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

Farming & the land, 1908

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Farm and Dairy Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Paeonies

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 6

Herbaceous paeonies are grand flowers, especially the bright red and white kinds, which are massive and showy, and produce a fine effect in…

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The A.m.l. & F. Co.'s Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 2

Aug. 27.—Business during the week has been restricted and quiet, owing largely to the fact of available supplies for private sale being scarce. and also on…

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Wool Reports

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd. report under date Wednesday last:--The intervention of the holidays and festivities have made the wool market bear quite a holiday aspect…

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Droving Sheep Off the Route

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 4

A case of interest to sheep-drovers and slaughtermen was heard at the Burwood Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.M. Inspector J. Fitzgerald,…

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Loss of Sheep at Long Reach

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 6

Mr. Kirkpatrick, Stock Inspector, [?] visited Long Reach and inquired into [?] reported heavy mortality amongst she[?] there. He found that the number of death[?]…

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Wool Report. Schute, Bell & Co.'s Wool

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 2

Sept. 1—During ike next two days a considerable quantity of new clip wool will br submitted at auction, and in all probability such clips as available for…

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Harrison, Jones. & Devlin, Ltd., Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 2

Sept. 2.—We offered at auction on Wednesday, aa attractive catalogue of 1736 bales, principally new season's clip, winch was competed for by a large and…

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Farm' and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved) Sheap Fencing

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 4

For all general warns a fence 3 ft. 6 in. high, with two, or, better still, three strands of wire, will answer very well. For a fence this height, the…

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Farm and Field. Diminishing Sheep Stocks

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 5

The strongest reason for anticipating a continuance of prosperity in the sheep trades, states an English writer on live stock subjects, is the falling off that has…

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Sheep Dipping Bath

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 5

A NEW ZEALAND INVENTION. This is a sketch plan of a "walk-in" concrete sheep-dipping bath at Maraekakaho Station, Hawke's Bay, New…

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International Dairying. the Fourth Congress

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 5

Improved methods in dairying are now engaging the attention of all the civilised nations of the world. The idea of exchanging ideas in an international…

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The Dairy. the Successful Dairyman. Method and Iltelligence

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 5

"We once knew two patrons of a cooperative creamery" (writes "Hoad's dairyman") who were striking examples of successful and unsuccessful men. One…

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A Dairy Cow From Ireland

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 4

In a letter to the Premier, dated July 20, Sir Hector Carrut[?]ers writes with reference to a recent visit which he paid to Ireland. Among other things, he says…

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[Reuter's.] London, Monday. Hop Crop

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 2

Heavy rains have seriously damaged the hops. It is estimated that the total acreage in England, 38,916 acres, is the smallest for nearly a century…

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Our First Sheep. Breeder

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 5

According the first return of live stock, published in May, 1788, the sheep in Australia numbered only 29. Most of these had been purchased…

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Sheep and Lambs

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 4

Just now these animals are causing a good ideal of anxiety to both shepherd and owner. Suckling eves seem to be always hungry, and finish off…

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Farm and Dairy Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Vines: Disbudding and Stopping

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 4

Very great care must be brought to bear on the final disbudding of the shoots, as any accident to one of those left may cause a permanent…

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Farm and Field. World's Wheat Prospects

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 5

Mr John Darling, the South Australian wheat dealer, recently gave the farmers of that State some interesting information concerning the wheat crops…

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Traffic in Cattle Trucks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 4

Complaints have been frequently made of late that speculators were making profit out of the inability of the Railway Department to meet the demand for cattle trucks. Further…

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The Dairy. Udder of the Cow. the Best Type

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 5

The dairy cow can be considered from distinct standpoints. First, as an animal of primarily commercial value, from which the greatest possible amount of…

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