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

Farming & the land, 1908

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Sai[?] of Store Sheep

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 2

A NOTIFICATION in our business columns intimates that a sale of store sheep will be conducted by Messrs. Dwyer and Gordon, on Monday next. The lot consists of 2000…

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Farm and Field. High Prices for Grass Seed

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 5

The price at present being realised for grass seed in New Zealand are unprecedented. The autumn sowing is nearly completed, but there is no…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles (All Rights Reserved). Preserving Wheels

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 2

Oiling waggon wheels to prevent the tires becoming loose, and to preserve the felloes, has been practised for a long time. It is better as a…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. London, May 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

At the Antwerp wool sales to-day 3228 bales of La Plata were offered, and 918 were sold. The market was inanimate. Merinos compared with March showed a fall of 15 to 20 per cent.; the…

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Gipsey Girl and Farmer's Son

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 7

A deal of commotion prevails in the family of a well-known and well to-do farmer in the Ballarat district owing to a young man in the household falling in love with a gipsey girl…

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Successful Dairying

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 3

"Success in dairying depends largely upon the proper feeding of the herd. There are two [?] (writes an American dairyman) 'that the dairy…

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The Dairy. Automatic Milk Seller

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 3

In educational and sanitary matters German authorities lead all others. A very commendable feature has been introduced in several schools in Berlin…

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Farm and Field. Testing Soils

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 3

The officials of the Bureau of Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture have, in the last few years, tried to improve and simplify the pot method…

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Farms On Liverpool Plains

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 2

AFTER reading the many press advertisements, the would-be land buyer is often pu[?]led as to which location to select. Too often as a result of adventitious boosting a district is brought with…

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Cattle Straying

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 4

The Inspector of Nuisances had a large batch of owners of straying stock before the Court on Monday morning. The fines inflicted were of a character likely to deter…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co, have wired as follows:—At our wool sale yesterday (Friday) the market declined 10 to 12½ per cent. on March…

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The Dairy. the Age of Cattle

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 4

The method adopted in connection with the great International Show at Chicago for testing the age of cattle by their teeth was as follows:--…

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The Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday there was a fair selection, comprising 3785 bales from New Zealand. Biddings were animated, and the sale opened better than was expected…

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Schute, Bell & Co.'s Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 2

May 12.-Results of the auction sales held last week, though probably most disappointing to owners whose wool was included therein, did not in the least…

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Australian Mortagage, Land & Finance Co's, Ltd., Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 3

May 6.-After a lapse of slightly over a month, sales were resumed to-day, when 6986 bales were catalogued, of which 3934 found buyers at auction. The last…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved.) Rough Shoeing Horses

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 4

The season of frost is now at hand, and due preparation should be made against the visitation. As regards horses, they may well be shod with…

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Important to Farmers

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 2

The following circular has been forwarded to the Secretary of the Yass P. and A. Association:— Sir, I have the honor to inform you…

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The Dairy. Australian Butter Abroad. Preservatives Objected To

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 3

In the latter part of last year it was brought under the notice of the Department of Trade and Customs that a consignment of Australian butter had…

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Farm Gate Fastener

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 4

The device shown in the accompanying illustrations (which are reproduced from the "Prairie Farmer") for fastening a gate through a wire fence is too…

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Farm and Field. Farmyard Manures

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 3

There is no fertiliser that can be more profitably used on the farm than farmyard manure (writes an American agricultural paper). The solid and liquid…

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