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

Farming & the land, 1909

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[Reuter's.] London, Tuesday. Wool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 4

The wool sales opened strong to-day Merinos fully maintained December rates, while crossbreds showed a five to ten percent. advance…

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Bungonia. General Farming

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 4

Mr. Piviaton, a lecturer from the Agricultural Department, at the invitation of the Progress Association, gave a lecture in the Association Hall on Saturday last. There was a large crowd, including…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date January 19:-- The market opened firmly again…

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Wool Sales. Schute, Bell & Co., report :—

The Yass Courier · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 2

The market opened firmly again yesterday, though parcels suitable for American requirements were scarcely as vigorously competed for as at the…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved) Sterilising Dairy Utensils

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

A very effective method of sterilising dairy utensils is to fill them with water containing ordinary washing soda in the proportion of lib. to 20…

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Farmer's Fruit Cake

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 5

Ingredients.—Take 1 cup of dried sour apples, 1 cup of golden syrup, 1 cup_ of sugar, one-third cup of butter, ½ cup of sour milk,' teaspoonful of…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 4

MESSRS Winchcombe, Carson, & Co. Ltd., report under date of 19th January, 1900, as follows: — The Sydney wool auctions continue to…

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Agriculture, Etc. Feeding Farm Animals

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 5

The feeding of stock is one of the most important branches of farming. In a recent lecture on the subject, Professor D. D. Williams, of the University…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 2

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Limited report under date January 21:-- Submitted at auction on Thursday…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 4

At the wool sales this afternoon prices showed less irregularity. Merinos were firm. America is competing strongly for crossbreds…

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Wool Sales

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 2

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report under date 20th January:--We have received the following cable message from our London office, under date of 19th instant:--The…

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Farm Lad's Revenge. Shoots His Master and Suicides

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 5

Warcombe, near Kingsbridge, was the scone of a grim discovery recently. The body of Mr Herbert Baker, the…

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[Reuter's.] London, Wednesday. Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 2

The wool sales were postponed to-day because of a fog. MADAME-MELBA. Madame Melba sails by the Orontes…

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The "Cattle King."

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 6

THE "cattle king of Australia," Mr. Sidney Kidman, who has been on tour in Great British and the Continent for twelve months, leaves London on 5th…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 4

Sahute, Bell aud Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date January. 25-- We held a very successful sale on…

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Wool Market. Harrison, Jones & Devlin's Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 6

[?]an 21.—We submitted at auction to-day a catalogue of 4784 bales, comprising a good selection in both greasy and scoured sections. Not with standing…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rishts Reserved) Grazing Forage Crops

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 4

In consuming forage crops on the land where they grow, more especially autumn ones, offers a good chance to give the soil a fertilising. Troughs…

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The Apiarist. Bees in the Orchard. Their Influence on Crops

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 7

It is pointed out by Mr. Gale, the New South Wales bee expert, that the fertilisation of blossoms by other insects than bees is very uncertain. The…

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Miracle Crops

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 7

It is the belief of those who have most deeply penetrated the subject that plants, especially corn crops, are about to be produced capable of doubling the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 1

Messrs Winchcombe, Carson & Co., Ltd., report under date of January 26, 1909 as follow:— At our yesterday’s said the market showed considerable irregularly in the case of good wools. This was…

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