. the Increased Rates for Wheat.mr Careuthers Interviewed

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 2

The Premier was on Tuesday waited upon by representatives of the Country Millers’ Association who wished to bring under his notice the increased railway rates for the carriage of wheat,…

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“Where the Country Meets the Towa.” Operations at Darling Island. Handling and Transhipment of Wheat. (From Daily Telegraph.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 3

A PUFFING Locomotive swept round the turn into the siding at Darling-Island, dragging in its wake a long line of heavily-[?]den trucks, the croaking b[?]kes gradually reducing.the speed till it eased…

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Farmers Leaving For Queensland Land on Easier Conditions

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 2

A CONTINGENT of 25 farmers from various .parte of- this State, principally from the Riveri[?] and northern districts, passed through Newcastle by Monday flight’s Brisbane mail train en route to…

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