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

Farming & the land, 1909

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Louis Botha. Farmer and Statesman

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 8

An interesting appreciation of Mr Louts Botha, Premier of the Turnsvaal, by Edward Esselen, appears in the "African Monthly":--…

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What a Farmer Saw

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 2

A story which, but for a slight discrepancy in dates, might have thrown a now light on the Waratah mystery is related by a farmer named Edward J. Beet, a partner in the firm of Messrs Beet Bros.,…

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Was Christ a Farmer?

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 8

That Christ was a carpenter is the generally accepted view, but it is supported by one text only, and is based on the fact mainly that Joseph, His…

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Farm and Field. Grindstone with Pedal

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 15 September 1909 · page 5

A reader of one of our exchanges has devised a simple means of turning the grindstone by foot power. As shown in the illustration, the gearing of a bicycle…

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The Missing Waratah What a Farmer Saw. a Steamer in Distress. a Sudden Disappearance

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 15 September 1909 · page 4

THE fate of the steamship Waratah which left Durban on Monday, July 20, bound for Capetown, is still on shrouded in inexplicable mystery…

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Sheep and Lambs

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 4

Every pen of fat sheep that can be got off to market makes it all the better for flocks that are left behind. Swedes have about come to an end…

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Wool Market

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 2

15th Sept.—Winchcombe Carson &Co Ltd. report:—We offered yesterday a catalogue representative of the early shearing districs and comprising many…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 4

Schute, Ball ad Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date September 13:-- The Brisbane sales passed off very…

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Young Show. Yass Sheep Again Successful

The Yass Courier · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 2

The following prizes were taken by Mr. G. W. Merriman of Yass. Class C. Me[?]no Rams. Ram, 4 years and over, G. W…

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

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 8

Sept. 13.—The Brisbane sales pass[?] off fry satisfactorily last week, [?] pries being secured for greasy suit[?] for America, and also for choice[?]…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved.) Red Clover

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 4

The frequent failure to secure a good stand of clover should cause farmers to exercise more care in the seeding. When clover is sown late in…

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The Farmer's Family Tree

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 5

"Young man," said the fanner, "I must say you've done a heap o' talking about your family tree. Anybody would think you owned a whole timber…

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Wool Buyers' Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 4

As from 1 a.m. on Friday the Sydney Wool-buyers' Association went on strike against the Sydney Wool Brokers' Association. This action was preceded by remarkable activity on…

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Advertising Our Wheat Lands

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 3

Under the above heading the special correspondent in London of the Sydney “Daily Telegraph” wrote on July 10:— The high qualities and wide expiries…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. London, Sept. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 2

The Antwerp wool sales opened yesterday. There was a large attendance of buyers, who exhibited considerable animation in bidding. There was an all-round…

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Agriculture, Etc. Dairying Records. How to Keep Them. Their Value to Dairymen

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 5

Records of all farming operations should be kept. They are a great help in clearing up difficulties that constantly arise. It requires only a small amount…

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Farmers and Settlers' Platform

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 1

Read for yourself ! Here it is! Election platform of the Farmers and Settlers' Association. Re-affirmed at the 1907 conference:-- 1. Land settlement to be paramount over…

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Information for Farmers

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 8

SOME mouths ago the Department, of Agriculture Issued “Farmers' Bulletins” No. 6 and No. 8, dealing with “Silos and Silage” and “Paspaturn…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 21 September 1909 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report under da[?]e September 16:-- Submitted a catalogue of 3148 bales mostly in the grease, forming a very…

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Tuberculosis in Cattle. Denmark's Successful Measure

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 September 1909 · page 2

One thousand delegates are attending the International Veterinary Congress at The Hague. Mr. G. H. Knibbs, Commonwealth Statistician, represented Australia…

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